Request + Line Lyrics

[Intro: will.i.am]
Pick up the phone call up the line
Call up the re-quest line
Call up the line
Call up the re-quest line
Nana nana nana nana
Na na nana nana
So call up the line
Get down with, down with us

[Chorus: Macy Gray & will.i.am]
This is a request Mr. Radio Man
Just one desire from a hip-hop fan
Hey DJ (you on the line, girl)
Hey DJ (on the request line, girl)
Play the record by my favorite band

[Verse 1: will.i.am & Macy Gray]
I like to hear my favorite song on the radio
So I called and requested on the radio
Tell the DJ spin it on the mix show
Make a brother feel like him down at the disco
And we gonna keep it going like crisco
'Cause the DJ grab the record by the fist full
By the crate full, and we grateful
When you hear the stuff of records get a tasteful
Last night the DJ saved my life
'Cause of the collection of the records he played (played)
To the direction of the record we swayed (swayed)
And all night through the session we stayed (stayed)
[Pre-Chorus: will.i.am & Macy Gray]
'Cause you know you got the feeling (all right)
Good god got the feeling (all right)
Touch the ceiling when I'm feelin' (all right now)
Huh, and I be feelin' (all right)
Don't stop keep it goin' now, come on

[Chorus: Macy Gray & will.i.am]
This is a request Mr. Radio Man
Just one desire from a hip-hop fan
Hey DJ (you on the line, girl)
Hey DJ (on the request line, girl)
Play the record by my favorite band

[Verse 2: apl.de.ap & Macy Gray]
Turntable let's bless me on my stereo
Play my favorite song on my stereo
Like Macy Gray, Roots, and D'Angelo
Mos Def, Les Nubians, and De La Soul
I like them cuts with the soul and original
Never afraid to be creative on your radio
Spin my jam when I'm cruisin' down the bario
Turn my audio up, create a party, yo
Hey DJ would you play my song?
And get ma rock get ma roll get ma hip-hop on
And I'm dancin' all day all night
Gimme some inside, make me feel outside
[Pre-Chorus: apl.de.ap & Macy Gray]
(All right) Got me feelin'
(All right) Got me feelin'
(All right) Got me feelin'
(All right) All shots down
(All right) Got me wanna get down all night
(All right) All right now

[Chorus: Macy Gray & will.i.am]
This is a request Mr. Radio Man
Just one desire from a hip-hop fan
Hey DJ (you on the line, girl)
Hey DJ (on the request line, girl)
Play the record by my favorite band

[Bridge: Taboo & Macy Gray]
Jump up enjoy the sound
Show everybody just how you get down
Get loose now, get down
Everybody everybody have a good time
Jump up enjoy the sound
Show everybody just how you get down
Get loose now, get down
Everybody everybody have a good time
Last night a DJ saved my life
Last night a DJ saved my life
[Chorus: Macy Gray & will.i.am]
This is a request Mr. Radio Man (what you say now?)
Just one desire from a hip-hop fan
Hey DJ (you on the line, girl)
Hey DJ (on the request line, girl)
Play the record by my favorite band (come on)
This is a request Mr. Radio Man (what you say, what you say now?)
Just one desire from a hip-hop fan
Hey DJ (yeah, you on the line)
Hey DJ (you on the request line)
Play the record by my favorite band

[Outro: will.i.am]
What you say, what you say now?
What you say now?
Request line

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Request+Line is a song by Black Eyed Peas, taken from their second studio album, Bridging The Gap. It became the band’s first Top 40 hit in many countries worldwide and their first entry in the Billboard Hot 100. Lyrically, the song speaks of someone requesting their favorite song on a radio station. It features a sample of “Last Night A D.J. Saved My Life” by the 1980s R&B/New Wave group Indeep.

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