Float On

About Float On

"Float On" is a 1977 hit song by the R&B/soul group The Floaters. The spoken verses combine two popular trends from the time, star signs and video and phone dating, in lines such as Aquarius and my name is Ralph / Now I like a woman who loves her freedom. The song was co-written by James Mitchell of The Detroit Emeralds group. Released from their self-titled debut album, it became one of the biggest singles of the year, spending six weeks at number one on the U. S. Hot Soul Singles chart. "Float On" was also a crossover hit, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 behind Andy Gibb's "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" and The Emotions' "Best of My Love", but with no other Hot 100 hits, The Floaters became a one-hit wonder on that chart. "Float On" also reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, and number five on the Irish Singles Chart. The song was covered by two hip-hop bands: Stetsasonic on its album In Full Gear (1988), and Dream Warriors on its album The Master Plan (1996), the latter of which was released as a single. more »

Year:

1999

4:27

136 Views

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Luv, Q, Spek, Lu (Float On)
Small X, Riddler (They gotta float on)
Cando, Dog (float on)

Who's that girl on the rome castin nude shadow
In the midnite hour
Red carpets, nothing less, boy we walked on
I wouldn't have it
It's tragic
How we make em disappear like magic
King Lu with a touch like midas
And all the kiss honeys, dem stay beside us
Girls on the left, swimmin, women on the right
Cruisin the house and ya don't want to fight
And any way it rocks, like blocks on your corner
The new world order
Slaughter
Recognize quoted
You demoted, early dismissal
That issue, soft like ass tissue
So now every interview
Music's behind me livin in a world made of money, honey
Take the bitter with the sweet
Take the bitter with the sweet
Street

CHORUS:
(Before I let go) Float, Float On
Float On, Float On (Float On)
Float, Float On (That's what they gotta do)
Float On, Float On (Float On)

Take my hand
Come with me baby, to love land

Cause 1, 2, 3 o'clock, 4 o'clock rock
You'll be hearin me comin round your block
Tappin the older counts
Somedays it's so thick
I can't see through the fog
I feel like digital, fightin analogue
Just another page
In the rage
Of the teenage
These tricks ain't for kids
With dresses that fit like a condom
Help me, somebody help me
Oh, how the mighty have fallin
Now you can hear your mamma callin
When the DJ display
People get down
Girls with the bodies
And my eyesight on the dance floor
It's the best type of party
Cause the beat don't stop until the break of dawn
For the people in the place that want to get their groove on
DJ's playin tracks that attract your ass crack to the dance floor

CHORUS:
(Why don't you) Float, Float On (Float On)
Float On, Float On (Yeah...)
Float, Float On (I've been watching you)
Float On, Float On (Float On)

Take pop the champagne
Q just came
Luv hooked up the beat
To make em jump like House Of Pain
Spek the vooduistic
Lyrical linguistic
So deep, you blink, you missed it
Lu and Tre brought the ladies, in Mercedes
You got the (?) askin (?)
And tonite's the night, ain't nothin phasin me
Cause on the d-low, my crews just security
Stop
Where I be is where your want to, be
Cause a I can see behind that jealousy personna
It's time to celebrate, we met the quota
We got more guests than Rolanda
Or Oprah, Geraldo, or Ricky Lake put together
It doesn't matter what weather
We rain on your parade
Then clean up like cascade
Check it, yo, we got it made in the shade

CHORUS:
Float, Float On (That's what they gotta do)
Float On, Float On (I can give you more)
Float, Float On (Than you've ever had before)
Float On, Float On (You can take a trip around the world)
Float, Float On (Champagne, candlelight)
Float On, Float On (Gonna make you feel alright)
Float, Float On (Yeah...)
Float On, Float On (We're gonna celebrate tonite, baby)
Float, Float On (You and I)
Float On, Float On (While they float on)
Float, Float On

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Dream Warriors

Dream Warriors were a Canadian hip hop duo from Toronto, Ontario, comprising King Lou and Capital Q. Described as "a pair of deft, intelligent rappers" by Allmusic, they were major contributors to the jazz rap movement of the early 1990s. Their 1991 debut album, And Now the Legacy Begins, is considered one of the finest alternative hip hop records of the golden era. Before the release of their second album Subliminal Simulation in 1994, the duo became a group with the addition of rapper Spek and DJ Luv. In 1996, they released a third album, The Master Plan, before the two new members left the group a year later. Though their subsequent releases did not garner similar commercial success as their debut, the duo released a well-received greatest hits album in 19… more »

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