Strokin' -Clarence Carter
[Intro]
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When I start makin' love, I don't just make love
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I be strokin', That's what I be doin', huh, I be strokin'!
[Chorus]
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I stroke it to the east, and I stroke it to the west
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And I stroke it to the woman that I love the best
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I be strokin'
[Verse]
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Let me ask you somethin'
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What time of the day do you like to make love?
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Have you ever made love just before breakfast?
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Have you ever made love while you watched the late, late show?
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Well, let me ask you this
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Have you ever made love on a couch?
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Well, let me ask you this
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Have you ever made love on the back seat of a car?
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I remember one time I made love on the back seat of a car
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And the police came and shined his light on me, and I said:
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'I'm strokin', that's what I'm doin', I be strokin!"
[Chorus]
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I stroke it to the east, and I stroke it to the west
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And I stroke it to the woman that I love the best
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I be strokin'
[Verse]
D G
Let me ask you something
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How long has it been since you made love, huh?
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Did you make love yesterday?
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Did you make love last week?
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Did you make love last year?
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Or maybe it might be that you plannin' on makin' love tonight
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But just remember, when you start making love
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You make it hard, long, soft, short, and be strokin'
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I be strokin'
[Chorus]
D G
I stroke it to the east, and I stroke it to the west
D G
And I stroke it to the woman that I love the best
D C G D C G
I be strokin'
[Verse]
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Now, when I start making love to my woman
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I don't stop until I know she's sassified
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And I can always tell when she gets sassified
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because when she gets sassified she start calling my name
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She'd say: 'Clarence Carter, Clarence Carter, Clarence Carter
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Clarence Carter, ooh shit, Clarence Carter'
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The other night I was strokin' my woman
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And it got so good to her, you know what she told me
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Let me tell you what she told me, she said:
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'Stroke it Clarence Carter, but don't stroke so fast
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If my stuff ain't tight enough, you can stick it up my' woo!
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I be strokin' Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! I be strokin'
[Chorus]
D G
I stroke it to the east, and I stroke it to the west
D G
And I stroke it to the woman that I love the best
D C G D C G
I be strokin'
[Post-Chorus]
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I be strokin' I be strokin' Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
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I be strokin', Yeah! I be strokin'
[Outro]
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I stroke it to the north, I stroke it to the south
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I stroke it everywhere, I even stroke it with my, woo!
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I be strokin', I be strokin', I be strokin' ...
