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Nikka Costa — Everybody Got Their Something
Album: Everybody Got Their Something
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Released: 2001
Length: 4:14
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My face to the sky
Dreaming about just how high
I could go... and if I know
When I finally get there
Taking off my glasses

Sun pokes through my lashes
And somehow I know
There's a time for every star to shine....

Everybody got their something
Make you smile like an itty bitty child
Everybody got their something
Everybody got their something

Hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey hey

People keeping score
So ya better hurry up and get yours
Cause somebody else
Got your spot
Before you even dropped

Seek and you shall find
Everything in my own sweet time
I'll take my chances
With what I believe is only mine...

Busy holding on
So the roof don't fly
Keep you from moving on
So get it right
Turn the tide over
Like a love song
Like a butterfly
Believe me if you hand it over
You'll come out ... all right
Yeah

Everybody got their something
Make you smile, like an itty bitty child
Everybody got their something
Everybody got their something

Hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey heey
Hey hey hey hey hey hey heeeeey
Uh huh
Uh huh

Illuminate the silly things
Shed some light on all that's wrong
Everybody need it...sometime
Sometimes the only thing you got is what makes...
You...feel like you're something else ... altogether
You have everything
You don't need another reason to be something
I've been on a ride
And caught up in the landslide
But I'm gonna spread my wings and fly...
High high high high high high
High high high high high high high...
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hooo
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoooohoo
Everybody got their something
Everybody got their something
Make you smile, like an itty bitty child
Everybody got their something
Everybody got their something
Hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey hey
Everybody got their something
Everybody got their something
Make you smile, like an itty bitty child
Everybody got their something
Everybody got their something

Hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey hey heeey...

There's a time for every star
There's a time for every star
There's a time for every star
There's a time for every star
There's a time for every star
There's a time for every star
There's a time for every star
There's a time for every star
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LOVE this nikka costa track. great cd. play this more often, please. 
Posted 2 months ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
psycholynx wrote:
OH MAAAAAAN !!! It just happened again. Did anyone else fall for it? Do you even know the song that I mean? Isn't it better?
The exact same thing happened to me! I was really mad. But I do like this song, along with Cherry Lips.
Posted 17 years ago by petitcrepefleur    [ Reply ]
drmike wrote:
did I get the right station
Yup, you did...this is the place... nothing wrong with Prince's "little sister"...samples low, funk is VERY high
Posted 18 years ago by buyerfx    [ Reply ]
did I get the right station
Posted 18 years ago by drmike    [ Reply ]
anniebear wrote:
I don't care what anyone thinks, I really like this snappy little tune! My girlfriend does too, and we have fun dancing around the living room together to this! Wheeeeeeee!
I agree with you anniebear. Quite a danceable tune!
Posted 18 years ago by Jacksonstat    [ Reply ]
federico wrote:
Isn't there any other funky song that could have been included in the playlist instead of this mediocrity? So empty it's difficult to pay attention to ... federico
My thoughts exactly - like maybe something by Alana Davis? This is sucko-barfo.
Posted 18 years ago by SCJoniguy    [ Reply ]
I don't care what anyone thinks, I really like this snappy little tune! My girlfriend does too, and we have fun dancing around the living room together to this! Wheeeeeeee!
Posted 18 years ago by anniebear    [ Reply ]
MmeAllumette wrote:
A-B-S-O-L-U-T-L-Y
Spelling mistakes are all well and good and aren't usually worth pointing out... except when you capitalize and H-I-F-E-N-A-I-T each letter. And when the new word sounds more like 'sah-lut' as in 'Jane, you ignorant ____' (from SNL). Now that's funny.
Posted 18 years ago by mettle    [ Reply ]
MmeAllumette wrote:
A-B-S-O-L-U-T-L-Y
Great little tune. I agree that it's nice to hear something with a dance beat. Thanks RP!
Posted 18 years ago by jbo    [ Reply ]
Isn't there any other funky song that could have been included in the playlist instead of this mediocrity? So empty it's difficult to pay attention to ... federico
Posted 18 years ago by federico    [ Reply ]
okelle wrote:
It's refreshing to hear something funky and soulful on RP. Overall, I'm happy with the music here, but every once in a while it delves a bit too heavily into country territory. "Disco crap" this is not. It's soul.
A-B-S-O-L-U-T-L-Y
Posted 18 years ago by MmeAllumette    [ Reply ]
Not something I'd expect to hear on RP... but I'm not complaining. Nice little groove to end the work day to!
Posted 18 years ago by Jacksonstat    [ Reply ]
Same old tick tock for the past few tunes. Formula for something. Something I would rather not listen to.
Posted 18 years ago by blue-ice    [ Reply ]
When does it start?
Posted 18 years ago by physicsgenius    [ Reply ]
Sounds like mass-produced workaday pop tripe to me. Am I missing something?
Posted 18 years ago by drover    [ Reply ]
coding_to_music wrote:
Interesting how this has been well-received by the RP community. Makes me think people can handle more variety than the current playlist shows...
Her weird little throat thing makes my fillings tingle - like aluminum foil. Can't take it. Nice tune, though. Agreed: expand the playlist!
Posted 18 years ago by diane    [ Reply ]
Nikka's godfather was Ol' Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra (although I'm not certain he'd approve of her music). Another good R&B groove she does is Like a Feather...
Posted 18 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
It's refreshing to hear something funky and soulful on RP. Overall, I'm happy with the music here, but every once in a while it delves a bit too heavily into country territory. "Disco crap" this is not. It's soul.
Posted 18 years ago by okelle    [ Reply ]
Guilty pleasure. Me likey. Also like the tie in to "Blue Crush". Makes me think of those nice, tiny butts in Hawaii.
Posted 18 years ago by mrmojorisin    [ Reply ]
coding_to_music wrote:
Interesting how this has been well-received by the RP community. Makes me think people can handle more variety than the current playlist shows...
Dude, you're not allowed to comment on the playlist like that, someone will tell you to leave and go to Clear Channel
Posted 18 years ago by RiverCityRansom    [ Reply ]
rexi wrote:
Thought I'd add my very own 'sounds like' comment: sounds like the Scissor Sisters...
That's too funny, that's what I thought at first. But I do dig this. (pimp)
Posted 18 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]
psycholynx wrote:
When this song started I thought it was "Cherry Lips" by Garbage that is found on the PS2 game Amplitude. I was let down. :( I wonder who got ripped?
OH MAAAAAAN !!! It just happened again. Did anyone else fall for it? Do you even know the song that I mean? Isn't it better?
Posted 18 years ago by psycholynx    [ Reply ]
lily34 wrote:
i've had this cd for years. its got some gems on it. she's got soul. and is great in concert, too. what a firecracker!
8O You're not kidding...
Posted 18 years ago by g-rod    [ Reply ]
When this song started I thought it was "Cherry Lips" by Garbage that is found on the PS2 game Amplitude. I was let down. :( I wonder who got ripped?
Posted 18 years ago by psycholynx    [ Reply ]
Great intro. Love that corruption of the standard blues bas.
Posted 19 years ago by callum    [ Reply ]
Interesting how this has been well-received by the RP community. Makes me think people can handle more variety than the current playlist shows...
Posted 19 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Thought I'd add my very own 'sounds like' comment: sounds like the Scissor Sisters...
Posted 19 years ago by rexi    [ Reply ]
Nice
Posted 19 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
I swear this is as close as you can come to intelligible singing while sounding just like a human baby. Bizarro...
Posted 19 years ago by diane    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
This is perfect music for a shitty Monday. Oh great - Aretha next.
Posted 19 years ago by Spliff    [ Reply ]
i've had this cd for years. its got some gems on it. she's got soul. and is great in concert, too. what a firecracker!
Posted 19 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
It's not sampled, but it is pretty much the identical bass riff to Sly and The Family Stone's "If You Want Me to Stay."
Posted 19 years ago by boulder_jim    [ Reply ]
Segue to Sly on this date... did RP actually come up with that on their own or do they actually read these things? :-k
Posted 19 years ago by Bodhisattva    [ Reply ]
KevinM wrote:
Sounds too much like disco crap.
You are confused. Disco never sounded like this.
Posted 19 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
I heard her first single, Like a Feather, and I just kinda made note of her, but when I heard this track, I decided to pick up the CD. And I like it! Kinda Joplin meets Fiona meets Sly meets Zep. Sassy sounding girl, bet she likes beer and BBQs on hot summer days :sunny.gif:
Posted 19 years ago by johkir    [ Reply ]
does no one remember little nikka costa, pre-teen pop sensation of the mid-80s? i saw her open for the Police on one of their tours when she was like... 12 or something. she's a bit funkier now.
Posted 19 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
KevinM wrote:
Sounds too much like disco crap.
uh huh
Posted 19 years ago by TheBob    [ Reply ]
Sounds too much like disco crap.
Posted 19 years ago by KevinM    [ Reply ]
pdhski wrote:
The main riff sounds suspiciously like Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go) by Garbage....but not bad
Dude! I was thinking the same thing!!! I bet Garbage sampled this, that's their speciality...
Posted 19 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
Hannio wrote:
I was thinking Sly, too.
Yeah, I was thinking "If you want me to stay"... I like this.
Posted 19 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
The main riff sounds suspiciously like Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go) by Garbage....but not bad
Posted 19 years ago by pdhski    [ Reply ]
Gregorama wrote:
Sounds like BRMC meets Sly & the Family Stone. In a good way, though.
I was thinking Sly, too.
Posted 19 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Lots of new stuff on the main channel this afternoon. Thanks Bill! :) These are working well together.
Posted 19 years ago by artmarcia    [ Reply ]
Sounds like BRMC meets Sly & the Family Stone. In a good way, though.
Posted 19 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]