1. THROUGH TO YOU

I know you’re frustrated
With my attitude
I can explain it
If you want me to
I don’t sugar coat it
That’s not what I do
I tell it straight up
I tell the truth

Try to get through to you (through to you)
The way I know how to (how to)
Try to get through to you (through to you)
The way I know how to (how to)

I sound complicated
When I talk to you
I am not jaded
You think it’s true
I seem pessimistic
With my replies
Yet I’m optimistic
Down deep inside

Try to get through to you (through to you)
The way I know how to (how to)
Try to get through to you (through to you)
The way I know how to (how to)

I interrupt before the end
The tale’s so long repeats again
Every time I know I’m right
You want me out of your sight
Before I go let me say
Don’t turn around walk away
Know the answer it’s so clear
I can make it disappear

Try to get through to you (through to you)
The way I know how to (how to)
Try to get through to you (through to you)
The way I know how to (how to)

2. GOING BACK

Going back, going back, recall my youth
Going back, going back, find the truth

Beautiful dreams of ever after
Fill the minds of the young at heart
Those who live this life know the answer
Thankful each day is a brand new start
Spreading love
To people in need
Spreading hope
They plant the seed

Going back, going back, recall my youth
Going back, going back, find the truth

When romance fills the air
For the first time
Nothing can compare
Spending the night with your valentine
Making love
With the person you need
Making hope
We plant the seed

Going back, going back, recall my youth
Going back, going back, find the truth
Going back, going back, recall my youth
Going back, going back, find the truth

We can live forever
Our hearts stay together
Show you mine, show me yours
We could outlive time

Going back, going back, recall my youth
Going back, going back, find the truth
Going back, going back, recall my youth
Going back, going back, find the truth

3. GIFT OF A SMILE

Living day to day underpaid
Working off the bills that are made
Runnin’ with the mob in the race
Keepin’ rapid routine pace
Spending lots of time in haste
Knowing it’s a giant waste
Grinding out that final mile
Longing for the gift of a smile

Celebrate the glory of today
Celebrate the joy of life
Celebrate the gift of a smile for awhile

Watching all the children play
Hearing thoughts of yesterday
Feeling overwhelmed with stress
Chasing that dream with the best

Celebrate the glory of today
Celebrate the joy of life
Celebrate the gift of a smile for awhile

Thanking God before every meal
Being true to what is real
Grinding out that final mile
Longing for the gift of a smile

Smile
Smile
Chasing that dream with the best

Celebrate the glory of today
Celebrate the joy of life
Celebrate the glory of today
Celebrate the joy of life
Celebrate the glory of today
Celebrate the joy of life
Celebrate the gift of a smile for awhile

4. KICKIN' IT

Kickin’ it with style
Kickin’ it all the while
Kickin’ it get wild (Wild)
Kickin’ it with grace
Kickin’ it any place
Kickin’ it in outer space
Kickin’ it, kickin’ it...kickin’
Workin’ at the job but you wanna play harder
(Wanna play night and day)
Relaxin’ two days you wanna make it longer
(Longer on the holidays)
Savin’ for a rainy day
Bank the check time to play
Kickin’ it when paid
Kickin’ it gettin’ laid
Kickin’ it you’re made
Kickin’ it, kickin’ it...kickin’
Kickin’ it all night
Kickin’ it til sun light
Kickin’ it alright
Kickin’ it, kickin’ it...kickin’
Runnin in the game wanna drop the clatter
(Leave your stress behind)
Escape to holidays you wanna get there faster
Longing for some time to chill
Stop the clock get your fill
Kickin’ it with friends
Kickin’ it we pretend
Kickin’ it never ends
Kickin’ it, kickin’ it...kickin’
Kickin’ it all day
Kickin’ it have to say
Kickin’ it our way
Kickin’ it, kickin’ it...kickin’
Kickin’ it at home
Kickin’ it not alone
Kickin’ it we moan
Kickin’ it, kickin’ it...kickin’
It’s kickin’ It’s kickin’

Kickin’ it say please (please)
Kickin’ it birds and bees
Kickin’ it with ease
Kickin’ it, kickin’ it...kickin’
Kickin’ it with style
Kickin’ it all the while
Kickin’ it get wild
Kickin’ it, kickin’ it...kickin’
Kickin’ it with grace
Kickin’ it any place
Kickin’ it in outer space
Kickin’ it, kickin’ it...kickin

Kickin’ it’s the thing that we love to do
So how can we get this through to you
You work all week to kiss that ring
The gift of a smile is what you bring
A vision of the future is what you lack
To know where you’re headed you have to go back
Forget about your troubles and your 9 to 5
And get on board let’s take a ride
We still can’t let you go
We got the symptoms of love, yo
The love we have goes hand in hand just like the words and the music of the olio band
Hey champ get your groove on, hey champ kickin’ it on and on
Music is the color of your heart and mind
Live the colour of music at any time

This is what we do
Livin’ it
Are we getting through to you
Kickin’ it

5. HEY CHAMP

I’m a fighter you can’t stare me down
I’m a player from out of town
You might think I’m a fool
But I don’t live by your rules
How would you react if my skin was black
Hey champ groove on

I’m a lover that’s color blind
I see beauty in every kind (damn she’s fine)
(You keep on stressin’ race)
(You say it’s not your taste)
How can we people cross the line?

Hey champ step out stupidity is their reality
Hey champ move on the way they see is not for me
Hey champ get out I won’t be their destiny
Hey champ groove on

What difference does it make the color of music I create
White is labeled rock, black is r&b

Are Olio too black for white radio?
White people expect me to play funk and black people weren’t open minded enough.
Jimi Hendrix
Sometimes I think we go over people’s heads
Prince
I want to know why we’re not played on black radio
Lenny Kravitz
White kids think they created the funk rock sound
The Chili Peppers
Black kids today refuse to recognize their roots
Quincy Jones
You tell me why there’s only one r&b band
Mint Condition
Being a funky white woman in r&b and not given props
Teena Marie
You gotta give credit where its is due
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Your struggle is appreciated
Olio
Why are styles of music defined by race?

Hey champ step out stupidity is their reality
Hey champ move on the way they see is not for me
Hey champ get out I won’t be their destiny
Hey champ groove on
Groove on

6. TAKE A RIDE

Walked in the club on Friday night
The girls are freaky the music’s tight
The lights are flashin’ from red to blue
The DJ’s scratchin’ I’m itchin’ too
Now this girl she came up to me stood by my side
I said hello She said “Hi”
She was so lovely a cutie pie
And then she asked me if I knew how to slide

Come on take a ride
Ride to that ecstasy
Come on take a ride with me
Come on take a ride
Ride to that ecstasy
Come on take a...

Like pepsi-cola and almond roca
The sweeter things in life
I think that you’re sweet give me a cavity
I just might have to make you my wife
Girl I’m just curious I just want both of us
To get out on that floor and slide
Wave your hands up in the air shake your booty like you just don’t care
This groove will keep you satisfied Come along and take a ride

Come on take a ride
Ride to that ecstasy
Come on take a ride with me
Come on take a ride
Ride to that ecstasy
Come on take a ride

7. SYMPTOMS OF YOU

If the symptoms are true, no medicine can fix me...

I feel wings of butterflies
Flutter at speeds love can’t deny
It’s too late the arrow’s here
Making sense of what I fear
Angels sing in true voice
Cannot lie there is no choice
I’ve fallen in too deep
I can’t get to sleep

If the symptoms are true
No medicine can fix me of you
If the symptoms are true
No medicine can fix me of you

Diagnosed a romantic hope
There ain’t a drug, a pill or smoke
That can fill me up inside
With a feeling that’s so high

If the symptoms are true
No medicine can fix me of you
If the symptoms are true
No medicine can fix me of you

Symptoms are true
Feeling so blue
Only cure I need is you
Symptoms are true
Feeling so blue
Only cure I need is you

No doctors, no shaman, no magic or voodoo
No surgeons, no wizards, no potions are true
Can heal me the way...you do

At the door of my heart
You knock it down my longing starts
The tests have come back strong
You and I belong

If the symptoms are true
No medicine can fix me of you
If the symptoms are true
No medicine can fix me of you

Symptoms are true
Feeling so blue
Only cure I need is you
Symptoms are true
Feeling so blue
Only cure I need is you

8. KISS THE RING

Up on your feet
There is a mission
In life’s admission
Don’t take a seat

Just like the Greeks
They entertain you
Feed and sustain you
Keep us weak

Check your courage at the door
We’ll be knockin, take more
All our brothers, sisters too
We’re with you

In this race
There is a conquest
Be at your best
No second place

Beat the king
There is no equal
Prepare a sequel
Kiss the ring

Will not quit without a fight
Might spit blood we unite
All our efforts aren’t in vein
We will reign

In overtime
We let it all go
Ran out the whole show
Lead the blind

Win the game
It takes a team
Fulfill the dream
Keep the flame

We all made it let’s rejoice
Won together with one voice
Don’t forget what winning brings
Kiss the ring

9. ANYTIME

(Can we be)
(You and me)
(Without end)
(More than friends)

Anytime anytime
Good love hard to find
Anytime anytime
You are one of a kind

I think you’ve got sex appeal
You know how to turn me on
I think you know what is real
You know how to keep me strong

Anytime anytime
Give me love blow my mind
Anytime anytime
I’ll be your sunshine

I think you’ve got what it takes
You know how to make me feel
I think you know what’s at stake
You know how to be the deal

Anytime anytime
Good love hard to find
Anytime anytime
You are one of a kind
(Can we be)
(You and me)
(Without end)
(More than friends)

Anytime anytime
Give me love blow my mind
Anytime anytime
I’ll be your sunshine
Anytime anytime
Good love hard to find
Anytime anytime
You are one of a kind
One of a kind
You are one of a kind

10. STILL CAN'T LET YOU GO

Turn back the hands of time
Erase the fog and shadows from my mind
Away sorrow and pain
Let my heart feel love again

In this shell I’ve made
A mouse inside the maze
With all the that I know
Can't let you go

Still can't let you go

This empty space inside my soul
Feels lonely and so cold
To know you really don't want to go
Is the missing piece that scares me so

In this body of rage
A lion inside a cage
With all the things I know
I can't let you go

Still can't let you go

solo

In this shell I’ve made
A lion inside a cage
With all the things I know
I still can't let you go

Still can't let you go

10 (cont) LAST CALL

(hidden track - ff 2 min after end

of "Still Can't Let You Go") 

If you ain’t got nobody by now
You ain’t goning home with nobody not now
It’s the last call for alcohol
You’re going home all alone
If you ain’t got nobody by now

If you ain’t got nobody by now
You ain’t goning home with nobody not now
It’s the last call for alcohol
You’re going home all alone
If you ain’t got nobody by now

Y'all come back now, Ya hear?