The Isley Brothers - Contagious

 

Lyrics to Contagious by The Isley Brothers

There was a story About a man comin’ in Findin’ his woman in bed with Well, listen It’s 2 a.m., just gettin’ in, about to check my message No one has called but my homies and some bill collectors Cellular rings, somebody wants to borrow money I two-way her, she don’t hit me back, something is funny So I called her mother’s house and asked her, had she seen my baby (Whoa, ah) Drove my 6 around lookin’ for that missin’ lady Got back in, turned the TV on and caught the news Then I put my hand on my head ‘cause I’m so confused And then I turned the TV down (TV down) ‘Cause I thought I heard a squeaky sound (Whoa...whoa...whoa...) Mmm, something’s goin’ on upstairs, yeah ‘Cause I know nobody else lives here, yeah Bom-bom-bom As I get closer to the stairways, all I hear And then I hear my baby’s voice in my ear Screamin’ out You’re contagious, touch me, baby Give me what you got (Then a man said) Sexy lady (Ooh), drive me crazy Drive me wild (All I heard was my baby’s voice screamin’) You’re contagious, touch me, baby (Touch me) Give me what you got (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) Sexy lady, drive me crazy (Then I heard another man, yeah) Drive me wild (And I just can’t believe this s***) I ran downstairs, looked in the closet, lookin’ for that, ooh Said a prayer ‘cause only God knows what I’m gonna do What I saw was enough to drive a preacher wild I’m in the hall contemplatin’, not in my own damn house Who would of thought she was creepin’ with another man (Whoa, ah) The down low happening to me all over again And then I turned the TV down (TV down, yeah) ‘Cause I know I heard a squeaky sound Something goin’ on up there upstairs ‘Cause I know ain’t no one else lives here Bom-bom-bom As I get closer to the stairways all I fear And then I hear my baby’s voice in my ear Screamin’ You’re contagious (Whoa), touch me, baby (Oh) Give me what you got (Then a man says) Sexy lady (Oh, ah), drive me crazy (Oh, ah) Drive me wild (All I can do is hear them say) You’re contagious, touch me, baby (Ooh) Give me what you got (Whoa...whoa...whoa...) Sexy lady, drive me crazy Drive me wild (Oh, I can’t believe this s***) Bom-bom-bom What the hell is goin’ on between the sheets in my home [Baby, wait, let me explain] [Before you start to point your cane] Girl, I’m ‘bout to have a fit {Oh, it’s about to be some s***} {How did I get into this} {Shoulda never came home with this b****} You lowdown dirty woman Back to where you come from [But baby, wait] But wait, my a** Hit the streets, your a** is grass {Now Mr. Biggs, before you’re done} Wait, how you know my name, son (Honey wait, I was gonna tell you) Move, this cat looks real familiar Hmm, now don’t I know you from somewhere a long time ago {No-no, I don’t think so} Yeah, yeah, I feel I know you brother, very well {No-no, you’re mistakin’ me for somebody else} (Frank) Shut up Can’t you see two men are talkin’ (But) Thought I told your a** to get to walkin’ Now I think ya’ll better leave this place ‘Cause I’m about to catch a case You’re contagious, touch me, baby Give me what you got (Whoa, that’s what she said) Sexy lady (Ooh), drive me crazy (Whoa) Drive me wild (And then he replied) You’re contagious, touch me, baby (Touch me) Give me what you got (Give me what you got) Sexy lady (Whoa), drive me crazy (Oh, whoa) Drive me wild (Ah, yeah, oh) You’re contagious, touch me, baby (I should have known from the shoppin’ spree) Give me what you got (That’s the only time you smile at me) Sexy lady (And makin’ love girl), drive me crazy (Will never be the same) Drive me wild (I can tell how you said my name) Ernie Accompany me