Twas the night before Friday and all through the club They were drinking & smoking & tearing it up It was a cold night but the place was lit It was packed wall to wall no room to sit Cross town over on Josephine I had worked all day hadn't had no sleep But I grabbed my lipstick and my J's & made my way to the west bank When I walked in nobody cared They didn't know yet that the diva was there I pushed my way back through the crowd The air was thick the music loud I told the DJ to play my disc He looked at me like who the hell is this I said you'll know me soon enough Just hand me the mic let me play my stuff All I want for Christmas is the beat beat All I want for Christmas is the beat beat All I want for Christmas is the beat the beat All I want for Christmas is the beat the beat All I want for Christmas is the beat the beat Soon they knew to let me spit Kept a mic in my purse and I never quit I'd hit four spots four shows a night FEMA Fridays 2005 Till the days grew short and December came Still trimmed the tree but didn't feel the same We'd lost it all so we had to shake it Cause once you got the beat nobody can take it Well I'd seen fire, flood & drought Seen people die, heard shots ring out But still I knew without a doubt That I was born to make em bounce Cause I'd seen music change a crowd Seen people get up by getting down The gift I had wouldn't go under the tree Cause the gift I have's inside of me So I kept grinding till they knew Mic test mic test one two one two Excuse I don't mean to be rude Just gimme that mic lemme do what I do All I want for Christmas is the beat beat All I want for Christmas is the beat beat All I want for Christmas is the beat beat All I want for Christmas is the beat the beat All I want for Christmas is the beat the beat All I want for Christmas Twas the night before last and all was quiet Alone in my room & the night was silent But then I heard a voice inside my head And voices of people I once called friends "Freedia" they echoed, "Freedia" they called Sounded like a thousand people coming down the hall So I rushed to the sink but couldn't drown them out "Freedia" they said "don't let us down" Then the clock struck 12 on Christmas Eve I was haunted afraid and near defeat Then I looked into the mirror what did I see I saw the queen diva looking back at me She wore a crown and golden rings Famous surrounded by fancy things We locked eyes, she nodded at me Saying there's just one thing that you need All I want for Christmas is the beat the beat All I want for Christmas is the beat the beat All I want for Christmas is the beat the beat All I want for Christmas is the beat the beat All I want for Christmas is the beat the beat the beat the beat the beat the beat All I want for Christmas is the beat the beat the beat the beat the beat the beat