Michael "Ibo" Cooper, seorang musisi reggae Jamaika dan pendidik musik, lahir pada tahun 1952. Buat kamu yang tak kenal dengan Michael Cooper sebagai seorang musisi, bahwa musisi legendaris Bruno Mars dengan grup musiknya pernah membawakan ulang lagu Con Funk Shun berjudul Love’s Train. Sebuah lagu yang dirilis 40 tahun yang lalu untuk pertama kalinya.

Didirikan pada tahun 1969 di Vallejo sebagai Project Soul, Con Funk Shun mencapai kesuksesan internasional. Antara 1977 dan 1986 mereka memiliki empat emas berturut-turut dan satu album platinum dan 20 single hit termasuk delapan top 10 R&B hits dan satu hit R&B No. Jukebox mereka yang penuh dengan lagu-lagu hit termasuk "Shake and Dance With Me", "Too Tight", "Got To Be Enough", "Chase Me", "Electric Lady" dan masih banyak lagi. Pada halaman ini selembaran.com juga menaruh pada apresiasi terhadap lagu solo milik Michael Cooper yang dirilis pada tahun 1989.

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Lirik Lagu – Shoop Shoop (Never Stop Givin You Love)

Michael Cooper

Intro:
(Jacqueline D. Scott): "Hi Baby"
(Michael Cooper): "How you doin' baby?"

Oh

(Jacqueline D. Scott): "I Hope You'll be with me tonight. I have a lot of things I want to show you, I just wanna..."

(Michael Cooper): Someone say ow. Ooo yeah"

(Jacqueline D. Scott): "...do what you want me to. Have a fireplace going, a nice bottle of wine, just you and me"

(Michael Cooper):
Shoop shoop, shoop shoop
Now it's nice to know
With you, I'm needed so
Shoop shoop, shoop shoop
Yes, baby

Shoop shoop, shoop shoop
And it's plain to see
With me, you wanna be
Shoop shoop, shoop shoop
Yeah, yeah, oh, oh

Love taught me
It's you that I need
Now I know I can
Never stop giving good love
Oh baby, (honey)

You know you're on my mind
Sugar, all the time
And now I know I can
Never stop giving good love

Oh, baby
(honey)

Now I want you, girl
I believe in you honey
I can't believe it that I'm
Living my life without you

Shoop shoop, shoop shoop oh
Never stop giving you love
Sweet baby, sweet baby
Never stop giving in your heart

Shoop shoop, shoop shoop
Aww, never stop giving you love
Oh, oh, oh, oh

Shoop shoop, shoop shoop
It's all right tonight
If you squeeze my body so

(Jacqueline D. Scott): "Oh you know I want to hold you"

Shoop shoop, shoop shoop
We go round and round
Til my love comes tumbling down

(Jacqueline D. Scott): "Yes. Come on baby"

Woo

You know I'm on the phone
With you all night long
And now I know I can
Never stop giving good love

Oh, baby, Lovin to me
Lovin to me, Lovin to me
Lovin to me, Lovin to me
Lovin to me, lovin me alone

Oh, baby, sweet baby
Oh, baby I want you, girl
I believe in you honey
I can't believe it that I'm
Living my life without you

Shoop shoop, shoop shoop
Never stop giving good love
Come on, baby, come on, baby
Come on, baby

Shoop shoop, shoop shoop
Never stop giving good love
Come on, baby, come on, baby
Come on, baby

Got it, you're mine, all right
Tonight

Shoop shoop, shoop shoop
Never stop giving good love
Come on, baby, come on, baby
Come on, baby

It's you and me, it's you and me
It's all right tonight
Shoop shoop, shoop shoop
You and me...
It's all soo good, yeah yeah.
Oh, I believe, I believe baby
(shoop Shoop)
(Lovin to me)
(Lovin to me)
(Lovin to me)
It lovin tonight oo.