Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas(born October 13, 1980 in Glen Cove, New York), professionally known as Ashanti, is a Grammy Award-winning American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, model, and fashion designer who rose to fame in the early 2000s. She is most famous for her eponymous debut album Ashanti which featured the hit song "Foolish", and sold 503,000 copies (Gold) in its first week on release in the USA in April 2002, a record breaking feat. In the same week, she became the first female performer to simultaneously hold the top two places on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with "Foolish", and "What's Luv" (with Fat Joe). She broke records again by having three Top Ten songs (Foolish, What's Luv, & Always on Time (with Ja Rule)) on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the same week. Ironically, Ashanti wrote and sang background on the song "Ain't It Funny" sung by Jennifer Lopez which was also in the top 10 charts at the same time as "Foolish", "Always on Time" (with Ja Rule) and "What's Luv" (with Fat Joe).
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Ashanti

[Chorus: AshantI and Irv Gotti]
(Ashanti:) We're gonna party through the night (Irv Gotti: TURN IT UP!).
(Ashanti:) Don't you wanna drink and dance tonight (Irv Gotti: OH!)?
(Ashanti:) Don't try to be too cute tonight (Irv Gotti: GOTTA LOOSEN UP!).
(Ashanti:) Let the beat drop, and make ya feel (AHHH SO GOOD!)

[Verse 1: Ashanti]
I got the finest thang,
That thang to make me feel good tonight, ohh so good tonight.
Got my girls with me, we goin' tear down this thing tonight,
Down this thing tonight!!!

[Bridge: AshantI and Irv Gotti]
All my ladies lookin' hot, to death and swingin'
Everything right to left.
And everybody in the place has got that look upon their face
Like all I wanna do is party,
Let that sweat drip off my body.
So here's what I'll do… (Irv Gotti: TURN IT UP!).

[Verse 2: AshantI [and Irv Gotti]
I just feel like I, could float all the way up to the sky (Irv Gotti: OH!),
and come back feeling right (Irv Gotti: OH, OH, OH!)…
Now this is something I usually don't do,
but I just might get wit you tonight, hey-hey.

[JR:] Rule... (JUST LOOSEN UP!)

[Rap: Verse 3: Ja Rule and Ashanti]
And button down your button-ups.
We done goin' in the club, let's tear that club up.
It gets just so hot in here, cool me down spray some OJ and Velvadir,
Over the rocks while the crowd is rockin'.
Everybody rollin' like my life I wouldn't stop
Let's all toast to the highest and utmost
The rule and the (Ashanti: princess).
And everybody with a two step (Ashanti: get up dance),
And all my gangstas that don't dance (Ashanti: lean back).
Cause this is gangstafied, soon as I testify.
We all wanna party through the night,
And any ladies that look cute tonight
Send em my way, I'll show them how to loosen up get in da party, mood
Baby the name is rule, R-U-L-E, reppin' I-N-C.

[Outro: Ashanti]
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, yeah…