Verbs

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That's What's Happening I get my thing in action >> Verb!
To be, to sing, to feel, to live... >> Verb! That's what's
>> happenin'!
I put my heart in action >> Verb!
To run, to go, to get, to give... >> Verb! You're what's
>> happenin'!
That's where I find satisfaction, yeah! >> Yeah!
To search, to find, to have, to hold... >> Verb! To be bold!
When I use my imagination >> Verb!
I think, I plot, I plan, I dream...
Turning in towards creation >> Verb!
I make, I write, I dance, I sing...
When I'm feelin' really active >> Verb!
I run, I ride, I swim, I fly!
Other times when life is easy >> Ohhh!
I rest, I sleep, I sit, I lie... >> Verb! That's what's
>> happening!

I can take a noun and bend it...
Give me a noun! >> Bat, ball, rake, and plow
Make it a verb and really send it! >> Show me how!
Ohh, I don't know my own power! >> Verb!
I get my thing in action... >> Verb!
In being... >> Verb!
In doing... >> Verb!
In saying...
>> Verb! That's what's
>> happenin'!

I can tell you when it's happenin'! >> Past, present, future
>> tense!
Tell you more about what's happenin'. >> Say it so it makes
>> some sense!
Oh! I can tell you *who* is happenin'. >> Verb you're so intense!
Hey, every sentence has a subject. >> Noun: person, place or
>> thing!
Find that subject, where's the action? >> Verb can make the subject
>> zing!
Take the subject, what is it? >> What?
What's done to it? >> What?
What does it say? >> Verb! You're what's
>> happenin'!
I can question like, "What is it?" >> Verb! You're so
>> demanding!
I can order like, "Go get it!" >> Verb! You're so
>> commanding!
When I hit, I need an object! >> Verb, hit! Hit the ball!
When I see, I see the object! >> Do you see that "Berlin
>> Wall"?

If you can see it, man, put the ball over the fence, man! Go 'head, on! Yeah, alright! What?! He hit it! It's goin'... it's goin'...it's gone! What?!

I get my thing in action! >> Verb! That's what's
>> happening!
To work... >> Verb!
To play... >> Verb!
To live... >> Verb!
To love!