Couldn't make it more simple, baby. Time. Energy. Attention. Temple is slow-burn hip-hop R&B soul at 80 BPM, candlelight-and-cashmere production wrapped around a commanding goddess laying out the terms of entry. Warm Moog sub and velvet pads glow under a rap flow that's all silk and standards: you want access to a goddess? Then move like you know, the universe took its time, and a goddess moves slow. She's top shelf, a premium pour, the kind of woman you build a whole life for, unavailable for basic, so bring devotion to the temple or stay outside the door. Verse two breaks it down for the fellas in the back, where's the planning, the flowers, the follow-through? She's a whole experience, not an afterthought, priestess energy, often sought, seldom caught, and the temple don't open for "u up?" phone calls. The sung hook makes the covenant plain: sacred ground, move slowly, spare me the bare minimum, earn it, work for it, so worth it. Then the spoken bridge distills it to scripture, be where you say, mean what you mean, light the candle, pour the wine, the temple opens on temple time. Sacred energy exchange, creation with intention. So baby, what you building? That's the only question. Written by Pamela Arsena. Pamela Lyra on the Pamela Arsena label.
Couldn't make it more simple, baby. Time. Energy. Attention. Couldn't make it more simple, no riddle, no rhyme, It takes energy, attention, and quality time. You want access to a goddess? Then move like you know, The universe took its time, and a goddess moves slow. Top shelf, baby, that's a premium pour, I'm the kind of woman you build a whole life for. Unavailable for basic, baby, that's for sure, Bring devotion to the temple or stay outside the door. Sexual energy? That's just creation, Same fire build empires, depends on intention. So if you knockin' on the temple, come correct at the door, I'm talkin' silk sheets, candlelight, rose petals on the floor. Time, energy, attention, The vibe so sexy, not to mention... Goddess don't grant access, she grants initiation. This is the temple, baby, Sacred ground, move slowly. Spare me the bare minimum, Earn it. Work for it. So worth it. This is the temple, baby, Top shelf, you can't replace me. Bring the time, the luxury, the patience, Earn it. Work for it. So worth it. Lemme break it down for the fellas in the back, Showin' up empty-handed ain't it, that's a fact. Where the planning? The flowers? The follow-through? If your effort is empty, I'm not interested in you. I'm a whole experience, not an afterthought, Priestess energy, often sought, seldom caught. You want soft? You want sweet? You want all of the holy? Then bring me the work, don't come slow and lowly. My temple got standards, my temple got walls, My temple don't open for "u up?" phone calls. I'm talkin' sacred energy exchange, creation with intention, So baby, what you building? That's the only question. Time, energy, attention, The vibe so sexy, not to mention... Goddess don't grant access, she grants initiation. This is the temple, baby, Sacred ground, move slowly. Spare me the bare minimum, Earn it. Work for it. So worth it. This is the temple, baby, Top shelf, you can't replace me. Bring the time, the luxury, the patience, Earn it. Work for it. So worth it. It ain't hard, baby, Just be where you say. Mean what you mean, Stay where you stay. Light the candle, Pour the wine, The temple opens On temple time. This is the temple, baby, Sacred ground, move slowly. Spare me the bare minimum, Earn it... Work for it... So worth it... This is the temple, baby... Top shelf, you can't replace me... Bring the time, the luxury, the patience... Earn it... Work for it... So worth it...
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