Lil' Kim:
Where's all my soul sisters
Let me hear y'all flow sisters

Hey sister, go sister, soul sister, flow sister
Hey sister, go sister, soul sister, go sister

Mya:
He met Marmalade down in old Moulin Rouge
Strutting her stuff on the street
She said, hello, hey Joe
You wanna give it a go, oh

Gitchi gitchi ya ya da da (hey hey hey)
Gitchi gitchi ya ya hee (hee oh)
Mocca chocolata ya ya (ooh yeah)
Creole Lady Marmalade (ohh)

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir (oh oh)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (yeah yeah yeah yeah)

Pink:
He sat in her boudoir while she freshened up
Boy drank all that magnolia wine
On her black satin sheets
Is where he started to freak, yeah

Gitchi gitchi ya ya da da (da da yeah)
Gitchi gitchi ya ya hee (ooh yeah yeah)
Mocca chocolata ya ya (yeah, yeah)
Creole Lady Marmalade, uh

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir (ce soir)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ooh)

Lil' Kim:
Yeah, yeah, aw
We come through with the money and the garter belts
Let 'em know we 'bout that cake, straight out the gate
We independent women, some mistake us for whores
I'm saying, why spend mine when I can spend yours
Disagree, well that's you and I'm sorry
I'ma keep playing these cats out like Atari
Wear high heeled shoes, getting love from the dudes
Four bad ass chicks from the Moulin Rouge
Hey sisters, soul sisters
Betta' get that dough sisters
We drink wine with diamonds in the glass
By the case, the meaning of expensive taste
We wanna gitchi gitchi ya ya (come on)
Mocca chocolata (what)
Creole Lady Marmalade

One more time, come on now

Marmalade (ooh)
Lady Marmalade (ooh yeah)
Marmalade (ohh)

Christina:
Hey, hey, hey
Touch of her skin feeling silky smooth, oh
Color of cafe au lait, alright
Made the savage beast inside
Roar until he cried

More, more, more

Pink:
Now he's back home doing nine to five (nine to five)

Mya:
Living a gray flannel life

Christina:
But when he turns off to sleep, memories creep

More, more, more

Gitchi gitchi ya ya da da (da da)
Gitchi gitchi ya ya hee (ohh)
Mocca chocolata ya ya (ooh)
Creole Lady Marmalade

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir (ce soir)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (all my sisters, yeah)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir (ce soir)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ohh)

Come on, uh

Missy:
Christina (Christina:)
Moulin
Missy:
Pink (Pink:)
hey, hey, Lady Marmalade
Missy:
Lil' Kim (Lil' Kim:)
Hey, hey, uh uh uh uh uh uh uh
Missy:
Mya (Mya:)
Oh oh ohh yeah
Missy:
Rockwilder baby
Pink:
Lady
Missy:
Moulin Rouge
Christina:
Oh ooh
Da dum da dum
Missy Elliott:
Misdemeanor here
All (except Missy)
Creole Lady Marmalade, ooh yessa


Lyrics submitted by P!NK'sLilRebell!on, edited by mystlyn89

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    this is an awesome song

    Cutie12on July 08, 2002   Link
  • +1
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    Um, excuse me? First of all, lady marmalade=hooker therefor people who sing about lady marmalade shoulder look like they're hookers. Second, it is not childish to fight over this, but it's what people do on this website if you have'nt noticed, if you don't like, get your ass off the website, nobody likes a whiner. This website is also about finding the meaning of a song, not sating how shitty, crappy, and slutty the song is, learn how to think positive about a song, like, I think this song is actually beautifully sang, they're great singers.

    madd_elibberon June 01, 2005   Link
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    This is one of the best feel good song around. It is particularly good when getting over that guy who dumped you. Just play this song, sing along to it and you feel so much better.

    Kahtraon May 13, 2002   Link
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    i really don't have anything bad to say about this,it is a remake from some disco song(which i hate disco)but one thing,did anyone notice Christina kinda looked like Dee Snider from Twisted Sister in the video for this?jsut wondering,they all looked good at hell though

    aicguy22on June 13, 2002   Link
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    I don't think this song is that bad, kinda catchy infact -lol- I'd have to say I have more respect for Christina then I do for any other pop artist. And they looked like hoes for a reason 'cause it's kinda the theme of the song and the movie Moulin rouge.

    SongMeaningson July 04, 2002   Link
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    Love this song. Found out what it means ;).

    P!NK'sLilRebell!onon July 08, 2002   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Hey if you see scooby doo, Shaggy sings "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir" to a girl saying that you don't need to know french to love the song.

    AliTheMusicon July 09, 2002   Link
  • 0
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    this is such a good song it makes me feel like getting up and dancing when i hear it.

    Cutie12on July 26, 2002   Link
  • 0
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    this song kicks ass......oh ya STUPIDGIRL.....don't be so stupid, really.....the song is about a prostitue-I swear to god. Lady Marmalade is a hooker...therefore would it make sense NOT to have the girls lookin like hoes?????????DUH

    Holladeeon August 06, 2002   Link
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    this was an awesome song and those who think they all looked trashey and slutty r just jelous id like to c u put on something like that and get away with it and get like a million dollars 4 it this songs the shit keep it cumin girls:)

    smurfetteon August 20, 2002   Link

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