• Raw Soul Express – Get On Up And Get Freaky
    • Raw Soul Express – Love Like This
    • Raw Soul Express – I'd Like To Take A Shot
    • Raw Soul Express – The Way We Live (Full Unreleased Version)
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    • 2. Love Like This
    • 3. I'd Like To Take A Shot
    • 4. The Way We Live (Full Unreleased Version)
    • 5. Will You Be There
    • 6. Come And Join Us
    • 7. Let Go
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    • 9. Do You Know What You Feel

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