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Intro
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| 5:34 |
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It's funny how money
change a situation Miscommunication leads to complication My emancipation don't fit your equation I was on the humble you on every station Some wan' play young Lauryn like she dumb But remember not a game new under the sun Everything you did has already been done I know all the tricks from Bricks to Kingston My ting done made your kingdom wan' run Now understand L Boogie's non violent But if a thing test me run for mi gun Can't take a threat to mi newborn son L's been this way since creation A groupie call you fall from temptation Now you wanna ball over separation Tarnish my image in your conversation Who you gon' scrimmage like you the champion You might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you just lost one Now now how come your talk turn cold Gained the whole world for the price of your soul Tryin' to grab hold of what you can't control Now you're all floss what a sight to behold Wisdom is better than silver and gold I was hopeless now I'm on Hope road Every man want to act like he's exempt When him need to get down on his knees and repent Can't slick talk on the day of judgement Your movement's similar to a serpent Tried to play straight how your whole style bent Consequence is no coincidence Hypocrites always want to play innocent Always want to take it to the full out extent Always want to make it seem like good intent Never want to face it when it's time for punishment I know that you don't wanna hear my opinion But there come many paths and you must choose one And if you don't change then the rain soon come See you might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you really lost one You just lost one it's so silly how come When it's all done did you really gain from What you done done it's so silly how come You just lost one Now don't you understand man universal law What you throw out comes back to you star Never underestimate those who you scar Cause karma karma karma comes back to you hard You can't hold God's people back that long The chain of Shatan wasn't made that strong Trying to pretend like your word is your bond But until you do right all you do will go wrong Now some might mistake this for just a simple song And some don't know what they have 'til it's gone Now even when you're gone you can still be reborn And from the night can arrive the sweet dawn Now some might listen and some might shun And some may think that they've reached perfection If you look closely you'll see what you've become Cause you might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you really lost one You just lost one it's so silly how come When it's all done did you really gain from What you done done it so silly how come You might win some but you really lost one You just lost one it's so silly how come When it's all done did you really gain from What you done done it so silly how come You just lost one You just lost one You just lost one You just lost one You just lost one You just lost one You just lost one You just lost one What you done done |
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| 3. |
| 5:27 |
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It could all be so simple
But you'd rather make it hard Loving you is like a battle And we both end up with scars Tell me who I have to be To get some reciprocity No one loves you more than me And no one ever will Is this just a silly game That forces you to act this way Forces you to scream my name Then pretend that you can't stay Tell me who I have to be To get some reciprocity No one loves you more than me And no one ever will No matter how I think we grow you always seem to let me know It ain't workin It ain't workin No it ain't workin And when I try to walk away You'd hurt yourself to make me stay This is crazy This is crazy This is crazy This is crazy I keep letting you back in How can I explain myself As painful as this thing has been I just can't be with no one else See I know what we've got to do You let go and I'll let go too Cause no one's hurt me more than you And no one ever will No matter how I think we grow you always seem to let me know It ain't workin It ain't workin It ain't workin And when I try to walk away You'd hurt yourself to make me stay This is crazy this is crazy this is crazy this is crazy Care for me care for me I know you care for me There for me there for me Said you'd be there for me Cry for me cry for me You said you'd die for me Give to me give to me Why won't you live for me Care for me care for me I know you care for me There for me there for me Said you'd be there for me Cry for me cry for me You said you'd die for me Give to me give to me Why won't you live for me Care for me care for me I know you care for me There for me there for me Said you'd be there for me Cry for me cry for me You said you'd die for me Give to me give to me Why won't you live for me Care for me care for me You said you'd die for me There for me there for me Said you'd be there for me Give to me give to me Why won't you live for me Cry for me cry for me You said you'd die for me |
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| 4. |
| 6:09 |
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One day you'll understand Zion
unsure of what the balance held i touched my belly overwhelmed by what i had been chosen to perform but then an angel came one day told me to kneel down and prey for unto me a man child would be born woe this crazy circumstance i knew his life deserved a chance but everybody told me to be smart look at your career they said Lauryn baby use your head but instead i chose to use my heart Now the joy of my world is in Zion now the joy of my world is in Zion how beautiful if nothing more than to wait at Zion's door i've never been in love like this before now let me pray to keep you from the perils that will surely come see life for you my prince has just begun and i thank you for choosing me to come through unto life to be a beautiful reflection of his grace see i know that a gift so great is only one god could create and i'm reminded everytime i see your face That the joy of my world is in Zion Now the joy of my world is in Zion Now the joy of my world is in Zion Now the joy of my world is in Zion Watch him watch him watch him watch him Zion watch him watch him watch him Watch him watch him watch him watch him Zion watch him Watch him watch him watch him watch him Zion watch him watch him watch him Watch him watch him watch him watch him Zion watch him Watch him watch him watch him watch him Zion watch him watch him watch him Watch him watch him watch him watch him Zion watch him Watch him watch him watch him watch him Zion watch him watch him watch him Watch him watch him watch him watch him Zion watch him Watch him watch him watch him watch him Zion watch him watch him watch him Watch him watch him watch him watch him Zion watch him |
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| 5. |
| 5:20 |
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It's been three weeks since you've been looking for your friend
The one you let hit it and never called you again 'Member when he told you he was 'bout the Benjamins You act like you ain't hear him then gave him a little trim To begin, how you think you really gon' pretend Like you wasn't down then you called him again Plus when you give it up so easy you ain't even fooling him If you did it then, then you probably f*** again Talking out your neck sayin' you're a Christian A Muslim sleeping with the gin Now that was the sin that did Jezebel in Who you gon' tell when the repercussions spin Showing off your ass 'cause you're thinking it's a trend Girlfriend, let me break it down for you again You know I only say it 'cause I'm truly genuine Don't be a hardrock when you're really a gem Babygirl, respect is just a minimum Niggas f***ed up and you still defending them Now Lauryn is only human Don't think I haven't been through the same predicament Let it sit inside your head like a million women in Philly, Penn. It's silly when girls sell their soul because it's in Look at where you be in hair weaves like Europeans Fake nails done by Koreans Come again Come again, come again, come again, come again Guys you know you better watch out Some girls, some girls are only about That thing, that thing, that thing The second verse is dedicated to the men More concerned with his rims and his Timbs than his women Him and his men come in the club like hooligans Don't care who they offend popping yang like you got yen Let's not pretend, they wanna pack pistol by they waist men Cristal by the case men, still in they mother's basement The pretty face, men claiming that they did a bid men Need to take care of their three and four kids men They facing a court case when the child's support late Money taking, heart breaking now you wonder why women hate men The sneaky silent men the punk domestic violence men The quick to shoot the s***n stop acting like boys and be men How you gon' win when you ain't right within How you gon' win when you ain't right within How you gon' win when you ain't right within Come again Come again, come again, come again, come again Girls you know you better watch out Some guys, some guys are only about |
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| 6. |
| 4:57 |
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Yo hip hop
started out in the heart Uh huh yo Now everybody tryin to chart Say what Hip Hop started out in the heart Yo now everybody tryin to chart C'mon now baby c'mon now baby c'mon now baby c'mon uhh C'mon now baby c'mon now baby c'mon now baby c'mon C'mon baby light my fire Everything you drop is so tired Music is supposed to inspire How come we ain't gettin no higher Now tell me your philosophy on exactly what an artist should be Should they be someone with prosperity and no concept of reality Now who you know without any flaws That lives above the spiritual laws And does anything they feel just because there's always someone there who'll applaud C'mon baby light my fire Everything you drop is so tired Music is supposed to inspire How come we ain't gettin no higher I know you think that you've got it all And by making other people feel small makes you think you're unable to fall But when you do who you gonna call See what you give is just what you get I know it hasn't hit you yet Now I don't mean to get you upset But every cause has an effect Uh huh C'mon baby light my fire Everything you drop is so tired Music is supposed to inspire So how come we ain't gettin no higher I cross sands in distant lands made plans with the sheiks Why you beef with freaks as my album sales peak Uhh All I wanted was to sell like five hundred and be a Ghetto Supastar since my first album Blunted I used to work at Foot Locker they fired me and fronted or I quitted now I spit it however do you want it Now you get it writing rhymes in the Range with the frames lightly tinted then send it to your blcok to have my full name cemented And if your lines sound like mine I'm taking a percentage Unprecedented and still respected when it's finished I'm serious I'm takin over areas in Aquarius Runnin red lights with my ten thousand chariots Just as Christ was a Superstar you stupid Star They hail you then nail you no matter who you are They'll make you now then take you down and make you face it If you slit the bag open put your pinky in it and taste it C'mon baby light my fire Everything you drop is so tired Music is supposed to inspire So how come we ain't gettin no higher C'mon baby light my fire Everything you drop is so tired Music is supposed to inspire So how come we ain't gettin no higher C'mon baby light my fire Everything you drop is so tired Music is supposed to inspire So how come we ain't gettin no higher |
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| 7. |
| 4:16 |
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I treat this like my thesisWell written topicBroken down into piecesI introduce then produceWords so profuseIt's abuse how I juice up this beatLike I'm deuceTwo people both equalLike I'm GeminiRather simeonIf I Jimmy on this lock I could pop itYou can't stop itDrop itYour whole crew's microscopicLike particles while I make international articlesAnd on the coverDon't discuss the baby mother businessI been in this third LP you can't tell me, I witnessFirst handed I'm candidYou can't stand itRespect demandedAnd get flown around the planetRock Hard like granite or steelPeople feel Lauryn Hill from New-Ark to IsraelAnd this is realSo I keep makin' the street's balladsWhile you lookin' for dressin' to go with your tossed saladYou could get the moneyYou could get the powerBut keep your eyes on the final hourNow I be breakin' bread sippin Manichevitz winePay no mind party like it's 1999But when it comes down to ground beef like PalestineSay your rhymes, let's see if that get you out your bendNow I'm a get the mozzarella like a RockerfellerStill be in the church of LalibelaSinging hymns a cappellaWhether posed in Maribella in CoutureOr collectin' residuals from off the ScoreI'm makin' sure I'm with the 144I've been here before this ain't a battle this is warWord to BoonieI makes a lot like a SunniGet diplomatic immunity in every ghetto communityHad opportunity went fromHoodshock to Hood-chicBut it ain't what you copIt's about what you keepAnd even if there are leaksyou can't capsize this shipCause I baptize my lips every time I take a sipYou could get the moneyYou could get the powerBut keep your eyes on the final hourI'm about to change the focusFrom the richest to the brokestI wrote this opusTo reverse the hypnosisWhoever's closestTo the line's gonna win itYou gonna fall tryin to ballWhile my team win the pennantI'm about to be in itFor a minuteThen run for senateMake a slum lord be the tenantGive his money to kids to spend itAnd then amend itEvery law that ever preventedOur survival since our arrivalDocumented in the bibleLike Moses and AaronThings gon change, it's apparentAnd all the transparent gonnaBe seen throughLet God redeem youKeep your deen trueWatch out what you cling toYou can get the green tooObserve how a queen doAnd I remain calm readin' the 73 PsalmCause wit all this on I got the world in palmYou could get the moneyYou could get the powerBut keep your eyes on the final hour
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| 8. |
| 5:42 |
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When it hurts so bad
when it hurts so bad when it hurts so bad when it hurts so bad Why's it feel so good When it hurts so bad when it hurts so bad when it hurts so bad when it hurts so bad when it hurts so bad when it hurts so bad Why's it feel so good when it hurts so bad when it hurts so bad I loved real real hard once But the love wasn't returned Found out the man I'd die for He wasn't even concerned I tried and I tried and I tried To keep him in my life To keep him in my life I cried and I cried and I cried But I couldn't make it right But I I loved the young man And if you've ever been in love Then you'd understand What you want might make you cry What you need might pass you by If you don't catch it If you don't catch it If you don't catch it And what you need ironically Will turn out what you want to be If you just let it If you just let it If you just let it If you just let it See I thought this feeling It was all that I had But how could this be love And make me feel so bad Gave up my power Gave up my power I existed for you But whoever knew the voo doo you'd do But I I loved the young man And if you've ever been in love you'd understand What you want might make you cry What you need might pass you by If you don't catch it And what you need ironically Will turn out what you want to be If you just let it say what you want might make you cry What you need might pass you by If you don't catch it And what you need ironically Will turn out what you want to be If you just let it If you just let it When it hurts so bad when it hurts so bad when it hurts so bad when it hurts so bad Why's it feel so good When it hurts so bad when it hurts so bad When it hurts so bad when it hurts so bad when it hurts so bad when it hurts so bad Why's it feel so good When it hurts so bad when it hurts so bad when it hurts so bad when it hurts so bad when it hurts so bad Why's it feel so good when it hurts so bad when it hurts so bad |
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| 9. |
| 5:39 |
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As I look at what I've done
The type of life that I've lived How many things I pray the father will forgive One situation involved a young man He was the ocean and I was the sand He stole my heart like a thief in the night Dulled my senses blurred my sight I used to love him but now I don't I used to love him but now I don't I chose a road of passion and pain Sacrificed too much and waited in vain Gave up my power ceased being queen Addicted to love like the drug of a fiend Torn and confused wasted and used Reached the crossroad which path would I choose Stuck and frustrated I waited debated For something to happen that just wasn't fated Thought what I wanted was something I needed When momma said no I just should have heeded Misled I bled till the poison was gone And out of the darkness arrived the sweet dawn I used to love him but now I don't I used to love him but now I don't Father you saved me and showed me that life Was much more than being some foolish man's wife Showed me that love was respect and devotion Greater than planets deeper than oceans My soul was weary but now it's replenished Content because that part of my life is finished I see him sometimes and the look in his eye Is one of a man who's lost treasures untold But my heart is gold I took back my soul And totally let my creator control The life which was his to begin with I used to love him but now I don't |
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| 10. |
| 5:15 |
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Forgive us our trespasses as
we forgive those that trespass against us Although them again we will never never never trust Dem no know weh dem do dig out yuh yei while dem sticking like glue Fling skin grin while dem plotting fah you True Ah Who Forgive them father for they know not what they do Forgive them father for thet know not what they do Beware the false motives of others Be careful of those who pretend to be brothers And you never suppose it's those who are closest to you to you They say all the right things to gain their position Then use your kindness as their ammunition To shoot you down in the name of ambition they do Forgive them father for they know not what they do Forgive them father for they know not what they do Why every Indian wanna be the chief Feed a man til he's full and he still want beef Give me grief try tief off my piece Why for you to increase I must decrease If I treat you kindly does it mean that I'm weak You hear me speak and think I won't take it to the streets I know enough cats that don't turn the other cheek But I try to keep it civilized like Menelik And other African czars observing stars with war scars Get yours in this capitalistic system So many caught or got bought you can't list How you gonna idolize the missing To survive is to stay alive in the face of opposition Even when they comin gunnin I stand position L's known the mission since conception Let's free the people from deception If you looking for the answers Then you gotta ask the questions And when I let go my voice echoes through the ghetto Sick of men trying to pull strings like Geppetto Why black people always be the ones to settle March through these streets like Sowe to Like Cain and Abel Caesar and Brutus Jesus and Judas Backstabbers do this Forgive them father for they know not what they do Forgive them father for they know not what they do It took me a little while to discover Wolves in sheep coats who pretend to be lovers Men who lack conscience will even lie to themselves to themselves A friend once said and I found to be true That everyday people they lie to God too So what makes you think that they won't lie to you Forgive them father for they know not what they do Forgive them forgive them Forgive them father for they know not what they do Forgive them forgive them Gwan like dem love while dem rip yuh to shreds Trample pon yuh heart and lef yuh fi dead Dem a yuh fren who yuh depen pon from way back when But if yuh gi dem yuh back den yuh mus meet yuh end Dem noh know wey dem do Dem noh know wey dem do Dem no know dem no know Dem no know dem no know Dem no know wey dem do |
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| 11. |
| 5:15 |
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I was just alittle girl
Skinny legs, a press and curl My mother always thought I'd be a star But way before my reocrd deal The streets that nurtured Lauryn Hill Made sure that I'd neer go too far Every ghetto, every city and suburban place I've been Make me recall my days in the New Gerusalem Story stars at Hootaville grew up next to Ivy Hill When kids were stealing quartervilles for fun Kill the guy in Carter park Rode a Mongoose 'til it's dark WAtching kids show off the stolen ones Every ghetto, every city and suburban place I've been Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got Looking back Looking back, looking back, looking back You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got Looking back Thinking back, thinking back, thinking back A bag of Bontons, twenty cents and a nickel Springfield Ave, had the best popsicles Saturday morning cartoons and Kung-Fu Main street roots tonic with the deds A beef patty and some coco bread Move the patch from my Lees to the tonguie of my shoe 'Member FrelingHuysen used to have the bomb leather Back when Doug Fresh and Slick Rick were together ooking at the crew, we thought we'd all live forever You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got Looking back Looking back, looking back, looking back You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got Looking back Thinking back, thinking back, thinking back Drill teams on Munn street Remember when Hawthorne and Chancellor had beef Moving Records was on Central Ave. I was there at dancing school South Orange Ave. at Borlin Pool Unaware of what we didn't have Writing your friends' names on you jeans with a marker July 4th races off of Parker Fireworks at Martin stadium The Untouchable P.S.P. , where all them crzy niggers be And car thieves got away though Irvington Hillside brings beef with the cops Self-Destruction record drops And everybody's name was Muslim Sensations and '88 attracted kids from out-of-state And everybody used to do the wop Jack, Jack, Jack ya body Nah, the Biz Mark used to amp up the party I wish those days, they didn't stop Everyghetto every city and suburban place I've been Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got looking back , looking back , looking back, looking back You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got Looking back , looking back , looking back, looking back , looking back , looking back, looking back |
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| 12. |
| 5:50 |
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Now the skies could fall
Not even if my boss should call The world it seems so very small Cause nothing even matters at all Nothing even matters Nothing even matters at all Nothing even matters Nothing even matters at all Your love makes me feel ten feet tall Without it I'd go through withdrawal Cause nothing even matters at all Nothing even matters Nothing even matters at all Nothing even matters Nothing even matters at all drift out to sea Some natural catastrophe Still there's no place I'd rather be Cause nothing even matters to me Nothing even matters Nothing even matters to me Nothing even matters Nothing even matters to me I sometimes have the tendency To look at you religiously Cause nothing even matters to me Nothing even matters Nothing even matters to me Now you won't find me at no store I have no time for manicures With you it's never either or Cause nothing even matters no more Nothing even matters Nothing it don't matter Nothing even matters Nothing even matters no more And make it to the Final Four Just repossess my 4x4 Cause nothing even matters no more Nothing even matters Nothing even matters no more Nothing even matters |
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| 13. |
| 4:53 |
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Everything Is Everything
What is meant to be will be After winter must come spring Change it comes eventually Everything Is Everything What is meant to be will be After winter must come spring Change it comes eventually I wrote these words for everyone who struggles in their youth Who won't accept deception in instead of what is truth It seems we lose the game Before we even start to play Who made these rules Who made these rules We're so confused We're so confused Easily led astray Let me tell ya that Everything Is Everything Everything Is Everything After winter must come spring Everything Is Everything I philosophy Possibly speak tongues Beat drum Abyssinian street Baptist this in fine linen from the beginning My practice extending across the atlasI begat this Flipping in the ghetto on a dirty mattress You can't match this rapper slash actress More powerful than two Cleopatras Bomb graffiti on the tomb of on the tomb of Nefertiti MCs ain't ready to take it to the Serengeti My rhymes is heavy like the mind of sister Betty L Boogie spars with stars and constellations Then came down for a little conversation Adjacent to the king fear no human being Roll with cherubims to Nassau Coliseum Now hear this mixture where Hip Hopmeets scripture Develop a negative into a positive picture Now Everything Is Everything What is meant to be will be After winter must come spring Change it comes eventually Sometimes it seems We'll touch that dream But things come slow not at all And the ones on top won't make it stop So convinced that they might fall Let's love ourselves and we can't fail To make a better situation Tomorrow our seeds will grow All we need is dedication Let me tell ya that Everything Is Everything Everything Is Everything After winter must come spring Everything Is Everything What is meant to be will be After winter must come spring Change it comes eventually |
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| 3:55 |
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My world it moves so fast today
The past it seems so far away And I squeeze it so tight I can't breathe And every time I try to be What someone has thought of me So caught up I wasn't able to acheive But deep in my heart the answer it was in me And I made up my mind to define my own destiny I look at my environment And wonder where the fire went What happened to everything we used to be I hear so many cry for help Searching outside of themselves Now I know that His strength is within me And deep in my heart the answer it was in me And I made up my mind to define my own destiny And deep in my heart And deep in my heart the answer it was in me And I made up my mind to define my own destiny |
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| 15. |
| 3:41 |
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You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you. You'd be like heaven to touch. I wanna hold you so much. At long last love has arrived. And I thank God I'm alive. You're just too good to be true. Can't take my eyes off you. Pardon the way that I stare. There's nothing else to compare. The sight of you leaves me weak. There are no words left to speak. But if you feel like I feel. Please let me know that it's real. You're just too good to be true. Can't take my eyes off you. I need you baby, and if it's quite all right, I need you baby to warm a lonely night. I love you baby. Trust in me when I say: okay. Oh pretty baby, don't bring me down I pray. Oh pretty baby, now that I found you, stay. And let me love you, oh baby let me love you, oh baby.... You're just too good to be true. Can't take my eyes off you. You'd be like heaven to touch. I wanna hold you so much. At long last love has arrived. And I thank God I'm alive. You're just too good to be true. Can't take my eyes off you. I need you baby, and if it's quite all right, I need you baby to warm a lonely night. I love you baby. Trust in me when I say: it's okay. Oh pretty baby, don't let me down I pray. Oh pretty baby, now that I found you, stay. And let me love you, oh baby let me love you, oh baby.... I need you baby, and if it's quite all right, I love you baby, you warm the lonely nights. I need you baby. Trust in me when I say: it's okay. Oh pretty baby, don't let me down I pray. Oh pretty baby, now that I found you, stay. |
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| 16. |
| 4:40 |
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Sweet sweet sweet tell him
Let me be patient let me be kind Make me unselfish without being blind Though I may suffer I'll envy it not And endure what comes Cause he's all that I got and tell him Tell him I need Tell him I love him And it'll be alright Telll himmm be alright be alright Now I may have faith to make mountains fall But if I lack love then I am nothin' at all I can give away everything I possess But left without love then I have no happiness I know I'm imperfect & not without sin But now that I'm older all childish things end and tell him Tell him I need Tell him I love him And it'll be alright Telll himmm be alright be alright I'll never be jealous And I won't be too kind Cause love is not boastful Oooh and love is not loud Tell him I need him Tell him I love him Everything's gonna be alright Now I may have wisdom and knowledge on Earth But if I speak wrong then what is it worth See what we now know is nothing compared to the love that was shown when our lives were spared and tell him Tell him I need Tell him I love him And it'll be alright Telll himmm be alright be alright Telll himmm be alright be alright Telll himmm be alright be alright Telll himmm be alright be alright |
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