Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You

You’re just too good to be true.Can’t take my eyes off you.You’d be like heaven to touch. I wannahold you so much. At long last love has arrived. And I thank God I’m alive. You’rejust too good to be true. Can’t take myeyes off yoy. Pardon the way that I […]


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Forgive Them Father

Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those that trespass against usAlthough them again we will never, never, never trust Dem noh 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 […]


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Nothing Even Matters

Now the skies could fallNot even if my boss should callThe world it seems so very small‘Cause nothing even matters at all Nothing even mattersNothing even matters at allNothing even mattersNothing even matters at all See I don’t need no alcoholYour love makes me feel ten feet tallWithout it I’d […]


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Every Ghetto, Every City

I was just a little girlSkinny legs, a press and curlMy mother always thought I’d be a starBut way before my record deal,The streets that nurtured Lauryn HillMade sure that I’d never go too farEvery ghetto, every city and suburban place I’ve beenMake me recall my days in the New […]


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Tell Him”

Yo heh heh tell him it’s like uhh you know uhhSweet sweet tell him Let me be patient let me be kindMake me unselfish without being blindThough I may suffer I’ll envy it notAnd endure what comesCause he’s all that I got andtell him… Tell him I need him (yeah)Tell […]


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Lost Ones

It’s funny how money change a situationMiscommunication leads to complicationMy emancipation don’t fit your equationI was on the humble, you – on every stationSome wan’ play young Lauryn like she dumbBut remember not a game new under the sunEverything you did has already been doneI know all the tricks from […]


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Final Hour

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 […]


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Ex-Factor

It could all be so simpleBut you’d rather make it hardLoving you is like a battleAnd we both end up with scarsTell me, who I have to beTo get some reciprocityNo one loves you more than meAnd no one ever will Is this just a silly gameThat forces you to […]


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I Used To Love Him

As I look at what I’ve doneThe type of life that I’ve livedHow many things I pray the father will forgiveOne situation involved a young manHe was the ocean and I was the sandHe stole my heart like a thief in the nightDulled my senses blurred my sight I used […]


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Doo Wop (That Thing)

It’s been three weeks since you’ve been looking for your friendThe one you let hit it and never called you again‘Member when he told you he was ’bout the BenjaminsYou act like you ain’t hear him then gave him a little trimTo begin, how you think you really gon’ pretendLike […]


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Everything Is Everything

Everything is everythingWhat is meant to be, will beAfter winter, must come springChange, it comes eventually[2x] I wrote these words for everyoneWho struggles in their youthWho won’t accept deceptionInstead of what is truthIt seems we lose the game,Before we even start to playWho made these rules? We’re so confusedEasily led […]


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Superstar

Come on baby, light my fireEverything you drop is so tiredMusic is supposed to inspireHow come we ain’t getting no higher?Now tell me your philosophyOn exactly what an artist should beShould they be someone with prosperityAnd no concept of reality?Now, who you know without any flawsThat lives above the spiritual […]


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