Lauryn Hill - When it hurts so bad
Tekst :
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
Why s it feel so good?
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
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 byIf 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
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
I existed for you
But whoever knew the voodoo 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 irconically
Will turn out what you want to be
If you just let it
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
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
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
When it hurts so bad, when it hurts so bad
Lauryn Hill - Since i found a new love
Tekst :
You’re everything I want and more
Oh I adore your mystery
Since I found a new love
Since I found a new love
I can’t complain no more
That’s how its supposed to be
I’m not in pain no more … yeah
Cause he’s so close to me
It doesn’t matter what they say
I’ll be a fool for you
But is it possible to say?
Oh if they can’t be cool with you
Since I found a new love
Since I found a new love
I don t get it wrong at all
I m in no empty conversations
I can t be strong at all
Oh with that vain imagination
Oh I won t even tolerate
None of their insane expectations
What you ve given me already
Oh has me free from obligation … hey … hey
Since I found a new love
Since I found a new love
See it don’t bother me at all
because I’m free from obligation
Oh I don’t even entertain
None of their insane expectations
See what you’ve given me already
Oh its enough to satisfy
See you’ve forgiven me for getting
All of the pride I had inside
See now our living can begin
Because all that’s been left behind
See now our living can begin
Because that chance has left and I .. I .. I
And now I just belong to you
There’s no one else to satisfy
Oh baby I’ll be strong for you
Until they come to realize … realize … realize that
Since I found a new love
Since I found a new love
Since I found a new love
Since I found a new love
I have no fear at all
No fear at all
I have no fear at all
No fear at all
I have no … fear at all
I have no … fear at all
I have no fear … at all
I have no fear … at all
Lauryn Hill - Retrospect for life
Tekst :
by Common
Yo, we gotta start respectin life more y all
You look at your brother man you gotta see yourself
Gotta see the God within him
Brothers gettin changed real quick over nothin
We losin too many of ours
Gotta recreate y all
Yo, check it
Knowin you the best part of life, do I have the right to take yours
Cause I created you, irresponsibly
Subconciously knowin the act I was a part of
The start of somethin, I m not ready to bring into the world
Had myself believin I was sterile
I look into mother s stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl
Turnin this woman s womb into a tomb
But she and I agree, a seed we don t need
You would ve been much more than a mouth to feed
But someone, I woulda fed this information I read
to someone, my life for you I woulda had to leave
Instead I lead you to death
I m sorry for takin your first breath, first step, and first cry
But I wasn t prepared mentally nor financially
Havin a child shouldn t have to bring out the man in me
Plus I wanted you to be raised within a family
I don t wanna, go through the drama of havin a baby s momma
Weekend visits and buyin J s ain t gon make me a father
For a while bearing a child is somethin I never wanted to do
For me to live forever I can only do that through you
Nerve I got to talk about them niggaz with a gun
Must have really thought I was God to take the life of my son
I could have sacrificed goin out
To think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on
I ma use self control instead of birth control
Cause $315 ain t worth your soul
$315 ain t worth your soul
$315 ain t worth it
[Lauryn Hill (two layers of vocals, same words)]
I, never dreamed you d leave, in summer
You said you would be here when it rained
[Common] Yo
Why didn t you stay
Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself
You had our child in you, I probably never feel what you felt
But you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are
Through our trials and tribulations, child s elimination
An intergration of thoughts I feel about the situation
Back and forth my feelings was pacin
Happy deep down but not joyed enough to have it
But even that s a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it
Is this unprotected love or safe to say it s lust
Bustin, more than the sweat in somebody you trust
Or is it that we don t trust each other enough
And believe, havin this child ll make us have to stay together
Girl I want you in my life cause you have made it better
Thinkin we all in love cause we can spend a day together
We talkin spendin the rest of our lives
It s too many black women that can say they mothers
but can t say that they wives
I wouldn t chose any other to mother my understanding
But I want our Parenthood to come from Planning
It s so much in my life that s undone
We gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one
If you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn t run from
But I m walkin, findin myself in my God
So I can, discipline my son with my writin
Not have a judge tellin me how and when to raise my seed
Though his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame
I had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed
You say your period hasn t came, and lately I ve been sleepy
So quit smokin the weed and the beadies and let s have this boy
[Lauryn Hill]
I, never dreamed you d leave in summer
You said you would be here when it rained
You said you would be here when it rained
Ohh I, never dreamed you d leave in summer
Now the situation s made things change
Things change
Why, didn t you stay
Why didn t you stay...
I, never dreamed you d leave, in summer
In summer
You said you would be here when, it rained
When it rained, it rained
Ohhhohh I, never dreamed, you d leave in summer
You said you wouldn t leave
Now the situation s made things change
Things change, why didn t you stay?
Stay, stay stay stay stay stay stay
Mmmmm, stayyy
Uh-uh
Ohh why didn t you stay..