"Freedom"

[Chorus x2:]
Said I'm gone close my eyes
Said I'm gon' live my life
Despite what you think
I'm gone be free I'm a be me

Yeah!

See I ain't never think I would have a situation where the people around me just envy I must replace them
See I always thought the people that watch me grow
Would want to see me blow fa'sho but little did I know
They ain't never really wanna see me smiling.
They couldn't take the fact that I was really shining
And in my heart I knew they was wishing I was stop
Cause they don't me to rise and be on top.
And all that jealousy and hate
Can be right in front of your face
And it's gone hurt for you to see
But it ain't your fault just let it be

So I'm gone close my eyes
And I'm gone live my life
Despite what you think Im'a be free cause Im'a be me. [x2]

See everybody wanna have something to talk about
So they pointing their fingers and always running their mouths.
No matter how you try to satisfy someone else giving so much of yourself yo love but it's never enough.
The more you give them the more want they ain't happy
And they don't see all you do to make 'em happy
They don't appreciate it till you walk away
But you don't want to hear by now it's too late.
And all that jealousy and hate
Can be right in front of your face
And it's gone hurt for you to see
But it ain't your fault just let it be.

So I'm gone close my eyes
And I'm gone live my life
Despite what you think Im'a be free cause Im'a be me. [x2]

What they don't understand is that Im'a keep livin my life and surviving
Im'a keep pushing and striving and climbing and grinding
Cause ain't no time to be crying I been providing with the strength to carry my way
And Im'a be ok cause I'm gone live my life my way
And u can say what u wanna say it wont affect the way I'm living I'm winning by being free again

So I'm gone close my eyes
And I'm gone live my life
Despite what you think Im'a be free cause Im'a be me. [x2]

"Wonderful (Remix)"
(feat. Ja Rule)

[Bonus Track]

[Chorus]
[R. Kelly (Ashanti)]
If it wasn't for the money, cars and movies stars and jewels
And all these things I got
I wonder, hey
Would you still want me (Want you)
Would you still be calling me (Still calling you)
You be loving me? (I'll be loving you)

[Ja Rule]
Wanna keep you flawed with no dough
Pimpin ain't easy
Trust me I know
When gangstas and hos
Go go go go go go together
Like chinchilla and bad weather
I'm good but been better
All my bros, chedda and glamorous things
Copped a few cars
A crib with a east and west wing
Cuz this is how I'm livin and y'all women know the secrets
Of how to get it and keep it
How to prey on my weakness
Cuz I want the p-u-s-s-y
Got a lotta niggaz wonderin it ain't just i
Gotta keep ya cash comin and that's on my life
If it wasn't for the money and the things I got
Shit, she probably wouldn't like me
But I keep her and irv and jeffrey quite icy
Sip seraphin
Who doesn't like me
And the murderous I-n-c

[Chorus]
If it wasn't for the money, cars and movies stars and jewels
And all these things I got
I wonder, hey
Would you still want me (Want you)
Would you still be calling me (Still calling you)
You be loving me? (I'll be loving you)

[R. Kelly]
How many girls does it take to get to
Mack status
Player status
Pimps that get
Ya boy half rich fore we hit show biz
But show biz brought next level chicks
Pull them in them hot cars go and buy the whole bar nigga
I came from the dirt what you want me to say
Im at the top of the world and lifes a pussy buffet
And that's why I get m-i-a
Shut the game down so the bustas cant play
Hell yeah I splurge money
Hell yeah I act funny
Look at you like fuck you
All the shit I been thru
It's a wonder why im still here
Said I was gone but im still here
And all you bitches that left me here
Its mighty strange how you right back here

[Chorus]
If it wasn't for the money, cars and movies stars and jewels
And all these things I got
I wonder, hey
Would you still want me (Want you)
Would you still be calling me (Still calling you)
You be loving me? (I'll be loving you)

[Ja Rule]
I wonder why love is about money
And why wou wanna take it all from me
Honey
My life is dark but its lovely
Crimes cars cribs aint that right Kelly?
(Oh oh oh oh oh oh)
Yall bitches don't know
Money aint a thang
MamI need a lil change
Girl im pitchin quarters
Closest to the arches but live in a fortress
New benzes new porsches
New cases new lawyers
Im becoming the infamous notorious rule
Niggaz couldn't walk a mile in my shoes
Niggaz don't possess the heart that I do
And it's a wonder that im still here
Thought I was gone but im still here
And all you bitches that left me here
Its kinda funny how you right back there

[Chorus]
If it wasn't for the money, cars and movies stars and jewels
And all these things I got
I wonder, hey
Would you still want me (Want you)
Would you still be calling me (Still calling you)
You be loving me? (I'll be loving you)

[R. Kelly]
Oh oh oh oh ohhhhh
Oh oh oh oh
(mmmmm)(yeah yeah)

[Ashanti]
Now how many nights does it take to make you believe my love
Of all these years that had your kids
How could you wonder
Hey
See I was wit you through the rain and thunder
And all that cryin' and came through a runner
Now tell me baby do you still wonder?
Hey yeah
Cuz I'm that chick
From I-N-C
Some try to pump it
Them chicks ain't me
Straight to the top y'all
All gone see
All my ladies say
Aww Aww Aww Aww
Is wonder why we still here
And all this hatin'
And were still here
You didn't think that we
Would be here
Ain't no mistakin' this is our year

[Chorus]
If it wasn't for the money, cars and movies stars and jewels
And all these things I got
I wonder, hey
Would you still want me (Want you)
Would you still be calling me (Still calling you)
You be loving me? (I'll be loving you)

[R. Kelly]
Oh oh oh oh ohhhhh
Oh oh oh oh

"Kansas"

Wind blowin through my hair
Everybody tellin me theres nowhere like home
Oh no

Theres somewhere else for me
I need to take the oppurtunity and go
And go
Yeah

Its now near, not too far
And when i look up to the stars
I wanna be, i wanna be like they are
Ooh

[chorus]
Sometimes you gotta get of kansas (gotta get out)
And sometimes you gotta take your chances (to find the answers)
Cuz noone ever made it just waitin around
For the big fancy menice in the two-bit town
One thing i know is crystal clear
I gotta get out of here

I know the sound of a whole new crowd
While i wisper when i want to sing out loud
Let me here you say yeah yeah (yeah, yeah)
Im on land, but i can fly
Something in my heart saying i was ment to shine
Like a diamond in the sky

I wanna see my name in lights
And someone to buy movie rights
I wanna hear my music come to life

[chorus]
Sometimes you gotta get of kansas (gotta get out)
Aand sometimes you gotta take your chances (to find the answers)
Cuz noone ever made it just waitin around
For the big fancy menice in the two-bit town
One thing i know is crystal clear
I gotta get out of here

I gotta get outta here
Mmhmm
I gotta get outta here

"I Know"

[IRV GOTTI:]
Dear Lord, I come to You a humble man
Asking Your forgiveness for all my sins that I've committed throughout my life
And Lord, I ask of You one more thing
Have mercy on my enemies, for they not know what they do
As we proceed, Chapter II

[CHORUS:]
I know it gets hard for us sometimes
And I know we can't stop living this life
I know it gets harder everyday
But I know we can't stop living this way

[1ST VERSE:]
Some days I would say there's got to be a better way
See, I don't know if I want to live my life like this for each and every day
But now I found that I've got to say
Even though it gets hard, I came this far
And I can't live my life no other way

[CHORUS]

[2ND VERSE:]
I tried to figure out if there's another path for me
'Cause all these ups and downs and ins and outs be kind of stressing me
But I could never see myself living like nothing else
It's hard to tell, but I know this life too well

[BRIDGE:]
Sometimes people just don't know
What they are and what to follow
Even when it don't seem right
Get on by and live your life

[CHORUS]

Oooooh, oooooh
Oooooh, oooooh

[CHORUS X2]

[IRV GOTTI:]
Yeah, for all my peoples living that everyday life
Sometimes you gon' have ups, sometimes you gon' have downs
Fight through that y'all, keep pushin' it, don't ever stop pushin, don't ever stop believing
Take the good with the bad
You know, it's gon' be alright
Ashanti, I.G.
Message brought to you from Murder Inc

"When A Man Does Wrong"

Mmm, mmm
It's been seven long hours
Since you left me babe
Sitting here
Thinking 'bout how
How you let it slip away
I can't get no sleep
(No sleep)
Don't even wanna
Go nowhere
It's on my mind
What you did wrong
And now you
Wanna come back

When a man does wrong
Ain't no coming back home
He's been out there too long
She won't even
Talk on the phone
(Settle this, settle this)
When a man does wrong
Ain't no coming back home
Can't come around
There ain't no place
She don't wanna
See your face

Said you never
Wanted to hurt me
Never even wanted to leave
Said that you
Never did desert me
Now you begging me
Please, please, please believe
Now you feeling like a fool
(Fool)
Never thought about me
Just you

It's on your mind
What you did wrong
And now you
Wanna come back

When a man does wrong
Ain't no coming back home
He's been out there too long
She won't even
Talk on the phone
When a man does wrong
Ain't no coming back home
(No, no, no, no)
Can't come around
There ain't no place
She don't wanna
See your face

Why'd you have
To do it baby?
Do it do it to me
Why'd you have
To use and abuse me?
See I've been sitting
Waiting at night
Just wasting my time
(Wasting my time)
Now, now I know
Now I know
Gotta go gotta go
(Yeah go, yeah go, yeah)

When a man does wrong
Ain't no coming back home
Can't come around
There ain't no place
She don't wanna
See your face

"Baby (Remix)"
(feat. Crooked I)

[Ashanti]
I remember feelin like this...

[Chorus: Ashanti]
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby (Baby)
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Love it when I heard your name, got me sayin...
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
(Baby, I love you)
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Love it when I heard your name, got me sayin...

[Ashanti]
I got these jones forming in my bones (From a man)
Who indeed took over my soul (Understand)
I couldn't breathe if he ever said (He would leave)
Get on my knees, til they bloody red (Baby please)
See I don't know if you get it yet (Just don't know)
He's like the lighter to my cigarette (Watñh me smoke)
I never knew another human life (Didn't know)
Who got the power to take over mine, so baby, baby

[Crooked I]
Yo, I love my R & B, P's man
She be in the shower singin "Chaka Khan, Sweet Thang"
But I'm on the block, gutter thuggin where the G's hang
Cuz all of my father figures came from a street gang
It's Crooked I, ridin wit me more
She top notch, dog a bently is sore
She keep her body covered in Christian Dior
(Wow) Plus she's ready to ride wit me in war
Who can ask for more?
Me and my...

[Chorus: Ashanti]
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby (Baby)
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Love it when I heard your name, got me sayin...
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
(Baby, I love you)
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Love it when I heard your name, got me sayin...

[Ashanti]
See I can never feel alone with you (In my life)
I'll give up everything I own for you (Won't think twice)
Almost a shame how I'm mesmerised (Such a shame)
I lose my thought lookin in your eyes (I know, I)
Because your kisses make my lips quiver (And that's real)
And when you touch me my whole body shivers (I can feel)
Now I can see how another life (Another life)
Could the power to take over mine (Cuz your my)

[Chorus: Ashanti]
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby (Baby)
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Love it when I heard your name, got me sayin...
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
(Baby, I love you)
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Love it when I heard your name, got me sayin...

[Ashanti (Crooked I)]
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
(You wit the I, we gon ride til we die ya know)
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
(Ya wit the two by my side we always gon survive fo'-sho')
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
(Yo, yo lets get this money huh, let's get this paper right)
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
(Whenever it's the ROW and Murder Inc it's a done deal when we link)

[Crooked I (Ashanti)]
And tell me, who could ever picture
That me and you would be together forever
I'm a gangsta, they said I'd never get ya (Baby)
I'm runnin the turf, you want me comin to church
How can I come, when I know I keep guns under my shirt I love the street life,
But that there love is a curse
And I when I think about livin without you (Baby, I love you)
Nothin is worse I got my lil' mommaz back,
it's more than just hoppin in the sack I guess opposites attract, you my...

[Chorus: Ashanti]
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby (Baby)
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Love it when I heard your name, got me sayin...
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby (Baby, I love you)
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Love it when I heard your name, got me sayin...

[Ashanti (Crooked I)]
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby (You wit the I, we gon ride til we die ya know)
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby (Ya wit the two by my side we always gon survive fo'-sho')
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
(Yo, yo lets get this money huh, let's get this paper right)
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
(Whenever it's the ROW and Murder Inc it's a done deal when we link)

[Chorus: Ashanti]
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby (Baby)
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Love it when I heard your name, got me sayin...
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby (Baby, I love you)
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Love it when I heard your name, got me sayin...

(Baby...)

"Colors Of The Wind"
(feat. Shi Shi)

You think you own whatever land you land on
The earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name

You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You'll learn things you never knew you never knew

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Or ask the grinning bob cat why he grins
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind

[Shi Shi]
Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest
Come taste the sun-sweet berries of the earth
Come roll in all the riches all around you
And for once never wonder what they're worth

The rainstorm and the river are my brothers
The heron and the otter are my friends
And we are all connected to each other
In a circle of a hope that never ends

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Or let the eagle tell you where he's been
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind

How high does the sycamore grow
If you cut it down then you'll never know
And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
For whether we are white or copper skinned
We need to sing with all the voices of the mountain
We need to paint with all the colors of the wind

You can own the earth and still
All you own is earth until
You can paint with all the colors of the wind

"The Pledge"
(feat. Caddillac Tah)

[ad-libs: Ashanti]
In the beginning...
When no one else was around...
You were there...
And now.. that everything is good...
You gotta know...
I'll ride out with you... forever...

[verse one]
I never thought that I could find this thang
That always had me comin' back again
Something about the way you move, it got me...
Hooked on you, no matter, what I do
I never felt this way for another
It's feelin' kinda strange, but I love it
You gotta know that I would never leave
You did that thang to me, you is where I be

[chorus]
There's no me
Without you
I can't think
Without you
Don't you know that I will...
Never leave
Leave you
All I need
Need is you

[verse two]
You're always there to make me feel so right
You got me thinkin' bout you day and night
Thinkin' bout how my life is now
How you, make me smile, and I, love ya style
We been together through thick and thin
Whatever troubles you're in, I'm in
You gotta know that I would never leave
You did that thang to me, you is where I be

[bridge]
What you've done to me
You know that I can't see
Myself with or without you
Bein' without you
Breathin' without you, baby
[2X]

[chorus]

[rap: Caddillac Tah]
Now it don't matter if you hatin' or spoiled...
We gone get that dough
The camp is strong...
Can't do nothin' else but blow
I chant this cause...
I'm lettin' you all know (it's murdaaaa, for liiiife)
Now you know I'm a put my life on the line for yours
Pull a nine out the drawer, strap up, when it's time for war
Stack up, every penny, money over these broads
Back up, against the wall in a riot or brawl
I pledge allegiance, the I-N-C is the clique
And till I die, I'm a ride with my niggas through thick
And thin, playin' him, we playin' to win
Steady ballin', soarin', long dickin' these broads, and..
I'm my brother's keeper, slugs'll spreech ya, plug'll heat ya
Fuckin' wit my family, so understand, B, there's no me without them
All we got is us, me and 'Shan tearin' it up, nigga what, what

[chorus: (2X)]

[Ashanti]
Murder I-N-C
You know that I can't see myself
Livin' without you
Bein' without you
Breathin' without you, baby

[bridge]

[ad-libs: Irv Gotti]
Hahaha... Murder Inc
Yeah, my nigga Sez
My princess... Ashanti
Without each other, y'all
Nowhere...

"I Found It In You"

[Verse 1:]
You know I've been searching for so long yea
Thinking to find that special one yea
And you came around and changed my life
But if was the best of me,
So thankful for you baby.......

[Chorus:]
Was lookin' for someone to love just me (and i found it in you)
Was searching for love unconditionally (yes i found it in you)
I needed someone I can live my dreams through (and i found it in you)
Yes I found it in you

[Verse 2:]
I use to think i'd never have true love no
There wasen't nobody just to take serious no
I use to hurt inside from a broken heart (you changed that)
You took the pieces and now my love increases oh yeaaa

[Bridge]
I wish we could run away
Just me and you
Your my evertything,
And no one can compare
To the joy you bring
And baby
Im glad your mine finally

[Chorus x2]

"I Love You"

I love you [x4]

[Chorus]
I love you
Cuz you mean everything to me and I
I love you
I thank you for just being in my life
I love you
I love the way you can always make me smile
I love you
And wherever I go you're always in my heart

[Verse #1]
Nobody ever bring the joy you bring to me
You make me feel the way you do
And there aint nothing like your love
That sometimes makes you stop and think like
Do I deserve such a love that can now move heaven and earth
For my lovin I could never surround my life without the things
That you provide ever since you came into my life
And it feels like my whole world is happening
I cant stress how much I've been blessed
See what you came and done to me
You make my life complete
I know sometimes I might forget
That even when I dont say it
You know that I mean it I

[Chorus]
I love you
Cuz you mean everything to me and I
I love you
I thank you for just being in my life
I love you
I love the way you can always make me smile
I love you
And wherever I go you're always in my heart

[Verse #2]
See I dont minding wake up everyday and see your face
And wanting to lay inside your arms
Cause there aint nothing like your touch
It's so good never seems like enough
I didnt know that a love could grow and take over your soul
Dont advise much more
Only when you're apart if feels like living life is hard
Your entire world just seems so dark
Then it lights up cuz you are my shining star
And I dont know what I'd do without you
See what you came and done to me
You make my life complete
I know sometimes I might forget
But even when I dont say it
You know that I mean it I

[Chorus]
I love you
Cuz you mean everything to me and I
I love you
I thank you for just being in my life
I love you
I love the way you can always make me smile
I love you
And wherever I go you're always in my heart

[Bridge]
When you love somebody
You can share everything
Because you understand that you'll be right there
Anytime, any place, anywhere
When you love somebody
You can be only me
If they cry you'll be right by their side
To make everything alright

[Chorus]
I love you
Cuz you mean everything to me and I
I love you
I thank you for just being in my life
I love you
I love the way you can always make me smile
I love you
And wherever I go you're always in my heart

I love you [x3]

[Chorus]
I love you
Cuz you mean everything to me and I
I love you
I thank you for just being in my life
I love you
I love the way you can always make me smile
I love you
And wherever I go you're always in my heart