"Feel Like A Woman"

[Verse 1:]
I want you to rescue me.
Take me from this misery.
Put your arms around me bay.
Hold me close, please hear me say.
(Ohh)
You really gotta hold on me.
(You do)
Right here is where I wanna be.
(With you)
Boy, there's something I want you to do.
Cause tonight I wanna...

[Chorus:]
Feel like a woman. (I don't wanna compete)
(I just wanna be the only girl that you need)
Feel like a woman. (Boy, I want you to be everything to me)
(Don't wanna be deceived)
Feel like a woman. (I don't wanna fuss and I don't wanna cuss)
(I just wanna feel the love from both of us)
Feel like a woman. (Now I only wanna do what you tell me to)
(Won't you show and prove)
Feel like a woman.

[Verse 2:]
If you're on your way home, stop and buy me something, ohh.
Boy, buy me a bag.
Or buy me some shoes.
This is a part of me I'm tryna get you used to, ohh.
Boy, buy me diamonds.
Buy me pearls.
Buy me this.
Buy me that.
Make me fall deeper in love with you.
I'm tired of screaming independant.
I wanna start depending on you.
Cause tonight I wanna...

[Chorus:]
Feel like a woman. (I don't wanna compete)
(I just wanna be the only girl that you need)
Feel like a woman. (Boy, I want you to be everything to me)
(Don't wanna be deceived)
Feel like a woman. (I don't wanna fuss and I don't wanna cuss)
(I just wanna feel the love from both of us)
Feel like a woman. (Now I only wanna do what you tell me to)
(Won't you show and prove)
Feel like a woman.

[Bridge:]
Now I'm holding on baby.
(Your my life)
Just lead the way boy.
(Treat me right)
I, ohh I
See, we can do this.
(Just be strong)
I'm tryna tell you what a girl really wants.
I want a man to make me feel like a woman, yeah.
Yeah...
Yeah...
Yeah...
I wanna feel like a woman tonight.
You know just what to do, oh baby.
Cause I am yours and you are mines.
And we deserve each other.
I want you to lead the way.
Make me feel like a woman

"Stay Down"

Did you know... [x7]
That I love you.
Did you know... [x4]
And I want you.

[Verse 1:]
I'll admit things ain't been the way I thought they would be.
Didn't expect so much stress to develop between me and you.
I knew that it wasn't easy but sometimes when we fight it don't seems like God's design.
But then I hear words you said and I promised I would stand for you and be true through the bad and the good.
And I know what it means to be committed.
So here's a word for you but you just ain't with it.

[Chorus:]
Stay down. (We're almost to the very best part)
Stay down. (You'll always be the pride in my heart)
Stay down. (We too can pass the test)
Stay down. (Yeah, we gotta lot of work)
Stay down. (I know it ain't been the best but it certainly ain't been the worst)
Stay down. (The drama will not last forever)
Stay down. (We'll beat it long as we're together)
One day we'll look back on this. (Yeah)
We'll be like "Remember this"? (Remember this)
And it's gonna make us smile. (Make us smile)
Cause in the end we stayed down.

[Verse 2:]
I ain't gone lie, at time you amaze me.
You be talking and I swear that you're crazy.
But I learned a long time ago that pride don't help.
It only hurts.
And I just want you to know... I need you baby.
(I need you)
I'm just like Weezy baby.
Not Weezy like a son of baby.
But the wife of George and we're moving on up.
Ten years strong and we're looking like a plan.
I'm looking like your woman and you're looking like my man.
We looking like real.
And the haters look fake.
Especially when they hear me say...

[Chorus:]
Stay down. (We're almost to the very best part)
Stay down. (You'll always have a place in my heart)
Stay down. (We too can pass the test)
Stay down. (You know we gotta lot of work)
Stay down. (I know it ain't been the best but it certainly ain't been the worst)
Stay down. (The drama will not last forever)
Stay down. (We'll beat it long as we're together)
One day we'll look back on this. (One day we'll look back on this.
We'll be like "Remember this"? (We'll be like "Remember this"?)
And it's gonna make us smile. (Make us smile)
Cause in the end we stayed down. (Stayed down)

[Bridge:]
Understand you are the one of my heart.
(And I'm holding yours so we can't live apart)
When things stop making sense we'll figure it out.
(I walked into this and I don't wanna walk out no, no)
(Everything ain't gonna be how we like)
(And what is worth keeping if it didn't take a fight?)
(Your healing is in me and my healing is in you)
(So get your mind right cause this's what we're gonna do)

[Chorus:]
Stay down. (We're almost to the very best part)
Stay down. (You'll always be the pride in my heart)
Stay down. (We too can pass the test)
Stay down. (You know we gotta lot of work)
Stay down. (I know it ain't been the best but it certainly ain't been the worst)
Stay down. (The drama will not last forever)
Stay down. (We'll beat it long as we're together)
One day we'll look back on this. (One day we'll look back on this)
We'll be like "Remember this"? (We'll be like "Remember this"?)
And it's gonna make us smile. (Make us smile)
Cause in the end we stayed down. (Stay down)
Did you know... [x7]
That I...
Did you know... [x8]

"Hurt Again"

[Verse 1]
Sometimes I really don't wanna have to speak my mind
Cuz, I really don't wanna tell you how I, am digging you so
I can't let go, but it hurts me to my soul
I tell you every little thing that is on my mind, I can't let you know so I hide it inside
All my feelings for you, don't want you to, let it go to your head
I'm into you sometimes, but I can't get you off my mind
So I hit you with the game, always trying to act like you loving doesn't faze me when the
truth is that it amazes me
You know it's a big lie cuz you can see right thru my eyes
How much I wanna hold you, give you all my loving, baby boy let me show
And I really wanna get to know you

[Chorus]
I've been there and I've done that and I promise never to get hurt again, never again
You drive me crazy but I promise myself never to get hurt again, never again

[Verse 2]
I can never, ever let you see me this way, so I take all my feelings and I tuck 'em away
Fronting like I don't want you to hold me tight, so I act like I'm putting up a fight
To get your attention, and make you stay a while longer
So I tell you I don't like it cuz I know that'll make you wanna hold me tighter,
I can't help myself I really like you

[Chorus (2x)]

I don't deserve it,
I can never get hurt again, never get hurt again, never
I don't deserve it,
I can never get hurt again never get hurt again, no

"Shake Down"
(feat. Usher)

Oh yeah...
Baby...
M a r y J. Blige
Oh, how I wish I was by your side.
Oh yeah...

[Verse 1:]
[Mary J. Blige:]
I wanna be all you need baby.
[Usher:]
And I want you to be my superwoman.
[Mary J. Blige:]
Boy, I will be your friend forever.
[Usher:]
Well, gone and leave me that heart and you can get mine.
[Mary J. Blige:]
I gonna be your baby tonight.
If you're in the dark I'll give you some light.
[Usher:]
Cause all you need is my love.
I'm tell you what's up.
So just make room for love.

[Chorus:]
(It's a shake down, shake down)
[Mary J. Blige:]
I'm robbing you for your love.
[Usher:]
She's robbing me for my love.
(It's a shake down, shake down)
[Usher:]
Shakedown.
[Mary J. Blige:]
Boy, you ain't gotta say nothing.
[Usher:]
Well, baby put your hands up cause it's a...
(Shake down, shake down, down)
[Mary J. Blige:]
Shake down.
(Shake down, shake down, down)
(Shake down, shake down, down)
Shake down, shake down.
[Both:]
I'm robbing you for your love.

[Verse 2:]
[Usher:]
Girl, I wanna share my existance.
[Mary J. Blige:]
And through time my love will stay persistent, boy.
[Usher:]
All of me is what you getting.
Let the world be the witness.
[Mary J. Blige:]
Bad times, we'll work it out like fitness or we live it.
[Usher:]
Cause I vow to give you my all.
[Mary J. Blige:]
Boy, I will hold you up, hold you up if you fall.
[Usher:]
I see us in your chamber.
[Mary J. Blige:]
Your heart's in danger.
[Usher:]
Ohh, taking your love.
[Mary J. Blige:]
Won't you just give it up?

[Chorus:]
(It's a shake down, shake down)
[Mary J. Blige:]
Shake down.
I'm robbing you for your love, boy.
[Usher:]
Ohh, you robbing me for my love.
(It's a shake down, shake down)
[Mary J. Blige:]
Shake down.
[Both:]
But you ain't gotta say nothing, oh.
(It's a shake down, shake down, down)
[Mary J. Blige:]
Shake down.
(Shake down, shake down, down)
(Shake down, shake down, down)
(Shake down, shake down)
[Both:]
I'm robbing you for your love.

[Bridge:]
[Mary J. Blige:]
If love is the crime, I'm down for it.
[Usher:]
If love is the crime.
[Mary J. Blige:]
Let love be the judge.
I receive the verdict.
Now, take me baby.
[Usher:]
Take me.
[Mary J. Blige:]
In your arms.
[Usher:]
In your arms.
[Mary J. Blige:]
Hold me tight.
Don't put up a fight.
[Mary J. Blige:]
It's a shake down.
[Both:]
Shake down.
[Mary J. Blige:]
Come on baby, get down.
[Usher:]
Get down.
[Mary J. Blige:]
Get down.
I'm willing to do some time, baby.
[Usher:]
Do your time.
[Mary J. Blige:]
To make sure that your love is mines.
[Both:]
All mines.

[Chorus:]
(It's a shake down, shake down)
[Both:]
I'm robbing you for your love.
[Mary J. Blige:]
Who robbing you for your love?
[Usher:]
Ohh wee, baby.
(It's a shake down, shake down)
[Mary J. Blige:]
Ohhh...
[Both:]
And you ain't gotta say nothing.
(Shake down, shake down, down)
[Usher:]
It's a shake down, shake down, down.
(Shake down, shake down, down)
[Usher:]
It's a shake down, shake down.
[Mary J. Blige:]
Shake down.
(Shake down, shake down, down)
[Both:]
Shake down, shake down, down.
(Shake down, shake down)
[Both:]
I'm robbing you for your love.
Cause it's a shake down, shake down.
[Usher:]
Shake down, shake down.
[Mary J. Blige:]
Ohhh...
Shake down, shake down.
[Usher:]
Shake down, shake down.
(Baby come bring all your love to me.
Don't you hesitate baby.
Don't put up a fight.
Cause it's a shake down, shake down.)
[Usher:]
Shake down, shake down.
[Mary J. Blige:]
Ohh, it's a shake down.)

"Till The Morning"

We 'bout to take y'all way back, to love

Morning, can you touch me, can you help me?
Morning, to the sweet stuff, let me heat up

Make me loose my mind, loose freq of time
But I gotta work
You keep sending messages you wantin me
But instant messages don't be as ??
If you wanna get me, put your energy
You should in the real not on the phone

Yeah_yeah
I'm sensing it when you come close
Boy come on cause I'm getting mown
Oooh_oooh
I love it when you do that soul
Turn it up that turns me on

Morning, can you touch me, can you help me?
Morning, to the sweet stuff, let me heat up

Make me loose my mind, loose freq of time
But I gotta work
I can see you know most wrepped up in the sheets
You got me going crazy screeming more
If you want to get me, like you want me to be
Than you gotta stop me for dancing on the floor

Yeah_yeah
I'm sensing it when you come close
Boy come on cause I'm getting mown
Oooh_oooh
I love it when you do that soul
Turn it up that turns, me on

Morning, can you touch me, can you help me?
Morning, to the sweet stuff, let me heat up

Make me loose my mind, loose freq of time
But I gotta work

Morning, can you touch me, can you help me?

Okay, we gonna take you to the rooftop, c'mon!

Touch me, hold me.. kiss me, closely.. teach me, show me.. enjoy me!
Touch me, hold me.. kiss me, closely.. teach me, show me.. enjoy me!

Now did you like it?
How did you feel?
Was it good to ya?
Can you give a little more?

Now relax now baby
Let me ease your mind
Let me get it together
And I'll regret it till ??

Yeah_yeah
I'm sensing it when you come close
Boy come on cause I'm getting mown
Oooh_oooh
I love it when you do that soul
Turn it up that turns, me on

Morning, can you touch me, can you help me?
Morning, to the sweet stuff, let me heat up

Make me loose my mind, loose freq of time
But I gotta work

Morning, can you touch me, can you help me?

Touch me, hold me.. kiss me, closely.. teach me, show me.. enjoy me!
Touch me, hold me.. kiss me, closely.. teach me, show me.. enjoy me!
Touch me, hold me.. kiss me, closely.. teach me, show me.. enjoy me!
Touch me, hold me.. kiss me, closely.. teach me, show me.. enjoy me!

"Roses"

[Talk:]
See today I'm having one of them days where
I just don't want to be bothered,
but it seems like you can't understand that because it's your way or no way,
but check this out
And I'm really, really sick and tired of you steppin' into my little box
When I just don't want to be bothered okay, so check this out.

[Verse 1:]
I've had my ways, and I've had my share of ups and downs.
I been in trouble, and I couldn't tell my ups from downs
I been your baby, and I don't know why you don't seem like that no more
welcome to the new definition of love.

[Chorus:]
It ain't all roses hey,
flowers imposing hey
said it ain't all candy hey
this love stuff is demanding hey
Sometimes I need a hug [2x]

[Talk:]
See you just really wanna push all my buttons
Cause you Mr. Right & I'm Mrs. Wrong,
But right now today,
I'm going to be the one to sing this song
I'm going be Mrs. Right today it's my way, or the highway
With you there's just no getting around that I got to be bumping heads with you
What's up with that?
Listen see

[Verse 2:]
I love my man, and I know my place I know my worth
I just can't stand
to see myself as I hurt
it's been along time, and I think that I can get a little more love from you
I know some of yall go through it too cause

[Chorus (2x):]

[Talk:]
Sometimes I just wish you would just put your arms around me
When I'm feeling so [4x] very needy
But instead you just turn your back and say "suck it up"
oh you don't know how I feel right now
If you knew how I'm feeling on the inside you wouldn't say "suck it up"
Now what tha' cause

[Chorus (2x)]

[Bridge:]
It' aint' all roses you know,
Everybody ask me how good it is?
It's great love is great
When you just a mess yourself, it ain't gone be all roses.
Cause you just want your time
You wanna be selfish
You know you don't want nobody messing with you
You just want to rip somebodies head off when they try to step to you with some "Oh! You need
some help, Oh! You need to figure it out" You figure it out [2x] You go figure It out, you suck
it up [laugh chuckle]

"Fade Away"

Ohhh....
Ohhh....

[Verse 1:]
It's starting to rain again.
Everything's gone now.
Even the sun.
It's starting to rain again.
Don't go away.
What have I done?
Hmmm...
I've been high and I've been low.
I've been wealthy and I've been poor.
I don't know much.
But one thing I know, this ain't no fun.
Hmmm....

[Chorus:]
Sometimes I wish that I can stand here and fade away.
(Sometimes)
Ohh...
So that no one could see the tears running down my face.
(Sometimes)
Oh, invisibility would be great.

[Verse 2:]
I painted a picture with her in his arms.
Hmmm....
It's starting to rain again.
It's all in my mind.
He's done me no harm.
Hmmm...
I've been up and I've been down.
Through all my drama, he's still around.
I can't believe that even now I put us through the storm.
Ohhh...

[Chorus:]
Sometimes I wish that I can stand here and fade away.
(Sometimes)
Ohhh...
So that no one could see the tears running down my face.
(Sometimes)
Oh, invisibility would be great.

[Bridge:]
Couldn't look at myself in the mirror.
Asking myself "How dumb could you be?"
Maybe everything would be much clearer if no one could see me.
Hmmm...
Ohhh...
Oh, invisibility would be great.
Ohhh...

[Chorus:]
Sometimes I wish that I can stand here and fade away.
(Sometimes)
Ohhh...
So that no one could see the tears running down my face.
Hey...
Hey...
Sometimes I wish that I can stand here and fade away.
(Sometimes)
Ohhh...
So that no one could see the tears running down my face.
(Sometimes)
Invisibility would be great.

"What Love Is"

Hmm.
Beautiful, haribul, magical, terribel.
Reason to laugh and smile.
Reason to cry yourself to sleep at night.
Start a fight. Make up, break up, wrong or right.
Heaven for all this work can
equialy be hell on earth.
(And no one really knows anything about it)
But everybody needs it.
We can't life without it.
And that's the way it goes.)
Darkest day, brightess night.
Just some other things you might hear if you ask what love feels like.

And it feels like joy, and it feels like pain.
And it feels like sunshine, feels like rain.
An excuse for dying, reason to live.
And if you don't know, that's what love is.
Love is.

Gentle kiss, sweet corress.
Kiss the base of your neck.
Haunt you until my head works, I can't remember what you said.
Out, screaming loud, don't know what were screaming bout.
So confused and yes its true, but if it wasn't there what would we do?

(And no one really knows anything about it)
But everybody needs it.
We can't life without it.
(And that's the way it goes.)
Darkest day, brightess night.
Just some other things you might hear if you ask what love feels like.

And it feels like joy, and it feels like pain.
And it feels like sunshine, feels like rain.
An excuse for dying, reason to live.
And if you don't know, that's what love is.
Love is.

That's love.
Anything that can bring you up or bring you down.
That's love.
Leave the sun up in your sky of the darkest clowds.
That's love. And we need it.
That's love. And we need it.
That's love.
Oh ask anybody how it feels

And it feels like joy, and it feels like pain.
And it feels like sunshine, feels like rain.
An excuse for dying, reason to live.
And if you don't know, that's what love is.
Love is.

And it feels like joy (joy), and it feels like pain (pain).
And it feels like sunshine, feels like rain.
An excuse for dying (oh), reason to live (oh).
And if you don't know, that's what love is.
Love is.

"Work In Progress (Growing Pains)"

[Verse 1:]
Look in my eyes.
Tell me what you see
Do you see perfection in me?
To you, do I look complete?
Now take one more look pass my celebrity.
That's where you'll find the real me.
To you, do I still look complete?

[Pre-Chorus:]
I got every material thing I could ever need. (Hmmm)
I got the love from my fans that adore me. (Yeah)
And I'm grateful. (And I thank you so very much)
But my love for myself is lacking a little bit. (Just a little bit)
I can admit that I'm working on me. (Hmmm)
Staying faithful. (Staying faithful and what I'm tryna say is...)

[Chorus:]
Just like you sometimes I get down. (Just like you, I get down)
Sometimes I just wanna cry. (I just wanna cry)
Sometimes I get depressed.
And just like me, tryna be complete. (And just like me, tryna be complete, ohh)
Just understand we're all just a work in progress.

[Verse 2:]
Life can be difficult.
No one promised that it would be...
(No one promised it would be sunshine all the time)
Sunshine all the time, easy.
Some pain is guaranteed.
But it ain't impossible.
You can find the joy, you see.
Took me a while but I did finally.
Open your eyes and you will see I'm just like you.

[Chorus:]
Just like you sometimes I get down. (Get down, ohh)
Sometimes I just wanna cry. (Just wanna cry)
Sometimes I get depressed. (So depressed)
And just like me, tryna be complete. (Just like me, tryna be complete)
Just understand we're all just a work in progress. (We're all just, ohh)

[Bridge:]
Anybody knowing what it is to struggle. (Ohhh)
Never ever running in the face of trouble. (Oh yeah)
Say "I'm with you". (I'm with you)
"I feel you". (I feel you)
"I'm with you".
Just like you... (Sometimes I fall but I feel your pain. We're all the same)
(We're all the same, ohhh I am just like you)

[Chorus:]
Just like you sometimes I get down.
Sometimes I just wanna cry.
Sometimes I get depressed. (So depressed)
And just like me, tryna be complete. (Oh just like, just like me) (Tryna be complete)
Just understand we're all just a work in progress. (Just understand we're all a work in progress)

Just like you sometimes I get down. (Yeah, yeah, yeah, ohhh)
Sometimes I just wanna cry.
Sometimes I get depressed. (Can you hear me, can you feel me?)
And just like me, tryna be complete. (I am, I am, I'm just like you)
Just understand we're all just a work in progress. (A work in progress)

"Talk To Me"

Ohhh...
Hmmm...
Ohhh...
Hmmm...

[Verse 1:]
Baby, you're a man and I know it's hard to reach out for help.
And let down your guard.
But I am your woman.
So you gotta know why I been put on this earth.
To be right by your side.
Now lately you've been tryna hide it but something's on your mind.
But I care what's going on with you too much to let it slide.
I'm over the fussing.
And I'm tryna stop cussing.
So we gonna chill.
Let's start to rebuild, boy.

[Chorus:]
Talk to me. (Just like you used to)
Talk to me. (I don't wanna lose you so)
If you want to make this work the way I wanna. (I ain't gonna force but you gonna)
Talk to me. (Just like you need to)
Talk to me. (Baby, I will receive you)
Every secret you know that I'll keep it. (Ain't I good to you baby?)
So come on, talk to me.

[Verse 2:]
Ain't no telling lies.
Ain't no holding back.
Ain't no tip toeing.
We too grown for that.
I'm a say some things.
And I'm very clear that you may say some things I may not wanna hear.
But I'm gone listen to them.
And we gone work it out.
And if I need a breather, let you go walk it out.
I would never disrespect you.
You are the head.
But there's so many things going left unsaid, ohh.

[Chorus:]
Talk to me. (Just like you used to)
Talk to me. (I don't wanna lose you so)
If you want to make this work the way I wanna. (Hey, I ain't gonna force but you gonna)
Talk to me. (Just like you need to)
Talk to me. (Baby, I will receive you)
Every secret you know that I'll keep it. (Hey, ain't I good to you baby)
So come on, talk to me.

[Bridge:]
You know love is a process.
And it ain't gonna happen over night.
So be patient with my shortcomings.
You know how hard I try.
Let's break down all the barriers standing in our way.
Get over yourself for me.
I'll get over myself for you.
Let's get over ourselves for us.
Let's start today, yeah.

[Chorus:]
Talk to me. (Just like you used to)
Talk to me. (I don't wanna lose you so)
If you want to make this work the way I wanna. (Hey, I ain't gonna force but you gonna talk)
Talk to me. (Just like you need to)
Talk to me. (Baby, I will receive you, yeah)
Every secret you know that I'll keep it. (Every secret, ain't I good to you baby)
So come on, talk to me.
Ain't I good to you baby?
Ain't I good to you baby?
You can open your heart.
You can open your mind.
I'm all yours and I'm your friend.
You can talk to me at any time.
At any day.
At any hour.
I'm by your side.
I'll never leave you.
I got your back, hey.

[Chorus:]
Talk to me.
Talk to me. (Baby, I want)
If you want to make this work the way I wanna.
(If you wanna make it work, I ain't gonna force you but you gotta talk to me)
Talk to me.
Talk to me. (You ain't gotta go nowhere)
Every secret you know that I'll keep it. (I'll be right here)
(You ain't gotta go outside, I'll be right here)
So come on, talk to me. (Hey, ohhh...)