you see i loved hard once
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but the love wasn't returned
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i found out the man i'd die for he wasn't even concerned
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in time it turned
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he tried to burn me like a perm
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though my eyes saw the deception, my heart wouldn't let me learn
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For, some dumb woman was I
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and every time he'd lie
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he would cry and inside i'd die
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my heart must have died a thousand deaths
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compared myself to Toni Braxton thought I'd never catch my breath
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nothing left, he stole the heart beating from my chest
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i tried to call the cops that type of theif they can't arrest
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pain suppressed will lead to cardiac arrest
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diamonds deserve diamonds but he convinced me I was worth less
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when my peoples would protest
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i told 'em mind they business 'cause my shit was complex
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more than just the sex
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i was blessed but couldn't feel it like when i was caressed
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i'd spend nights clutchin my breast overwhelmed by god's test
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i was god's best, contemplatin death because you left
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but no man is ever worth a paradise manifest
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Where were you when i needed you, when i needed you, when i needed you
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Where were you when i needed you, when i needed you, when i needed you
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oh do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do
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Manifest/Ex Factor
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| Lauryn Hill |
