Chorus
If you want it to happen baybay
Hold fast and believe
You can make it happen baybay
You can be where u pleaze
All you gotta do is try
Then try once again
Then try a few more times
Then try after then

When I was a little girl
Raised on N. Philly streets
I'd hear my people say
Ghetto'z all they'd be
But my mommy would hold me
Quietly give me peace

If I asked you to trust me on all things, 
Could you do it? 
If I needed you to map your position,
Would you try it? 
Your constantly talking about how much you love me, want me, need me, you told me stop talking.
No more conversation necessary. 

Show me, show me, show me, show me, show me, show me, show me, show me, show me. 

So many times you tried to cut we
you wanna tear we down but you
can't touch we
We ain't invincible
but Lord knows we're beautiful and
blessed
check the affirmative
(oh yes)

Brotha don't let nobody hold you
back no no no
Don't let nobody
hold ya , control ya or mold ya
Brotha don't let nobody hold you
back

Am I my brother's keeper?
Yes I am!

Watching me (7 times) 
Ah 
Watching me (7 times) 
Ah 

(yawn) 

First thing when I wake up 
and right before I close my eyes at night 
I think, 
sense, 
Feel man like 
I'm under some kind of microscope 
satellites over my head 
transmitters in my dollars 
hawking, watching, scoping, jocking 
scrutinizing me 

No hay nadie mas que yo, uno es el numero magico 
En vida y en muerte, uno es todo...comprende 

If I multiply 2 times 2 is it really, really 4 me (La 6X) 
And if I add 5 to get 9 minus 8 that just leaves me (Me 8X) 
So many times I define my pride through somebody else's eyes (La da da, la da) 
Then I looked inside and found my own stride, I found the lasting love for me 

Slowly surely, slowly surely 
I'll walk away from 
that old desperate and tainted love 
caught up in a maze of love 
the crazy crazy love 
thought it was good 
thought it was real 
thought it was 
but it wasn't love 

I just don't know 
Where i should go 
So 
Slowly surely 
I'll walk away from 
self-serving 
undeserving 

Love rain down on me, on me, down on me
Love rain down on me, on me, down on me
Love rain down on me, on me, down on me

Met him on a Thursday, sunny afternoon
Cumulus clouds, 84 degrees
He was brown, deep
Said he wanted to talk about my mission
Listen to my past lives. (Word?)
Took me on long walks to places where butterflies rest easy
Talked about Moses and Mumia

Honey molasses, ebony majesty 
Chocolate brown shuga, sweet epiphany 
I waited for your call but you chooz not to call me 
I wonder what happened 
Were you inside a safe space and too I wondered 
Were you thinking about me and if you were 
Why was I feeling so lonely 
By the phone, alone to the bone 
Although the night before you were in my home my body my dome 

Woke up this morning with a smile on my face 
Jumped outta bed, took a shower, dressed, cleaned up my place 
Made me some breakfast, toast, 2 scrambled eggs, grits 
Grabbed my keys, grabbed my purse, grabbed my jacket 
Off to work, beaming all the way down 3rd 

Is it the way you love me baby 
Is it the way you love me baby (Yeah) 

They say I'm crazy the way you got me open, baby ooh
They say I'm buggin' the way I'm top sweatin' your lovin', ooh
They all sit and wonder why this feelin I can not hide
It ain't a question of pride, ooh
It's love, ooh it's love

They say I'm slippin' the way you got my whole life flippin', ooh
They say I'm losin' it cause I can't seem to keep my grip, baby ooh

You love me especially different every time
You keep me on my feet happily excited
By your cologne, your hands, your smile, your intelligence
You woo me, you court me, you tease me, you please me
You school me, give me some things to think about
Ignite me, you invite me, you co-write me, you love me, you like me
You incite me to chorus
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhh

It's so hard for me to say this
I'm struggling to find the right words
What I've felt is past tense
What I feel you just haven't heard

So, I think it's better that I tell you now
I think it's better that I tell you now
I think it's better that I tell you now

He's so sweet and good, good
I can't let him go

Verse 1

You're here, I'm pleased
I really dig your company
Your style, your smile, your peace mentality
Lord, have mercy on me
I was blind, now I can see
What a king's supposed to be
Baby I feel free, come on and go with me

Chorus 1

Let's take a long walk around the park after dark
Find a spot for us to spark
Conversation, verbal elation, stimulation

You're gettin the way of what I'm feelin

You're gettin the way of what I'm feelin

You're gettin the way of what I'm feelin

You're gettin the way of what I'm feelin

Sister girl

I know you don't understand

But you goin have to understand he's my man now

What you had is gone

I think it's sweet

It's stronger than any lie you can tell on me

He knows my heart and that's the part

Hello 13X 
Mmmmmm,this morning my man exclusively introduced me 
To some good extra lovin 
He was lickin, and suckin on everything, just the way he should 
This morning's extra lovin was good 
We lay there sweaty, sex funky, happy as we want to be 
Lovin exclusively, My man and me all night all morning 
So our stomachs were growlin, hungrily 

Oh honey
Why you got to be so mean?
Don't you
(Don't you remember me?)
Oh baby, baby
You and me, you and me, you and me
We build sandcastles in the Serengeti
(Don't you remember me)
You splashed my face with Nile water
Daughter of Diaspora
You named me, claimed me

Do you remember me?
(Do you remember me?)
Do you remember me?
(Oh)
Do you remember me?
(Me)

[Jill]
Yeah, yeah, yeah...

[Black Thought]
What's your named girlfriend
Girlfriend, what's your name

[Jill]
My name is J-I-L-L S-C-O-T-T
Jill Scott representin' North Philly y'all
J-I-L-L S-C-O-T-T
Jill Scott representin' lovely

[Black Thought]
Show your love ladies and gentleman
Show your love for Miss Jill Scott
Representin' Philladelphia, ya know what I mean!

Ya'll ready to settle down and, and get with this?
You know
Settle into this feeling?
Cause you know it's a lot of love here
(Love)
(Love, love)
Give her love ya'll, give her love: Jill Scott

Love, love, love, love

I got to write about it
What's up everybody?
I'm glad to see you all here tonight
It's nice to get this love
I need it

Love

I love to write poetry, I love to sing

No hay nadie mas que yo,
Uno es el numero magico
En vida y en muerte,
Uno es todo
Comprende
If I multiply 2 times 2 is it really, really 4 me
La [x6]
And if I add 5 to get 9 minus 8 that just leaves me
Me [x8]
So many times I define my pride
Through somebody else's eyes (La da da, la da)
Then I looked inside and found my own stride,
I found the lasting love for me