(If You Weren't So) Perfect...I used to think that...You proved me wrong when I held you and felt it take me...With you by my side...I want to be with you...And stay with you...When I'm with you...Why can't I get you...Out of my head...When I go to sleep...en all I can see is you in front of me...Why did you...And you never went away...Why did you do this...t way but I want it to heal...Because of you?...If you weren't so perfect...be I could get over you...Do you think I deserve this...Why can't you just be cool...And I wonder where, what you are...When I go to sleep...en all I can see is you in front of me...Why did you...And you never went away...Why did you do this...t way but I want it to heal...Because of you?...And I wonder where, what you are...e my soul away from you...If you weren't so perfect...What you are as I fall......Maybe you never loved her,...Did you ever think of that!?

That part of me finally died...That part of me never tried...Some part of me still alive...Can't sleep cause my conscience...Now you've done it you own it...e clock never stops to breathe...e's no better place to be...Than right where you are...Until you go through the fall...Go through it all...Now you've done it you own it...Now you've done it you own it...Where do you think it can go...What do you do when karma comes down...(what do you do)...(what do you do)...(what do you do)...What do you think you can do??...Now you've done it you own it...Now you've done it you own it

I noticed you ain't been around l...I notice you haven't been callin...I'm starting to see, that things ar...e been reaching out to you ...Boy you haven't been return...And even when I say, I love you ...Please tell me what do you think it could be. ...Said I'm tired of all this up and dow...Do you love me? Lost Inter...Do you love me? Lost Inter...Said I'm tired of all these ups and d...Do you love me? Lost Inter...Fellas tell me what you're thinking ...Do you love me? Lost inter...giving him the best of me ...I'm telling you I will do anything ...m know its starting to bother me ...sponse he just went to sleep. ...Please tell me what do you think it could be. ...Said I'm tired of all this up and dow...Do you love me? Lost Inter...Do you love me? Lost Inter...Said I'm tired of all these ups and d...Do you love me? Lost Inter...Fellas tell me what you're thinking...yeah ...Do you love me? Lost inter...Can you see why I ask these...Used to take me shopping......Used to go club hoppin'...all ...Where you were I would be...a...Now all you do is leave me (BEHIND...Used to be your best friend...Used to give me lovin' (AND...All you're doing is trippin' (LADIES WHAT DO YOU THINK?...) ...Please tell me what do you think it could be. ...Said I'm tired of all this up and dow...Do you love me? Lost Inter...Do you love me? Lost Inter...Said I'm tired of all these ups and d...Do you love me? Lost Inter...Fellas tell me what you're thinking ...Do you love me? Lost inter

The things you make me do (ooh, oh babe, oh d...The things you make me do ...The things you make me do ...The things you make me do ...I think every part of me, is addicted to your touch ...ything I got inside of me, got me needin' you so much ... things, the things you make me do ...fe, I'll be the air you breathe ...I'll be your drug, do anything to me ...bad girl that loves to get in trouble, bab...fe, I'll be the air you breathe ...I'll be your drug, do anything to me ...Take you shoppin' for some [? ] buy you'll jewelry babe ...all my friends they think I'm crazy, the things you make me do ...You're so naughty and nice, you're so naughty and n...Run Ashanti, run, you know I wanna chase ...ke, almost too good to be true ...Cause even when I go to sleep at night, my body s...'m crazy babe, they think I'm crazy babe, ...o naughty and nice, you're so naughty and n...(They think I'm crazy) ...(Run Ashanti, run, you know I wanna chase ...ey, They don't know what you to do me babe ...They don't know what you do to me babe, they don't know what you do to me babe

The things you make me do (ooh, oh babe, oh d...The things you make me do...The things you make me do...The things you make me do...I think every part of me, is addicted to your touch...ything I got inside of me, got me needin' you so much... things, the things you make me do...fe, I'll be the air you breathe...I'll be your drug, do anything to me...bad girl that loves to get in trouble, bab...fe, I'll be the air you breathe...I'll be your drug, do anything to me...Take you shoppin' for some [? ] buy you'll jewelry babe...all my friends they think I'm crazy, the things you make me do...You're so naughty and nice, you're so naughty and n...Run Ashanti, run, you know I wanna chase ...ke, almost too good to be true...Cause even when I go to sleep at night, my body s...'m crazy babe, they think I'm crazy babe,...o naughty and nice, you're so naughty and n...(They think I'm crazy)...(Run Ashanti, run, you know I wanna chase ...ey, They don't know what you to do me babe...They don't know what you do to me babe, they don't know what you do to me babe

You said it's over now ...You said there's a better place for you to be ...Then you turned and walked a...I can't believe what I see ...And I can't go to sleep at night when I think of how it used to be ...She can't give you what I've got ...And she can't love you the way I do ...God I want you back again ...Or she could buy you clothes ...But baby when it's dark and you're home at night ...Does she ever hold you close ...She takes you out in style ...She treats you right ...She gives you all the things I ne...But don't you think of me ...She can't give you what I've got ...And she can't love you the way I do ...God I want you back again ...Or she could buy you clothes ...But baby when it's dark and you're home at night ...Does she ever hold you close ...(Ooh you're gonna need me) ...(Ooh you're gonna need me) ...(Ooh you're gonna need me) ...Whatever happened to them ...You said it couldn't la...That we were meant to part ...A guy like you and a girl like me ...But then you looked at me ...I had to ask you why ...As I see and try to find out why you left me for those h...She can't give you what I've got ...And she can't love you the way I do ...God I want you back again ...Or she could buy you clothes ...But baby when it's dark and you're home at night ...Does she ever hold you close ...(Ooh you're gonna take me) ...(Ooh you're gonna take me) ...(Ooh you're gonna take me)

what do you think of me ...do you really want to see a piece of me that I hide ...mething that's hard to find ...what's behind your smile...what's beneath your ton-...do you really want to feel something that...do you really want to be the one and only...when we go to sleep tonight ...tell you what you want to hear ...i'm not going to try to hurt you ...i'll take you out and treat you right ... a decent man would do ...now i got you in my grasp do not fear my checker...have you now begun to see this diabolic side of me ...you thought I really cared now it's time to say goodbye ...you bit the hook ...i'm not going to try to hurt you I'll be honest kind...i'll take you out and treat you right like a decent man would do ... modify my behavior to make you think I'm your savior ...i'm gonna use you ...probably abuse you ...hould have listened to what your mom said ...i'm not going to try to hurt you ...i'll take you out and treat you right ... a decent man would do

e that ev'rywhere I go ...e that ev'rything I do ...I think about them mostly a...Oh ? so tell me what you'd do? ...Oh ? if you were in my shoes? ...ess I died and went to heaven ...I think about them sometime...Oh ? well what about tonight? ...Oh ? so what about today? ... I don't care about what people say ...Oh ? and when I go to sleep ...Oh ? I pray my soul to keep ...I'm the star of my own movie ...You might ask yourself

se niggaz don't see what I see in you girl ...ot an ass like loaf of bread ...Make you want a slice ...She's the girl you take her home to mother ...Brother, ya betta think twice (twice) ...'s the girl, I want to share my dreams ...She's in my dreams when I sleep (yeahhh, yeah) ...(Whoa oh) But when I wake she's gone s...'s the girl, I want to share my dreams ...I love you too ...What do you think I should do? ...I'm talking to her ...You sure? ...I'm do it now" ...To go to the mall ( Whoa oh)...'s the girl, I want to share my dreams

I wonder what you look like? ...Well where you at? ...Where you at? Where you at? Where you at? ...You are the pain, that ...How do I refrain, from making you a bloodstain? ...I would love to see your face, it w...What do you think of the daughter that wants to meet you? ...Do I have your smile a...Will you ever be man enough to show your face; ...will you roll on the situati...Let me ask you some'in: is that you asleep on the sidew...with no place to stay and with no one to talk? ...Maybe you have a wife and kid...Or maybe you're a business man w...So where you at? ...Where you at? Where you at? Where you at? ...I wonder why it had to be this way ...You know, I wonder who you are ...So where you at? ...Where you at? Where you at? Where you at? ...Do you know that I'm here?...nd family claim not to understand me ...Why do I talk with so much...and why do I feel so deeply? H...I have this habit of bitin my nails when I'm deep in thought...Did you do the same, did you get slapped when you got caught? ...tired from the lack of sleep ...'t rest until I see you and you see me ...I remember when I asked my momma, "...She said you died, in a plane cr...er cause momma used to get mad zooted ...d again and she had to prove it ...in fact, she forgot what she said the first ...When I asked again, she said you died in a car crash...But momma you lied to me and my friends w...Help me to understand what's going on with thi...or met, tell me did you plan ...for me not to see, some pieces of this puzzle ...She said, "You really want to know? God please he...So where you at? ...Where you at? Where you at? Where you at? ...Do my ears deceive me, I'm confused, do they tease me ...because of the man I thought w...forced her to - I CAN'T SAY IT MA...What's this world comin to, why'd you do my moms fool?? ... was only thirteen, you betta find yo' scre... back, I don't want to be like that ...But now you listen and pay witness to this raw facts ...e is a three-sixty, what goes around comes a...and back to your cypher, it will come to haunt you down ...Who knows, you probably turned ove...You might be pushin up ...Now here we go cause God is bringin me to my knees ...to deal with the pain of my, secret curiosit...So where you at? ...Where you at? Where you at? Where you at? ...I wonder why it had to be this way ...You know, I wonder who you are ...So where you at? ...Where you at? Where you at? Where you at? ...Do you know that I'm here?...Do you know? Do you know? ...So where you at? ...Where you at? Where you at? Where you at? ...I wonder why it had to be this way ...You know, I wonder who you are ...Do you know that I'm here?...So where you at? Where you at?

flickin ashes a lot of other motherfuckers...A lot of us fall victim some...Won't try to explain...From books to bricks...Of everyday in every w...Lord knows I do wrong...A lot of niggas singing...Swats GA by way of Cascade Heights...e out for 3.5 grams of neighborhood clout...Now what the fucks we bout...And you locked down forever...Lurking you closer and closer a...To the same old traps...Now you never learn from yo...So now you wear this ass whoop...What side you on?...Yea you right, God gon deal...But that's till I go to the state federal...hanged my big check to six...n Whitaker's sermon of the day...But when I go to sleep I don't dream no mo... from a severe case of inner-city blues... ain't got no clues to which directions I need to choose...This opportunity to gain is all I got to lose...Shot down to the pavement...Of this building...buff from the usher of sorts...rs become shoulders to depend on...Which way to explore...Every thought you walk through the tr...Out the land of Scots...Suction cups to test tube...Layer of skin...lied me in the hour of need...in forth the effort to make a change...Not doin a lot of talkin bout it what's yo game?...You slippin you can't never do that...That's when you get jacked...asn't worth it look what it costed...Didn't go out without a fight...Better think fast or get swept o...Nigga it hurts to see these drugs det...The minds of knuckleheads that want to be base heads...t say I didn't tell you 'cause you gon see in the futu...I hope I don't have to shoot you...If you switch...Went from hardcore to beggin like a bitch...Revolutions good to bad...Hoods to rags real niggas to fags...What's the news?...But I refuse to lose... some work from one of them temporary agen...Of course I can slice ...But see I'm one of those aspirin MCs...gle on my feet than to live on my knees... wages ain't enough to feed my babies...it 'cause I'm tired of being one of those overworked...ee right now I need to see how I can get t...Now how many times you done heard this sto...ics can easily make you some enemies...me rate never drops to the cops ride aroun...They found the rest of the dope in some ne

know why niggas see what I see in you, girl...You bad girl...ot an ass like loaf of bread, you wanna a slice...She's the girl you can take home to mother..., brother, ya betta think twice...'s the girl, I want to share my dreams)...She's in my dreams when I sleep...When I wake she's gone, ...'s the girl, I want to share my dreams)...o, yeah mom, I love you too...What do you think I should do?...I'm talking to her, I'm here with ...You sure? I'm, do it now"...ang with me tonight to go to the mall?...Don't you see at all...'s the girl, I want to share my dreams)

Can't let you get away girl ...I can't let you walk away girl ...I can't let you get away girl ...dy can love me like you ...dy can love me like you (like you) ...y nobody nobody but you (yoooouu) ...'s why I'm shouting you out shouting you out girl) ...y nobody nobody but you (that's why I'm shouting you out shouting you out girl) ...I love it when I kiss you girl ...I like it when you do that thang (do that...I love it when I hold you girl ...I like it when you make me scream (mak...Girl you know you holding it down ...You know your number on...The things you do ...You do ...You do ...You do ...You are ...You are ...Til the end of the world ...dy can love me like you (no one) ...dy can love me like you (nobody love me lik...y hold it down like you baby) ...y nobody nobody but you ...y nobody nobody but you (that's why I'm shouting you out shouting you out shouting you out baby) ...Hey! What do you think about that? ...Hey do I speak for the wor... ready cause I want to take it to another level becau...Hey and I really do adore ya ...'m glad I took time to know ya ...You are ...You are ...dy can love me like you (love like you do) ...dy can love me like you ...y nobody nobody but you (ohhhh o) ...y (aint gonna let you go) ...y nobody nobody but you (nobody ain't gonna let you go noooooooooooo) ...body (nobody gonna sleep in this house but y...y nobody nobody but you (nobody gonna spen...s gonna ride wit me to the grammys) ...y nobody nobody but you (my sweet Kandi) ...Nobody but you ...Do I speak for the wor...Speaking to the world

flickin ashes a lot of other motherfuckers...A lot of us fall victim some...Won't try to explain ...From books to bricks ...Of everyday in every w...Lord knows I do wrong ...A lot of niggas singing ...Swats GA by way of Cascade Heights ...e out for 3.5 grams of neighborhood clout ...Now what the fucks we bout ...And you locked down forever...Lurking you closer and closer a...To the same old traps ...Now you never learn from yo...So now you wear this ass whoop...What side you on? ...Yea you right, God gon deal...But that's till I go to the state federal ...hanged my big check to six ...n Whitaker's sermon of the day ...But when I go to sleep I don't dream no mo... from a severe case of inner-city blues ... ain't got no clues to which directions I need to choose ...This opportunity to gain is all I got to lose ...Shot down to the pavement ...Of this building ...buff from the usher of sorts ...rs become shoulders to depend on ...Which way to explore ...Every thought you walk through the tr...Out the land of Scots ...Suction cups to test tube ...Layer of skin ...lied me in the hour of need ...in forth the effort to make a change ...Not doin a lot of talkin bout it what's yo game? ...You slippin you can't never do that ...That's when you get jacked ...asn't worth it look what it costed ...Didn't go out without a fight...Better think fast or get swept o...Nigga it hurts to see these drugs det...The minds of knuckleheads that want to be base heads ...t say I didn't tell you 'cause you gon see in the futu...I hope I don't have to shoot you ...If you switch ...Went from hardcore to beggin like a bitch...Revolutions good to bad ...Hoods to rags real niggas to fags ...What's the news? ...But I refuse to lose ... some work from one of them temporary agen...Of course I can slice ...But see I'm one of those aspirin MCs ...gle on my feet than to live on my knees ... wages ain't enough to feed my babies ...it 'cause I'm tired of being one of those overworked ...ee right now I need to see how I can get t...Now how many times you done heard this sto...ics can easily make you some enemies ...me rate never drops to the cops ride aroun...They found the rest of the dope in some ne

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