Mariah Carey - Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse Album Lyrics

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Cry

Maybe I didn't leave much between us that day
And maybe I shouldn't have told you I loved you
Played the game, and now I understand
Wish I could have you back
And kiss you soft and feel your hands on me

Til we both break down
Til we both break down
Til we both break down and cry

And maybe I didn't give you your space back then
And maybe I should have just held out a little bit longer
But I was seduced by you, and I didn't know enough
Truly too enchanted to disregard the words you said to make me yours
I need to hold you until we break...

Til we both break down
Til we both break down (I should have known that you were trying to love me)
Til we both break down and cry

My love, imprudently I left every cell in me
So naked, somewhere at the core of you
Bless our souls

Til we both break down (I just need you to)
Til we both break down (Might as well tell the truth about the matter)
Til we both break down (Yes, I guess it's selfish of me to just expect that I'm entitled to have you)
Til we both break down (But tonight all I wanna do is just hold you til we break)
We both break down and cry

 

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Faded

My friend, my love

It was overcast that day
And I was feeling some kind of way
I pulled the covers up over my head
Tried reaching for you, but that was then
I can't forget

My heart sung over but ain't nothing different
I close my eyes, nothing but faded pictures
Of you, of you...

Faded, baby you're faded
Baby you're faded
Faded

You come and you go
You're just an echo
A whisper in my ear, but in the morning you're not here
So intangible, just like an echo

Still try and pretend it's possible
To bring us back to life
But we continue to subside
Hanging on for life on this roller coaster ride

I call your name, baby, subconsciously
Always somewhere but you're not there for me
Boy you, boy you...

You're faded, baby you're faded
Baby you're faded
Faded (boy you just come and you go)

You come and you go
You're just an echo (just an echo, just an echo)
A whisper in my ear, but in the morning you're not here
So intangible, just like an echo

Baby, faded
You're always somewhere but you're not there for me
Not there for me, not there for me
You're always somewhere but you're not there for me
Not there for me, not there for me

 

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Dedicated

I'll just sit right here and sing that good old school shit to you
I won't fool you, I won't make you be my own
And oh baby you know, all that loving-making we did
Boy, it was so real, I wanna feel that again
Long lost friend from way back when
Kennedy was president
Tell me where the melody went
And if you still care say "yeah, yeah, yeah"
Sing it like they used to do
This one's for me and you, oh

[Chorus:]
La-di-la-di-da
That's how you do it
That's how to make it okay
And oh baby you know, make love
That's how you do it
Just like we did it back then
And this is dedicated to you

I'll just sit right here and sing that good old school shit to you
I won't fool you, I won't make you be my own
Oh baby you know, all that loving-making we did
Boy, it was so real, I wanna feel that again
And all your friends from way back then
Tell me can you visualize
36 chambers high
Feels like we're there, yeah yeah yeah
The remix of a fantasy, I hear 'em singing back to me

[Chorus]

[Nas:]
Nah, we don't wish today's game was old again
We just wish it wasn't full of Draconian, Babylonian, phony men
FOH my summation fascinates, we have debates
Who's the greatest living or passed away
I ask MC, see what she has to say
Ever be a Master P, some see it differently
'87 meant to me? I try to describe it, you try to relive it
I try to revive it hoping that you get it, yeah
Something about La Di Da Di got inside our bodies
Something about My Adidas coming out the speakers
Used to do doo-wop or the Pee-Wee Herman
Rest in peace Heavy D, Money Earnin' Mt Vernon
Let's go

[Chorus]

Oh baby you know
Dedicated to you
Dedicated to you
Dedicated to you
[x6]

 

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#Beautiful

[Intro: Mariah Carey]
Ah, ah, you're beautiful
(Yeah)
Ah, ah, you're beautiful

[Verse 1: Miguel]
Hop on the back of my bike
Let the good wind blow through your hair
With an ass like that and a smile so bright
Oh, you're killing me, you know it ain't fair, yeah
Ride on through the middle of the night
Let the moonlight kiss your skin
When you dance like that, your jeans so tight
Oh, you're killing me, baby do it again

[Hook: Miguel]
You're beautiful, and your mind is f*cking beautiful
And I can't pretend that doesn't mean a thing to me, to me, yeah
You're beautiful, good lord, you're f*cking beautiful
And I can't pretend that doesn't mean a thing to me, to me, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2: Mariah Carey]
I like when you run red lights
Don't stop 'til you thrill me, oh how you thrill me
Always in control, how you do it, I don't know
But I don't care, take me anywhere
'Cause it's beautiful, ooh you make me feel invincible
And I can't pretend that doesn't mean a thing to me, to me, oh yeah

[Hook: Miguel & Mariah Carey]

[Outro]
Ohh-oo-ohh, ohh-oo-ohh (ah, ah, so beautiful)
Yeah Yeah (ah, ah, so beautiful)
You don't know what you're doing darling, noo-ohh (ah, ah, so beautiful)
Hop on back my bike darling, Ohh I take you (ah, ah, so beautiful)
Oh-oh-ah, oh-oh-ah, oh-oh-ah, ah-ah-ah...[x2]
Don't you worry darling (oh-oh-ah, oh-oh-ah, oh-oh-ah, ah-ah-ah...)

 

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Thirsty

Oh, you're thirsty
Oh, you're thirsty
Oh, you're thirsty
Oh, you're thirsty

You send the bright lights
Even change your name
Say you're my boss now
Ain't nothing out your range
Well, almost anything

You used to be Mister all about me
Now you just thirsty for celebrity
Best thing that happened to your ass was me
Pull down them Tom Fords, and act like you see

You thirsty for a dream
Leaving me drowning
Boy there ain't no SOS
Filled with discontent
Finding you can't quit
Why you try to so damn hard?

Oh, you're thirsty
Oh, you're thirsty
Oh, you're thirsty

Oh, you're thirsty
Oh, you're thirsty
Oh, you're thirsty

Calling you again
So you stunting on your Instagram
But that sh-t ain't everything.
You used to be Mr. all about we
Now you're just thirsty for celebrity
Best thing to happen to your ass was me
Pull down them Tom Fords, and act like you see

You thirsty for a dream, leaving me drowning
Boy there ain't no SOS
Filled with discontent
Finding you can't quit
Why you try to so damn hard?

[Rich Homie Quan:]
Somebody get this girl a glass water
I say she six nickels, not a dime, past a quarter
Her daddy question me why she thirsty
You can ask your daughter, back up off
You look a little salty, so thirsty, should drink coffee
And you ain't really gotta keep hitting my phone, I see every message
Texting me asking where I'm going, baby girl stop stressin'
Then I walked in like the man of the year with these thirsty girls in my section
These thirsty girls want a blessin'
Get wet, you [?] for me
No defense but you can get the D
No sequal it's only one on me
That thirsty [?] my tires
It got me on fire
Rich Homie Quan times Mariah, Sing!

Boss now, you're trying to be a boss now
Thinking you a boss now
Boy you just looking thirsty
Boss now, you try to be a boss now
Thinking you a chief now
Boy you're just f*cking thirsty

Oh, you're thirsty
Oh, you're thirsty
Oh, you're thirsty

Oh, you're thirsty
Oh, you're thirsty
Oh, you're thirsty

 

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Make It Look Good

You make me wanna say
Yeah, yeah
Oh boy you make me say

Something about you makes every girl hot
Suffering without you
I just want a taste of what you got
But my mama always told me not to

Play those players who play you til there's no more
Game left to be played
Look at what you got me going through
Can't help myself because

You make it look good (make it look good)
Say you make it look good (make it look gooder than them other fools)
Around you when I ain't supposed to be
Acting like I know you notice me
Fantasize about the way you lick your lips
Fingertips on my hips as we dip
Oh, boy you make it look good (make it look gooder than them other fools)

Baby baby sometimes, I need you
But I feel so shy
Simply can't leave you
Cause them other girls are gonna try
Guess their mama never told them not to

Play those players who play you til there's no more
Game left to be played
Look at what you got me going through
Can't help myself because

You make it look good (make it look good)
Said you make it look good (make it look gooder than them other fools)
Around you when I ain't supposed to be
Acting like I know you notice me
Fantasize about the way you lick your lips
Fingertips on my hips as we dip
Oh, boy you make it look good (make it look gooder than them other fools)

Ooh boy
And it makes every girl high
Oh boy you make me say
Ooh, ooh boy you
My mama said don't play with them players
No, no
Look at what you got me going through
Fantasise about the way you lick your lips
Oh, it's gooder than them other boys
Yes, it is

 

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You're Mine (Eternal)

[Intro:]
Mine (ma-ine)
Mine
Mine (you're ma-ine)
Mine

[Pre-Chorus:]
I can't seem to live without your love
Suffocating here by myself dying for your touch
Spring time eyes that get you every time
And I just can't seem to give you up
You're mine

[Chorus:]
You make me feel
Our love would never end
How can I forget
Baby we were the best
Suffered dreams of you all through the night
And baby I can't seem to give you up
You're mine

[Post-Chorus:]
I can't seem to give you up
You're Mine (baby you're mine)
I can't seem to give you up
You're Mine

Summer days and summer nights
When I felt you in my arms
Didn't I want you badly
Wanted to let you have me

Autumn days and stormy nights
When you crushed me with your charms
Didn't I need you madly
Now I'm lying here falling apart

[Pre-Chorus:]
I can't seem to live without your love
Suffocating here by myself dying for your touch
Spring time eyes that get you every time
And I just can't seem to give you up
You're Mine

[Chorus:]
Boy you make me feel
Our love would never end
How can I forget
Baby we were the best
I suffer dreams of you all through the night
And baby I can't seem to give you up
You're Mine

I can't seem to give you up
You're Mine (baby you're mine)
I can't seem to give you up
You're Mine

[Bridge:]
Oh
You make me feel
Like love would never end
Tell me how can I forget that
My baby we were the best
I suffer in dreams of you all through the night
And baby I can't seem to
Give you up
You're mine

[Post-Chorus:]
I can't seem to give you up
You're Mine
I can't seem to give you up
You're Mine

 

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You Don't Know What To Do

You need to go
Don't look so surprised
Cause we had a love
That won't be immortalized
Say you need me now
So lost without me now
But our little romance is through
Because basically boy, you
You just don't know what to do
OH

[Verse 1: Wale]
I can give it to ya, but what you gonna do
Win it if I hit it, I bet you stuck, stoop
But sucking your teeth, don't mess up my mood
I'm trying to give it all to you
I can understand it's things we go through
Put C's on your back, let see this ain't through
And we can be [?]
But I gotta get it out of you
I see that light hold ring on it
She don't love you then she put your whole name on it
Gettin' money, everyday is hard knocks
The date [?]

[Verse 2:]
I miss you almost half as much as you miss me
You used to act so tough, with insecurity
Now that I found myself, you're aching to be mine
Can't even help yourself from playing the fool each night

[Chorus:]
Ooo, how I loved you
Ooo, how I needed you
Ooo, boy I feel brand new
Ooo, since you turned me loose

Baby, you don't know what
You don't know what
You don't know what to do

[Bridge:]
Cause you wanna leave
Then you'd never go
I'm a set you free boy
Baby, you don't know

[Verse 3:]
You love me more than you love sunny summer days
And even more than you love floating in a haze
Boy when you lost my heart, you lost everything
Now all that you can do is listen to me sing

[Chorus]

[Verse 4: Wale]
I can give it to you, but what you gon' do
Win it, if I hit it, I bet you stuck, stoop
And the motto I got, no class in this school
Take your bags and go boo
Never mind all of the flexin' I do
Balenciagas, got you two steppin' on smooth
Never will I lower my standards, my boo
I could show you we're attendants like Sampress on cue
That's kinda funny cause love still mean lose
Unless we kill a record and back-and-forth moves
Somehow you keep showing [?], I see through it
Did you catch that all, screw it
All the girls need is respect and I do it
Never catch feelings cause jets is my fuel
Giuseppe my foot, my sweats be [?]
So sexy, they ain't sweating me, I bet you ain't know it

[Chorus]

You don't know you do to me
You don't know you do to me
You don't know
You don't know
You don't know what I need

 

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Supernatural

You make the beat
You make the beat go
You make the beat
You make the beat go

Our love is supernatural
Hey baby, actually I'm for sure
It's forever
Talking 'bout I love you

Got me lost in the clouds
Slowly, keep me here always
You're the only thing that's true

Beautiful as the sun
Shadows of my new baby

Our love is supernatural
Hey baby, actually I'm for sure
It's forever
Talking 'bout I love you

Baby, communicate without saying a word
Heavenly, it's more than a state of mind
Now that you're in my life
And you...

Beautiful as you lay
All my tears dissipate, cause

Our love is supernatural
Hey baby, actually I'm for sure
It's forever
Talking 'bout I love you

You make the beat
You make the beat go

Beautiful as you lay
All my tears dissipate

Cause our love is supernatural
Hey baby, actually I'm for sure
It's forever
Talking 'bout I love you

You make the beat
You make the beat go
On and on and on and on

 

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Meteorite

Gotta get her
But you know the world is waiting
Can you keep her
Everyone you see is racing
And you, know what you are
It's true
You will go find
Cause you got the night to light up the sky
Meteorite in front of every eye
A shooting star
Your fame is the flame
They watch you burn up, turn up, turnt up all the way

Meteorite-ite-ite
Meteorite-ite-ite
Meteorite-ite-ite
Meteorite-ite-ite
Meteorite-ite-ite

So here we go,
Oh wasn't it what all you saying
Put on your show
Try to make it entertaining
And you know what you are
It's true
You will go find
Cause you got the night to light up the sky
Meteorite in front of every eye
A shooting star
Your fame is the flame
They watch you burn up, turn up, turnt up all the way

Meteorite-ite-ite
Meteorite-ite-ite
Meteorite-ite-ite
Meteorite-ite-ite
Meteorite-ite-ite

Cause you got the night to light up the sky
Meteorite in front of every eye
A shooting star
Your fame is the flame
As they watch you burn up, turn up, turnt up all the way
Yeah you got to burn up all the way
Yeah you got to turn up all the way
Yeah you got to turnt up all the way
Like meteorite

 

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Camouflage

I remember so many nights in the bed alone
Wonderin' Could I muster the strength to exist in the bitter cold
But you showed up once in a while, I guess that's alright
'Cause I told my heart that you needed time for yourself, it's fine
I camouflage my tears and you wear your disguise
And I then go to know that you still love me
(I need to know, say that you do)
To know if you still love me
(I need to know, say that you do)

Wear it sometimes when I try to discern our reality
Wish that I just could be somebody else if you talk to me
Kept praying inside let him love me for who I am
Please my Lord
But you where just somewhere the sun couldn't reach
Couldn't understand
I camouflage my tears and you wear your disguise
And I then go to know that you still love me
(I need to know, say that you do)
To know if you still love me
(I need to know, say that you do)

Didn't we swear we give each other everything
Didn't I give you all of me
Oh oh oh
No night or day goes by
No no no
When I, don't wonder inside
If you feel the way you used to feel
I camouflage my tears
And you wear your disguise
And run, and run, I flow

(I need to know, say that you do)
(I need to know, say that you do)
That's all I really wanted
Tell me that you love me
Laugh and laugh at the question
When I need to know

 

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Money

[Intro - Mariah and Fabolous:]
I can't leave it like that
M-C, F-A-B, H-B
Money, this, that, the other
Don't mean nothing other than
Jets and holidays and
Chefs with hollandaise
Expensive lingerie, cause I come home to you

[Chorus - Mariah:]
Money, this, that, the other
Don't mean nothing other than
Jets on holidays and
Chefs with hollandaise
Expensive lingerie cause
I come home to you

[Hook - Fabolous:]
Come on Mariah and let's get higher
Come on Mariah and let's get higher
Hit Boy on the beat, oh yeah that's timeless
Oh you know that's timeless

[Verse 1 - Mariah:]
Baby cause your love is good
That's why I be on it
Zoning, calling, phoning for you babe
And I dream the impossible dream
When you and I are alone

[Chorus - Mariah:]
Money, this, that, the other
Don't mean nothing other than
Jets on holidays and
Chefs with hollandaise
Expensive lingerie cause
I come home to you

[Verse 2 - Fabolous:]
Shorty like to vacay, do it with the hood here
Shorty like a bad boy, ask em what's good with her
Shorty like a good shoe, shorty like a nice bag
Shorty be expensive, it shows like a price tag
Shorty swole back there, I'ma need to ice that
Shorty got the cake though, you niggas never slice that
Shorty like them Roleys, shorty know what time it is
Met a [?], I showed her what a diamond is

[Chorus - Mariah:]
Money, this, that, the other
Don't mean nothing other than
Jets on holidays and
Chefs with hollandaise
Expensive lingerie cause
I come home to you

[Verse 3 - Mariah:]
Baby cause your love is good
That's why I be on it
Zoning, calling, phoning for you babe
And I dream the impossible dream
Of you and I alone

[Chorus - Mariah:]
Money, this, that, the other
Don't mean nothing other than
Jets on holidays and
Chefs with hollandaise
Expensive lingerie cause
I come home to you

[Verse 4 - Hit-Boy:]
Money over here, we ain't even gotta say it
Just know I'm getting money every time they play it
I ain't got no beef but when I do I'm gon' filet it
And it costs to be the boss so I go ahead and pay it
Cause that's just who I am
Eating like it's thanksgiving, not just for the fam
Picture me rolling 2 Pac and for the gram
With my Roley in the sky, do it big baby baby

[Chorus - Mariah:]
Money, this, that, the other
Don't mean nothing other than
Jets on holidays and
Chefs with hollandaise
Expensive lingerie cause
I come home to you

They don't mean nothing, they don't mean nothing...

[Chorus - Mariah:]
Money, this, that, the other
Don't mean nothing other than
Jets on holidays and
Chefs with hollandaise
Expensive lingerie cause
I come home to you

 

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One More Try

Baby, I had enough of danger
And people on the street
I'm looking out for angels
Just trying to find some peace
Now I think it's time
That you let me know
So if you love me, say you love me
But if you don't, just let me go

'Cause teacher,
There are things
That I don't want to learn
And the last one I had
Made my cry
So I don't wanna learn to
Hold you, touch you
Think that you're mine
Because it ain't no joy
For a love, tell boy,
Who's teacher has told him goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye

When you were just a stranger
And I was at your feet
I didn't feel the danger
Now I feel the heat
That look in your eyes
Telling me NO
So you think that you love me, NO
That you need me
I wrote the song, I know it's wrong
Just let me go

And teacher,
There are things
That I don't want to learn
And the last one I had
Made my cry
So I don't wanna learn to
Hold you, touch you
Think that you're mine
Because it ain't no joy
For a uptown boy,
Who's teacher has told him goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye

Who is that teacher
I'm the student
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Boy I'm just gonna say
You are my teacher
You are my leader

So when you say that you need me
That you'll never leave me
I know you're wrong
You're not that strong
Let me go

And teacher,
There are things
That I still have to learn
But the one thing I have
Is my pride
Oh, so I don't wanna learn to
Hold you, touch you
Think that you're mine
Cause it ain't no joy
Just uptown boy,
Who's just isnt willing to try
I'm so cold inside
Maybe just want one more try

 

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Heavenly (No Ways Tired / Can't Give Up Now)

Folks will taking advantage of you
because they believe you're too weak to speak up for yourself
You don't have to speak up for yourself
Be still and let God fight your battles

[Verse 1:]
There will be mountains that I will have to climb
And there will be battles that I will have to fight
But victory or defeat, it's up to me to decide
But how can I expect to win if I never try?

[Chorus:]
I just can't give up now
Come too far from where I started from
Nobody told me the road would be easy
And I don't believe He brought me this far to leave me

[Verse 2:]
Never said there wouldn't be trials
Never said I wouldn't fall
Never said that everything would go
The way I want it to go
But when my back is against the wall
And I feel all hope is gone
I'll just lift my head up to the sky
And say, "Help me to be strong"

[Chorus:]
I just can't give up now
I've come too far from where I started from
Nobody told me the road would be easy
And I don't believe He brought me this far to leave me

[Bridge:]
No you didn't bring me out here to leave me lonely
Even when I can't see clearly
I know that you are with me, so I can't...

[Chorus:]
I just can't give up now
Cause I've come too far from where I started from
Nobody told me that the road would be easy
And I don't believe He brought me this far to leave me

 

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It's A Wrap

[Verse 1:]
Yet another early morning and you walk in like it's nothing
Hold up, hold up, hold tight
Ain't no donuts, ain't no coffee
See I, know you see me calling and calling
I should crack you right in your forehead

[Pre-Chorus:]
Let me take a breathe (let me take a breathe)
And regain my composure
Told you one more time (told you one more time)
If you fed up it's over.
When it's gone, it's gone, it's gone, it's gone, it's gone
You're dead wrong, so wrong, so wrong, so wrong, so wrong
So just scoo do do doot, baby

[Chorus:]
It's a wrap for you baby (it's A Wrap)
It's a wrap for you boy (it's A Wrap)
Oh, baby

[Verse 2:]
If I ever misrepresented my self-image
Then I'm sorry
I was oh so acquiescent
But I learn my lesson
Boy, you're sorry
Buh buh buh
All out in the open
Go make me go call Maury Povich

[Pre-Chorus:]
Let me take a breathe (let me take a breathe)
And regain my composure
Told you one more time (told you one more time)
If you fed up it's over.
When it's gone, it's gone, it's gone, it's gone, it's gone
You're dead wrong, so wrong, so wrong, so wrong, so wrong
So just scoo do do doot, baby

[Chorus:]
It's a wrap for you baby (it's A Wrap)
It's a wrap for you boy (it's A Wrap)
Oh, baby

[Bridge:]
Put all of your shit in the elevator
It's going down like a denominator
Trying to keep holding on, holding on
Boy, let me go
You gonna wake my neighbors, get away from my door
That was your last shot, you ain't coming back
It's the Martini I mean it baby
It's wrap

When it's gone, it's gone, it's gone, it's gone
You're dead wrong, so wrong, so wrong, so wrong, so wrong (you're dead wrong)
So just scoo do do doot, baby
Boy I ain't playing a game.
I told you, I told you
If you fed up one more time it's over (it's wrap)
So get out of my face, it's over
Been sitting here all night, leave me alone.
Since one o'clock A.M. been drinking patron
Let the credits role, it's a wrap

 

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Betcha Gon' Know

[Intro:]
Oh welcome to a day of my life
The memoirs of an imperfect angel
Oh welcome to a day of my life
The memoirs of an imperfect angel

[Verse 1:]
Though the lights were low
I could see you both
In a lover's silhouette
And my heart stood still
I was froze right there
Staring down at her red dress
So I bolted out the door
Jumped right into the car
It's too dangerous
To be in the vicinity of where you are
Rolled down all the windows
Just so I could breathe
I can't believe you just actually did this shit to me
I'm going bout a hundred
Mascara running
Laughing out of anger
But it don't strike me as funny
Been too good to you
I've been virtuous and true
To have something like this
Happen in my own bedroom

[Verse 2:]
Betcha Gon' Know oh how it feels
(when I get you back)
Betcha Gon Know oh how it feels
(when your heart's been cracked)
Betcha Gon Know oh how it feels
(when we fade to black)
How it feels for real

[Bridge:]
And you see your whole world collapse
I'm la-la-la-la-la-laugh
I'm la-la-la-la-la-laugh
I'm la-la-la-la-la-laugh right in your face boy
Betcha Gon' Know oh how it feels

[Verse 3:]
So I pulled to the side
Of the road to fix my face
But I can't cover with make up
What my tears want to erase
I wake up in a haze
Morning dew and sun rays
As I drive I hide my eyes
Behind my black Cavalli Shades
A block from the house
Slowly creep in the driveway
Tip toe through the door
But you're there wide awake
You're like "Where you been?"
I'm like "Sorry, I fell asleep of Jasmine's sofa
I could've swore that Rae Rae
Called you and told ya"
You're like "You okay"
I'm like "I'm alright
Little sleep and I'll be fine."
But if you only knew
What was in the back of my mind
You already stung
But you really gon find out in time

[Chorus:]
This is for real, for real, for real
Oprah Winfrey, whole segment, for real, for real
20/20, Barbara Walters, for real, for real
60 minutes for real

[Verse 4:]
Baby, I had all my trust in you and look at what you put me through
You got me all crazy, somewhere down the line your gon get what you deserve..you f*cking jerk
Your were supposed to save me, my sweet baby
Now we are fading away..but your gonna know how this feels
Even if it's the last thing I ever do

 

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The Art Of Letting Go

[Verse 1:]
I'm making a statement of my own opinion
Just a brief little reminder to help myself remember
I no longer live in your dominion (no, no, no, ooh)
You're just trifling, nothing more than a liability
Get up and lay all your possessions
Outside the kitchen window right now

[Chorus:]
Letting go, letting go ain't easy
Oh, it's just exceedingly hurtful
'Cause somebody you used to know
Is flinging your world around
And they watch, as you're falling down, down
Falling down, baby

[Verse 2:]
Evidently your words were merely lies
Reverberating in my ears
And the echo won't subside
There's a deep deep loss of hope
And the anger burns in me
I hope you don't get no ideas 'bout re-uniting baby
'Cause that's the last thing I truly need
Your audacity is too much to be believed, so
Go to MiMi on your contacts, press delete

[Chorus:]
Letting go ain't easy
Oh, it's just exceedingly hurtful
'Cause somebody you used to know
Is flinging your world around
And they watch, as you're falling down, down
Falling down, baby

[Bridge:]
Baby letting go, baby letting go
Ain't easy, easy
Baby letting go, baby letting go (woah)
Ain't easy, Ain't easy
Noooo

[Outro/Chorus:]
Baby letting go, it ain't easy
'Cause somebody you used to know
Is flinging your world around
And you know what?
They watch as you're falling, as you're falling
Down
Fall
It ain't easy baby

 

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Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse

On the back cover of this album is a personal treasure
This is my first and only self-portrait
I drew it when I was three and a half and entitled it, "Me. I Am Mariah."
Please don't judge me for such a simplistic title
Come on, I was only three and a half

It was a creative visualisation of how I saw myself
With the purity of a child's heart before it was ever broken
I've kept this drawing private for so long
But because this album is a reflection of some of the peaks and valleys that have made me who I am today
I've decided to share it with those of you who actually care
And have been here for me through it all
I've been through a lot, but I've always known me
I am Mariah

Along the way there have been a couple of nicknames
And I've inadvertently embodied many personas
Lately, they've been calling me, "The Elusive Chanteuse"