Bless my soul I've been alone too long Somebody without someone Is no one at all And baby all these nights I've struggled and fought my pride Scared that someone your type Couldn't see past my flaws 'Cause I've heard that heaven ain't easy to get to, ooh The closest I'll get might be right next to you, ooh For I've got to know I got to feel how it feels To be loved by you Ooh, I got to touch something real Can I feel and be loved by you Jealousy is getting the best of me Thinking about you sleep without me in town And I had no peace 'til you give me clarity I need to hear and see If I matter at all 'Cause I've heard that heaven ain't easy to get to, ooh The closest I get might be right next to you For I've got to know I got feel how it feels To be loved by you Ooh, I got to touch something real Can I feel and be loved by you? Ooh, I got to feel it (How it feels to be loved) Ooh, I got to feel it (How it feels to be loved) Ooh, I might not get another chance (how it feels to be loved) Cannot let it slip out of my hands How does it feel to be loved by you?

Feel like I just hit the lotto Ooh, dress cleaner than a Sunday I'm goody good like gelato Mean, like a caddy with the roof off He told me, "Be quiet baby, be cool" Bae make me feel like sativa, I call him high school And I'm bad, bad and yellow bone Taste better when its homemade and grown Ah babe My sugar's sweeter, sweeter than your Kool Aid I'm sweeter, I'm sweeter and you know it Said, ah babe My sugar's sweeter, I can be your Kool Aid You know, you can't buy this at the corner store Oh baby Love how you put in the work like it's your day job Oh baby Them thotty thotties be dirty, I'm Aquafina Oh baby I got the flavor, the peach like I'm from Georgia New hair, new braids Nina Simone with a touch of 'Yonce Now ah babe My sugar's sweeter, sweeter than your Kool Aid I'm sweeter, I'm sweeter and you know it Said, ah babe My sugar's sweeter, I can be your Kool Aid You know, you can't buy this at the corner store

Black woman Unprotected in this world Is she loved? Is she treasured? Is she heard? Oh, black woman Are you wanted in this world? Oh, black woman Are you valued in this world? They try to look you over like they don't care They say they want your body but not your hair Oh, they tell you change your nose Keep your skin too fair But everybody knows it Deep down they're scared 'Cause oh, black girl They owe you apology Oh, black girl Don't give 'em your energy You're the healer of the world You're the healer of society You're the healer of the world You're the healer of society Talk They call it evening 'cause it's black as Eve Mitochondrial gene Imitating my behind How I fit my jeans Black don't lack Henrietta, I'm singing Erykah Healer, I feel her What's a king if he ain't got a Coretta? Ask Hakeem, for a queen He'd fight a lion Y'all stay lying Tryna lower our self-esteem (nah) Feel unseen and unprotected Brainwashed brothers Learn from the real ones that check you because they love us How you hate someone that look like your whole mother? Guess she should've used a rubber But I don't judge her Knowing each of us tryna make it They take it Too beautiful to change our faces (come on) This beauty contagious, no cap Braided our hair as a map To freedom from racists Innovative Nothing 'bout this genealogy basic Where the roses, the applause? We deserve praises Without a black women you'd still be stuck in the matrix, you know 'Cause oh, black girl They owe you apology Oh, black girl Oh, don't give 'em your energy You're the healer of the world You're the healer of society You're the healer of the world You're the healer of society (yeah)

Black leaves on the Mississippi River Black leaves in the Mississippi fire Black leaves in the Mississippi choir Black leaves on the Mississippi land And we've got God and cotton We've got sons and daughters We've got grit and glory We've got mama's stories We've got strength like towers We've got hope and power God made woman with an iron hand Raised her up on heaven's land God made woman with an iron hand Raised her up on heaven's land With strength like towers We've got hope and power Got me woman with the iron head Raised her up on heaven's bed

No crying I'll be your pillow, pillow talk at night Eyes haven't seen or ears heard And I'm all out of words To try and describe Oh, lately I, can't find the metaphors Ways to say I adore Te amo, love of my life and Hey baby, you keep me fiending, California dreaming Ever since I found out your name And I, I, I can't imagine life without your magic Ever since I saw you that day You're the apple of my eye, eye You're the apple of my eye, eye I was on the mental baby Conversation be crazy Never cease to amaze me Your eyes, your thighs, I need it Your love's so spiritual You're all I need to know You make everything right, it's no wrong Hey baby, you keep me fiending, California dreaming Ever since I found out your name And I, I, I can't imagine life without your magic Ever since I saw you that day You're the apple of my eye, eye You're the apple of my eye, eye, oh-oh Baby, yeah-yeah Oh-oh Baby, you keep me fiending, California dreaming Ever since I found out your name, yeah I can't imagine, life without your magic Ever since I saw you that day You're the apple of my eye, eye You're the apple of my eye, eye You're the apple of my eye (you) You're the apple of my eye You're the apple of my eye