Baby please It's the way you speak Forming words so easily And I think of the way you think It keeps me from falling asleep In that grave I call a bed Until you called me up and said "I haven't stopped crying My father's been drinking I need a place to stay I don't want to be here He's saying the words that He promised he would never say That liquid he consumes Makes him speak the truth" And I said "No, it's not that at all It's that bottle of lies for a troubled heart It's standing on the edge of a mountain top Screaming anything he wants Like, "Look at me, look at me, look at me, look at me, look at me, look at me, look at me, look at me Because I exist, I exist, I exist, I exist, I exist, I exist" I remember the way you shook It's a shame that we're not soul mates 'Cause if I didn't know better I'd say this feels pretty good And how could I be scared? When I stretch and feel you're there So shut your mouth 'Cause these words will speak themselves I can feel them in these blankets And they're surrounding your figure Embraced in the quilts And I can't help but think You're my missing puzzle piece I wake up in the hallway, I'm looking for sunlight With rays that will cure me of the pain that keeps my lungs tight Ignoring the voices and feelings that tell me To get out of this house I can't make them stop I'm just like my mom And you said, "No, these demons will fall You're so precious to us all" And I said, "I, I can't do this alone I still need you to hold So don't let go, don't let go, don't let go, don't let go, don't let go, don't let go 'Cause I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid"

They're trying hard to put me in my place And that is why I've gotta keep running The future is mine and it's no disgrace 'Cause in the end the past means nothing You tell me I'm free then you tie me down And from my chains I think it's a pity What did it cost you to wear my crown? You don't like me why don't you admit it D'you feel a little down today? Bet you ain't got much to say? But you're gonna miss me when I'm not there You know I don't care, you know I don't care As we beg and steal and borrow Life is hit and miss and this I Hope, I Think, I Know And if I hear the names you call If I stumble catch me when I fall 'Cause baby after all, you'll never forget my name

Love me or leave me, make your choice but believe me I love you I do, I do, I do, I do, I do I can't conceal it, don't you see, can't you feel it? Don't you too? I do, I do, I do, I do, I do Oh, I've been dreaming through my lonely past Now I just made it, I found you at last So come on, now let's try it, I love you, can't deny it 'Cause it's true I do, I do, I do, I do, I do Oh, no hard feelings between you and me If we can't make it, but just wait and see So come on, now let's try it, I love you, can't deny it 'Cause it's true I do, I do, I do, I do, I do So love me or leave me, make your choice but believe me I love you I do, I do, I do, I do, I do I can't conceal it, don't you see, can't you feel it? Don't you too? I do, I do, I do, I do, I do

Selah Know what they longing for Know what they longing for And I've got it, I've got it We've got it, yeah. Young General a talk, tell anyone at all Them never coulda want take a part inna harm me Man a war inna Menelik army See it, them a move with the message of Garvey Can't listen who dem elect, hardly Dem a play fi dem part in a party Hear say Audley start drive Audi Beg you pardon, a Bimma me sorry Lead who them lost we nuh follow them Organize and form inna one again Twelve Tribes, you nuh see we with the banner dem Bobo Hill a talk, walk far, do nuh bother them Ithiopia, the Ark of the Covenant Queen Makeda, the start of the sovereign Selassie I order we governing We nuh inna none a dem tings, so I say Ites I a gwaan hold A love we living in I&I a pass through Greetings I bring again Ites I a gwaan hold A love we living in I&I a pass through Greetings I bring again Ites I a gwaan hold When I&I a pass through Ites I a gwaan hold When I&I a pass through Said I took a break and I loved the break, Now I'm off the brake, looking to make a break At a greater stake and the flow sweet like grater cake Sharper than a grater make And then I take a date and a make a mate At a greater pace, naa use razor blade And grate my face, dem 'fraid a me Lyrics a penetrate Nuh hesitate fi make tune generate That will devastate you, Don say it devastating With more thoughts than them ever stating Keep them waiting like thugs in a state bing Jail or prison system, same thing Flee the scene with thoughts of escaping My mind did need fi get right Clarity wha' we need fi get, so Ites I a gwaan hold A love we living in I&I a pass through Greetings I bring again Ites I a gwaan hold A love we living in I&I a pass through Greetings I bring again Ites I a gwaan hold When I&I a pass through Ites I a gwaan hold When I&I a pass through Know what they longing for Know what they longing for Know what they longing for And we've got it, we've got it We've got it, yeah, yeah.