[00:06.75]Eh yo Mary  i need you to vibe wit me on this one
[00:10.50]Uh Uh
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[00:21.36]Check it
[00:22.65]As i grab my pad and pen and begin to talk from within
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[00:27.00]Oh God i'm hot as the water like a preacher whos sinned
[00:30.18]I'm only human but
[00:32.58]The world has put me on a platform since the day i was born
[00:36.70]To only wait for my downfall but like a brick wall i'm too hard to brake
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[00:42.47]Ok i do make mistakes but i'm the realest from the fake
[00:46.23]Thats why i'm the hardest to hate
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[00:48.52]Aaliyah baby girl i've learned to love those while ther still awake
[00:52.11]Sleep Sleep
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[00:53.67]And prepare a place for those who are good in the projects and hood
[00:56.77]Give to those who are misunderstood
[00:59.18]I know like Lisa  Pac and Biggie and Jay and Pun are still No1
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[01:03.41]There will be more of us to come
[01:05.66]I am a leader a teacher i gotta  like a single parent provider
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[01:09.56]Put in back those hip hop dividers
[01:12.33]Like a preist with a back slider
[01:15.13]I've sinned ut i win
[01:17.80]And anyone we've lost in life from 9-11
[01:20.70]We'll be sure to see again
[01:22.33]What you hear is not a test  i'm rockin to the beat
[01:26.16]I'm rockin to the beat
[01:27.42]See me and my crew  and my friends were gonna try to move our feet
[01:31.94]See i am Mary Blige and i'll like to say hello
[01:37.08]To the black to the white  the red and the brown  the purple and yellow
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[01:41.53]First you gotta first you gotta