(Intro – Mary J. Blige)
It’s been a long way, but I made it here with love
I made it here with love, love
Said I’ve been and up and down and I’ve been through it all
Took a while to know my heart
Oh, yes, it did, yeah
Before love like this, you go
Through the fire and valley lows
But if you just hold on
Please hold on cause love is strong, it’ll save yah
Oh, please hold on, It’ll save yah, save yah
(Verse 1 – Mary J. Blige)
Truth can be the sweetest pain
It can mess up everything
It’s the only way you know
I’m paying for it, I’m changing for it
Oh, oh, and it hurts
But I’ll make it work
Cause I’m no beginner
I’m a winner, paid dues, I know my purpose
(Refrain – Mary J. Blige)
Thought they’d put my life on hold
But I knew something they didn’t know
I know myself too much to ever fold
Dark clouds are moving past you
(Chorus – Mary J. Blige)
Oh, you gotta love yourself
If you really wanna be with someone else
You gotta feed yourself
Before you feed somebody else
You gotta stay open, and don’t be foolish
Cause everybody don’t mean you well
You gotta love yourself
Before you love somebody else
(Interlude – Kanye West)
Yeah, gotta love yourself
Uh, you know what I’m saying?
(Verse 2 – Kanye West)
I decided not to use my color as a handicap
He a designer, artist, producer, and he rap
Never found virtue from patience
In a dark room just pacing
Precious time is just wasting
You do not know what we facing
I cannot be complacent
In my job, be courageous
Another kid just got shot
They can’t find the assailant
Made it out of the basement
Made it out of the underground
From a time where you outta town
They might gun you down, blaow
There goes another round, blaow
There goes another round
Came from the Chi and wow, look what the f**k they found
A young legend, coming to shut the summer down
You need to talk to me like you don’t when your mother round
(Chorus – Mary J. Blige)
Oh, you gotta love yourself, oh yeah
If you really wanna be with someone else
You gotta feed yourself
Before you feed somebody else
You gotta stay open, and don’t be foolish
‘Cause everybody don’t mean you well
You gotta love yourself
You gotta love yourself
Before you love somebody else
(Verse 3 – Mary J. Blige)
I don’t feel no one’s time
Can’t get restless in the soul
Hold your heart, the world is cold
Keep singing, don’t you stop praying, woman
Yeah, it will come to pass
Don’t worry bout nothing
God knows that you’re worth it
You deserve it, can’t nothing else hurt you
(Refrain – Mary J. Blige)
Thought they’d put my life on hold
But I knew something they didn’t know
I know myself too much to ever fold
Dark clouds are moving past you
(Chorus – Mary J. Blige)
Oh, you gotta love yourself, oh yeah
If you really wanna be with someone else
You gotta feed yourself
Before you feed somebody else
You gotta stay open, and don’t be foolish
Cause everybody don’t mean you well
You gotta love yourself
You gotta love yourself
Before you love somebody else
Somebody else
