[Mary]
Turn the track up a little bit
We need to rock in here
Oh, oh, oh
I wanna make you happy

[Nas]
I´m not at all happy or elated, this category ain´t my favorite
It´s my story, I´ma state it, you could love it or hate it
I´m just a misfit blessed with good dick and intelligence
Hood nigga holding no grudges on petty shit
I started, why are we cold-hearted, so guarded
Scared to get hurt, trying not to love the hardest
That´s garbage, remember when we loved each other
Bathtub scrubbed each other, chillin´, champagne spillin´
Uh, feelin´ like the shit gon´ last forever
Time went so fast, we had a blast together
Laughs we had, friends we spent time with

Now I be seeing your friends out, then I´m reminded
How we all used to gather up for the holidays
Now your friends all nervous to speak, they act afraid
I was your bestie, how it get to this
As I reminisce, takin´ off my MJs in my empty crib
Mary...

[Mary]
I wanna make you happy
But you just don´t see it
I wanna be around, babe
But I´m so tired of competing
We say all the wrong things
´Til we make each other cry
What are we doing?

Will it ever get better?

[ Mary]
My heart, my soul
I gave, it´s yours
I can´t get back
All the things that I lost
Boy, I love you
But you´re pushing me away

[Mary]
I gave you everything that I got
Watched my feelings walk on by
Ever get sick of trying?
This is how I feel inside
I feel inside
This is how I feel, this is how I feel

[Mary]
Now I was hoping we´d get through this together
You said you´d love me through all types of stormy weather
Wasn´t it you who said we´d be together for all time
But it keeps messing with my mind, oh oh

[ Mary]
My heart, my soul
I gave, it´s yours
I can´t get back
All the things that I lost
I need you here near me
But I can´t make you stay

[Mary]
I gave you everything that I got

Watched my feelings walk on by
Ever get sick of trying?
This is how I feel inside
I feel inside
This is how I feel, this is how I feel

[ Mary]
I never thought that I would have this feeling
Do you think for once that you can truly mean it?
Wasting so much time disagreeing
See, I´m to the point where I don´t know what I believe in

[Nas]
If you don´t want this, I don´t want this, I do my morning crunches
Play my jazz, pray to the east, and watch the sunset

Uh, but yet I was blowin´ you up the other night
Could tell your girl was telling you what to write back
Tell me why it´s like that

[Mary]
So make up your mind, boy decide
We can´t go on like this, this ain´t right (It ain´t right)
Feeling really bad, feeling kinda low
Think it´s time to go, oh oh

[Mary]
I gave you everything that I got
Watched my feelings walk on by
Ever get sick of trying?
This is how I feel inside
I feel inside

This is how I feel, this is how I feel

[ Nas & Mary]
Sir Nas, Mrs. Mary J. Blige
And this is her life
Yeah, this is her life
Yeah, yeah yeah
This is how I feel, this is how I feel
Yeah
Let me hear that
Brook-Lynn, Brook-Lynn, Brook-Lynn, Brook-Lynn, Brook-Lynn