Mary J Blige Lyrics
"Where
I've Been"
(feat. Eve)
[Spoken]
(To all
the youth in the world that thinks nobody understands...
Well I understand
that)
It's been hard for me
Trying strugglin'
in the streets
But where I've been- Is no longer where I'm at
And where
I'm going- Is not where I'm stoppin' at
It's been
hard for me
Trying strugglin' in the streets
But where I've been- Is no
longer where I'm at
And where I'm going- Is not where I'm stoppin' at
I
grew up as a 70's baby
Brought up in poverty and sin
Makin' jokes at the
crazy lady
Never cared how she was dealin' within
I knew all the words to
Micheal
Jackson's album as a kid
And when it came to the biggest crusher
No he wasn't
my man
At the age of seven years old
A strange thing happened to me
Before
I even saw
My life had flashed before me
And I've got the mark to show
And
it became a thang of beauty
So I gotta let you know
That my life, that my
life
It's been hard for me
Trying strugglin' in
the streets
But where I've been- Is no longer where I'm at
And where I'm
going- Is not where I'm stoppin' at
It's been hard
for me
Trying strugglin' in the streets
But where I've been- Is no longer
where I'm at
And where I'm going- Is not where I'm stoppin' at
It's
been hard for me
Trying strugglin' in the streets
But where I've been- Is
no longer where I'm at
And where I'm going- Is not where I'm stoppin' at
Now
mama's workin' hard all day
And she said this before she left home
Take
care of your little brother
Have the place cleaned when I get home
All these
priorities
Me and Tanya had to learn to be grown
But at the time for me
Being
grown had seemed so lone
Woke up and I'm seventeen
With nothing going for
me
Except the fact that I sing
You know it hurts so much
From all the
sights that I've seen
From abusin' the hole in trust
You probably couldn't
take some of things
That I've lived in my life
It's
been hard for me
Trying strugglin' in the streets
But where I've been- Is
no longer where I'm at
And where I'm going- Is not where I'm stoppin' at
It's
been hard for me
Trying strugglin' in the streets
But where I've been- Is
no longer where I'm at
And where I'm going- Is not where I'm stoppin' at
It's
been hard for me
Trying strugglin' in the streets
But where I've been- Is
no longer where I'm at
And where I'm going- Is not where I'm stoppin' at
It's
hard and the street's a jungle (I'm telling you, I'm telling you)
Especially
with your pretty colors (I'm telling you, I'm telling you)
So stay low and
keep it humble (I'm telling you, I'm telling you)
Black women hold it down,
keep your feet on the ground
Black men keep searching and you'll be found
It's
been hard for me
Trying strugglin' in the streets
But where I've been- Is
no longer where I'm at
And where I'm going- Is not where I'm stoppin' at
It's
been hard for me
Trying strugglin' in the streets
But where I've been- Is
no longer where I'm at
And where I'm going- Is not where I'm stoppin' at
[Rap
by Eve]
In this world of continuous bullshit and full clips
Seems all we
have to pass down is being useless
Broken homes, babies all alone, parent's
never there
No food, no clothes to wear, anger everywhere
Ain't no values
being taught, no productive thoughts
Jealousy rules the world, take shit at
any cost
Gotta change our state of life, keep it worth livin'
God gave us
voices to speak and that's our way of givin'
It's so much bigger than the furs
and the jewels
What about encouragin' the youth to do well
What about givin'
back- what about unifying
Shit we all black- get it together
Everybody's
got their trials and tribulations
Learn to change the negative to positive
situations
Don't hold the lessons that you learn
Pass it on and except the
blessings that could earn
It's been hard for me
Trying
strugglin' in the streets
But where I've been- Is no longer where I'm at
And
where I'm going- Is not where I'm stoppin' at
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