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Ooh, ooh, ooh, oohOoh, ooh, ooh, oohOoh, ooh, ooh, oohOoh, ooh, ooh, ooh Broken promises My heart you stole, lies you toldGot the best of meDigging in my heart of goldUsed to look at youAnd see the possibilitiesI see you for who you areBoy you've disappointed me I thought you gave me loveWas never near enoughSoon enough time revealsLove wait of what is realKnow all I need to knowBut see you got to goWhat have you given meBut lies lies Go ahead, go on and get up out of hereGo ahead babyYou knew you was wrongYou knew all alongMust be crazyIf you think I'ma fall for this anymoreEverybody say no no no no noEverybody say no no no no no Used to believe in every word you saidClouds my headLeaving me here to drownHopes and dreams, therefore deadYou point your fingerTrying to justify your mistakesOur days is goin' to be madeSo you best be on your way I thought you gave me loveWas never near enoughSoon enough time revealsLove wait of what is realKnow all I need to knowBut see you got to goWhat have you given meBut lies lies Go ahead, go on and get up out of hereGo ahead babyYou knew you was wrongYou knew all alongMust be crazyIf you think I'ma fall for this anymoreEverybody say no no no no noEverybody say no no no no no No need to apologizeDon't try to make it rightI know I should've known bettaWhen you took hold, I was soldUsing fear to control, now it unfoldsLet me tell you right now what I'm gonna doI made up my mindIt's time and I'm through with youNothing you can say or can doCan make me change me mind Go ahead, go on and get up out of hereGo ahead babyYou knew you was wrongYou knew all alongMust be crazyIf you think I'ma fall for this anymoreEverybody say no no no no noEverybody say no no no no no Ooh, ooh, ooh, oohOoh, ooh, ooh, oohOoh, ooh, ooh, oohOoh, ooh, ooh, ooh

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Everywhere I'm turningNothing seems completeI stand up and I'm searchingFor the better part of meI hang my head from sorrowState of humanityI wear it on my shouldersGotta find the strength in me Cause I am a SuperwomanYes I amYes she isEven when I'm a messI still put on a vestWith an S on my chestOh yesI'm a Superwoman For all the mothers fightingFor better days to comeAnd all my women, all my women sitting here tryingTo come home before the sunAnd all my sistersComing togetherSay yes I willYes I can 'Cause I am a SuperwomanYes I amYes she isEven when I'm a messI still put on a vestWith an S on my chestOh yesI'm a Superwoman When I'm breaking downAnd I can't be foundAnd I start to get weakCause no one knowsMe underneath these clothesBut I can flyWe can fly, Oooohh 'Cause I am a SuperwomanYes I amYes she isEven when I'm a messI still put on a vestWith an S on my chestOh yesI'm a Superwoman Oh, let me tell you I am a Superwoman,Yes I amYes she isEven when I'm a messI still put on a vestWith an S on my chestOh yesI'm a Superwoman I'm a Superwoman Yes I amYes we areYes I amYes you are

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I just want you closeWhere you can stay foreverYou can be sureThat it will only get better You and me together through the days and nightsI don't worry 'cause everything's gonna be alrightPeople keep talking they can say what they likeBut all I know is everything's gonna be alright No one, no one ,no oneCan get in the way of what I'm feelin'No one, no one ,no oneCan get in the way of what I feel for youYou, youCan get in the way of what I feel for you When the rain is pouring downAnd my heart is hurtingYou will always be aroundThis I know for certain You and me together through the days and nightsI don't worry 'cause everything's gonna be alrightPeople keep talking they can say what they likeBut all I know is everything's gonna be alright No one, no one, no oneCan get in the way of what I'm feelin'No one, no one, no oneCan get in the way of what I feel for youYou, youCan get in the way of what I feel.. I know some people search the worldTo find something like what we haveI know people will tryTry to divideSomething so realSo 'til the end of time I'm telling you there is no one No one, no oneCan get in the way of what I'm feelin'No one, no one, no oneCan get in the way of what I feel for you Oh oh oh oh ohOh oh oh oh ohOh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ohOh oh oh oh ohOh oh oh oh ohOh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

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If I had no more time No more time left to be here Would you cherish what we had? Was it everything that you were looking for? If I couldn't feel your touch And no longer were you with me I'd be wishing you were here To be everything that I'd be looking for I don't wanna forget the present is a gift And I don't wanna take for granted the time you may have here with me ‘Cause Lord only knows another day is not really guaranteed So every time you hold me Hold me like this is the last time Every time you kiss me Kiss me like you'll never see me again Every time you touch me Touch me like this is the last time Promise that you'll love me Love me like you'll never see me again Oh Oh Ohhhhh How many really know what love is? Millions never will Do you know until you lose it That it's everything that we are looking for When I wake up in the morning You're beside me I'm so thankful that I found Everything that I been looking for I don't wanna forget the present is a gift And I don't wanna take for granted the time you may have here with me ‘Cause Lord only knows another day is not really guaranteed So everytime you hold me Hold me like this is the last time Every time you kiss me Kiss me like you'll never see me again (can you do that for me baby) Every time you touch me (see we don't really know) Touch me like this is the last time (see everyday we never know) Promise that you'll love me (I want you to promise me) Love me like you'll never see me again (like you'll never see me again) Ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh

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He broke my heartAnd now it's rainingJust don't rub it inI'm at your doorI feel so crazy 'bout it You say "I told you so"You saw it long agoYou knew he had to goI finally came around I'm back on solid groundCan't let it get me down It's alrightIt's alrightIt's alright (It's alright)It's alright (Yeah)It's alright (Yeah)It's alright Yes, I was burned but I call it a lesson learnedMistake overturned so call it a lesson learnedMy soul has returned so I call it a lesson learnedAnother lesson learned Sometimes, some lies can take a minute to fully realizeHis tears, your eyes, thirty seconds to apologizeYou give it one more chance, just like the time beforeBut he already know, you'd give a hundred moreUntil that night in bed, you wake up in a sweatYou're racing to the door, can't take it anymore I was burned but I call it a lesson learnedMistake overturned so call it a lesson learnedMy soul has returned so I call it a lesson learnedAnother lesson learned Life perfect ain't perfect If you don't know what the struggle's forFalling down ain't falling downIf you don't cry when you hit the floorIt's called the past 'cause I'm getting pastAnd I ain't nothing like I was beforeYou ought to see me now Yes, I was burned but I call it a lesson learnedMistake overturned so call it a lesson learnedMy soul has returned so I call it a lesson learnedAnother lesson learned Said yes, I was burned but I call it a lesson learned(It's alright, it's alright)Said mistake overturned so call it a lesson learned(It's alright, it's alright)My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned(It's alright, it's alright)Another lesson learned It's alright, it's alrightIt's alright, it's alrightIt's alright, it's alright

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Love, love will come find youJust to remind you of who you areOh love, it will forsake youThreaten to break you, take what you got Everybody laughs, everybody criesOh it could hurt you babyBut give it a little trySee that's the thing about love Friends, sometimes will blind youSneak up behind you, you can't give enoughThen life, it will embrace youTotally amaze you, so you don't give up Everybody laughs, everybody criesSure it could hurt you babyBut give it a little trySee that's the thing about love Oh tell me that I'm not the only that's going through it allOh sometimes I feel like I'm the only one going through it allBut it's time, oh it's time for me to shineHey, so it's 'bout time, oh it's time for me to shine It's my time, said it's my time, for me to shine, oh oh ohIt's my time, it's 'bout time for me to shine 'Cause everybody laughs and everybody criesSure it could hurt you babyBut give it a little try'Cause that's the thing about love That's the thing about loveThat's the thing about loveThat's the thing aboutThat's the thing about love

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Let's go back in timeWhen seeing your ID on mineMade me crazyOoh baby I'm saying Let's go back thereLet's take it there I'm talking bout Back in timeWhen you wanted to know my every moveTired to keep it smooth Keepin' up with me You drove me crazy ohh baby Let's go back thereLet's take it there When you Didn't know meDidn't need meI wanted to touch meCouldn't leave me I couldn't know howFar this would goI couldn't know if This was for sureWe just could not We just could not get enough of it baby, let's go Chorus Have that wreckless loveThat crazy loveThat off the wall won't stop 'til I get enough kind of loveI need that loveSo baby, let's go Have that wreckless loveThat crazy love That I don't really care We can have it anywhere Kind of loveThat wreckless love Let's go back in timeWhen our kiss was brand new An adventure not perfectedA little hesitant Let's go back thereLet's take it there Take it back in timeWhen forever was a minute, and eternity was a secondI'm stressing that we have to go back there Let's take it there. When you Didn't know meDidn't need meI wanted to touch meCouldn't leave me I couldn't know howFar this would goI couldn't know if This was for sureWe just could not We just could not get enough of it baby, let's go Chorus Have that wreckless loveThat crazy loveThat off the wall won't stop 'til I get enough kind of loveI need that loveSo baby, let's go Have that wreckless loveThat crazy love That I don't really care We can have it anywhere Kind of loveThat wreckless love Ooh baby, let's go Chorus Have that wreckless loveThat crazy loveThat off the wall won't stop 'til I get enough kind of loveI need that loveSo baby, let's go Have that wreckless loveThat crazy love That I don't really care We can have it anywhere Kind of loveThat wreckless love

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Can't wait to get homeBaby dial your numberCan you pick up the phone'Cause I wanna holla Daydreaming about you all day in school can't concentrateWanna have your voice in my ear 'til mamma come and say it's too late 'Cause the lights are on outsideWish there was somewhere to hide'Cause I just don't want to say goodbye'Cause you are my baby baby Nothing really mattersI don't really care what nobody tell meI'm gonna be hereIt's a matter of extreme importanceMy first teenage love affair Another secret meetingOn the 5th floor staircaseI'm gonna give you this letterOf all the things I can't say Want you to be my first, my last, my ending and beginningI write your name in my book your last name my first I'm your mrs 'Cause the lights are on outsideWish there was somewhere to hide'Cause I just don't want to say goodbye'Cause you are my baby baby Nothing really mattersI don't really care what nobody tell meI'm gonna be hereIt's a matter of extreme importanceMy first teenage love affair "Hey boy,You know I really like being with youJust hanging out is fineSo maybe we can go to First base, because I feel youSecond base, want you to feel me too boyThird base, betta pump the brakes And baby slow downI gotta go home now 'Cause the lights are on outsideWish there was somewhere to hide'Cause I just don't want to say goodbye'Cause you are my baby baby Nothing really mattersI don't really care what nobody tell meI'm gonna be hereIt's a matter of extreme importanceMy first teenage love affair My baby babyNothing really mattersI don't really care what nobody tell meI'm gonna be hereIt's a matter of extreme importanceMy first teenage love affair

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Nah nah nah nah nah no... no no noNah nah nah nah nah no... no no no The sand loves whenThe waves comeThe sky can't waitFor the light of the sun So how could youLook me in my eyeAnd not see whatWhat I feel insideTell me how could youDoubt the fact that II love you, I love you Don't you ever (Think like that)Don't you ever (Never do that)There will never be two thingsThat go together better than you and me North needs southEast needs westAnd no needsYes, yes, yesUp needs downLife needs deathAnd no needsYes, yes, yes I need youI need youI need youI need you So how could youLook me in my eyeAnd not see whatWhat I feel insideTell me how could youDoubt the fact that II love you, I love you Don't you ever (Think like that)Don't you ever (Never do that)There will never be two thingsThat go together better than you and me North needs southEast needs westAnd no needsYes, yes, yesUp needs downLife needs deathAnd no needsYes, yes, yes I need you (Oh Baby)I need you (Everyday)I need you (I need you yeah)I need youI need you (I need you)Said I need you baby Like the desert needs the rain (Like the desert needs the rain)Like joy needs painHey hey heyHey hey heyHey hey hey...

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