Lauryn Hill

Adam lives in theory Trying to turn stone into bread Masquerading like he got it figured out Cut off from the sunshine, only smart in his own head Leaving his descendants to hope and doubt Left to his devices, those worthless sacrifices Praying to the a...

[Lauryn Singing] You can't run away...gonna find you and take it slowly You can't run away...gonna find you and make you want me [Chorus] All my time it could be spent with you So what you gonna do? Make sure your game is true See all my time it could be spen...

You're just too good to be true. Can't take my eyes off of you. You'd be like heaven to touch. I wanna hold you so much. At long last love has arrived. And I thank God I'm alive. You're just too good to be true. Can't take my eyes off of you. Pardon the way t...

It's been three weeks since you've been looking for your friend The one you let hit it and never called you again 'Member when he told you he was 'bout the Benjamins You act like you ain't hear him then gave him a little trim To begin, how you think you really...

I was just a little girl Skinny legs, a press and curl My mother always thought I'd be a star But way before my record deal, The streets that nurtured Lauryn Hill Made sure that I'd never go too far Every ghetto, every city and suburban place I've...

Everything is everything What is meant to be, will be After winter, must come spring Change, it comes eventually {2x} I wrote these words for everyone Who struggles in their youth Who won't accept deception Instead of what is truth It seems we lose t...

It could all be so simple But you'd rather make it hard Loving you is like a battle And we both end up with scars Tell me, who I have to be To get some reciprocity ? See, no one loves you more than me And no one ever will Is this just a silly game That forces...

I treat this like my thesis Well-written topic Broken down into pieces I introduce them produceWords so profuse It's abuse how I juice up this beat Like I'm deuce Two people both equal Like I'm Gemini Rather simeon If I Jimmy on this lock I could pop it You ca...

Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those that trespass againstus Although them again we will never, never, never trust Dem now, know weh dem do, dig out yuh yei while dem sticking like glue Fling, skind, grin while dem plotting fah you True, Ah Who??? F...

[Singing Chorus] Everybody knows that they're guilty Everybody knows that they've lied Everybody knows that they're guilty Resting on their conscience eating their inside It's freedom, said it's freedom time now It's freedom, said it's freedom time now...

Why should I feel discouraged Why should the shadows come Why should my heart feel lonely And long for heaven and home When Jesus is my portion My constant friend is he His eye is on the sparrow And I know he watches over me His eye is on the sparrow And I kno...

Lauryn Hill Talking] ...I've written it about the whole Amadou Diallo situation... ...It was such a hot time in the city at that point, I was afraid that if I put the record out, people would Misunderstand what I meant by "Rebel" and they just take i...

[Singing Chorus] I get out, I get out of all your boxes I get out, you can't hold me in these chains I'll get out Father free me from this bondage Knowin' my condition Is the reason I must change [Verse 1] Your stinkin' resolution Is no type of solution Preve...

i gotta find peace of mind i gotta find peace of mind (she speaks) he says its impossible but i know its possible he says its impossible but i know its possible he says there's no me without him please help me forget about him he takes all my energ...

I remember, when you looked into my eyes You saw right through me And I could not hide I was exposed, just like a child All of my heart, you hold in your hands I'm yours to command I'm yours to command I, I feel so humbled With you in my life With you in my...

As I look at what I've done The type of life that I've lived How many things I pray the father will forgive One situation involved a young man He was the ocean and I was the sand He stole my heart like a thief in the night Dulled my senses blurred my sig...

"Just Want You Around" I just want you around I just want you around I just want you around I just want you around Thought that I had lost you I can hardly make a sound When I thought I couldn't hold you Knew the world had let me down Should have to...

[(Lauryn "L-Boogie" Hill)] Yo... (Can I see you?) Lauryn Hill on the track... (In the morning) New art got my back... DJ Skribble just relax, haha! I'm a get you the joint! haha! (Can I see you?) Yeah...morning (In the morning!) Uh Huh, Uh Huh, Uh Huh, Uh Huh,...

I Used To Do It For The Love A Long Time Ago And All I Ever Wanted Was Love I Used To Love Without Fear A Long Time Ago And All I Ever Wanted Was Love Then Somebody Came Around And Tried To Hurt Me Tried To Make Me Feel Like I Was Unworthy Took Pure Love And T...

It's funny how money change a situation Miscommunication leads to complication My emancipation don't fit your equation I was on the humble, you - on every station Some wan' play young Lauryn like she dumb But remember not a game new under the sun Everything yo...

Yeah, yeaaayh, yeah heh, yeah heh, yeah heh... See the road to hell, is paved with good intentions Can't you tell, the way they have to mention Have they helped you out, you're such a hopeless victim Please don't do me any favors, Mr. Intentional All thei...

[sing songy Chorus intro] It's the mystery of Inequity... Said it's the misery of Inequity... Said it's the history of Inequity... When it all... All falls down... Telling you all... It all falls down Children... Eat your bread Little children... Eat your bre...

Now the skies could fall Not even if my boss should call The world it seems so very small 'Cause nothing even matters at all Nothing even matters Nothing even matters at all Nothing even matters Nothing even matters at all See I don't need no alcohol Your lo...

Oh Jerusalem Lyrics Oh Jerusalem yeah, oh Jerusalem, oh Jerusalem, oh Jerusalem... Realizing that there's no place else to go And there's nobody I know who can help here Text book solutions are so improbable Cuz everybody else is just as empty Naked as...

I gotta find peace of mind, I gotta find peace of mind… He says it's impossible, but I know it's possible… He say's it's impossible, but I know its possible/ He says there's no me without him/ Please help me forget about him/ He takes all my energy, trapped i...

I was born into this world Little bitty baby girl And when I look at why looking so glad In a racist world Now it's a difficult process The matter is of perception When I look in the mirror what do I see Is it my reflection? CHORUS: Seein' repercussions (talk...

Nothing can be done against the truth no matter how we remain in denial, yeah Wasting time, replacing time with each empty excuse but that'll only work a little while Coping with despair, knowing you're not there ashamed to just admit I've been a fool So I bla...

Yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah yey Why, why, why, why, why, why, why Why, Why, heh They've got so much things to say right now They've got so much things to say They've got so much things to say right now They've got so much things to say I'll never forget no wa...

Afraid to address The reality before me Too proud to confess That im addicted to a lie. So I seek temporary feeling To replace reality Though the truth is telling me I have to die, BUT IVE BEEN TAUGHT TO numb IT sedate it, don't confront it I hate when I find...

[Intro] Yo, hip hop Started out in the heart, uh huh Yo, now everybody trying to chart Say what? Yo, hip hop Started out in the heart Yo, now everybody trying to chart Come on now baby Come on now baby Come on now baby Come on Come on now baby Come on now baby...

The sweetest thing I've ever known Was like the kiss on the collarbone Soft caress of happiness The way you walk, your style of dress I wish I didn't get so weak Ooo, baby, just to hear you speak Makes me argue just to see How much you're in love with me See,...

*Talking* Yo heh heh tell him it's like uhh you know uhh *Singing* Sweet sweet tell him Let me be patient let me be kind Make me unselfish without being blind Though I may suffer I'll envy it not And endure what comes Cause he's all that I got and tell him......

The conquering lion Shall break every chain The conquering lion Shall break every chain Give him the victory Again and again and again and again Give him the victory Ohh The conquering lion Shall break every chain The conquering lion Shall break every chain G...

My world it moves so fast today The past it seems so far away And I squeeze it so tight, I can't breathe And every time I try to be What someone has thought of me So caught up, I wasn't able to acheive But deep in my heart the answer it was in me And I made up...

Uh uh uh uh refugee camp, conspireacy theory, what what, yo You're just too good to be true can't take my eyes off of you you'd be like heaven to touch I wanna hold you so much at long last love has arrived and I thank God I'm alive you're just too go...

(Uh) Turn your lights down low And pull your window curtain Oh let the moon come shining in Into our life again Saying ooh, it's been a long, long time (Long, long time) I got this message for you girl But it seems I was never on time Did I wanna get through t...

Everybody knows that they're guilty Everybody knows that they've lied Everybody knows that they're guilty Resting on their conscience eating their inside It's freedom, I said it's freedom time now It's freedom, said it's freedom time now Time to get f...

[Verse 1] Moving down the streams of my lifetime Pulls the fascination in my sleeve Cooling off the fire of my longing Boiling off my cold within his heat Melting down the walls of inhibition Evaporating all of my fears Baptizing me into complete...

When it hurts so bad, when it hurts so bad Why's it feel so good? When it hurts so bad, when it hurts so bad Why's it feel so good? I loved real, real hard once But the love wasn't returned Found out the man I'd die for He wasn't even concerned I tried, and I...

~~~♫♫♫ ~~~ Love me, love me, love me, say you do Let me fly away with you For my love is like the wind And wild is the wind Give me more than one caress Satisfy this hungriness Let the wind blow through your heart For wild is the wind You touch me I hear t...

Unsure of what the balance held I touched my belly overwhelmed By what I had been chosen to perform But then an angel came one day Told me to kneel down and pray For unto me a man child would be born Woe this crazy circumstance I knew his life deserved a chanc...