[Missy] (Mary)

Ay yo Mary, I need you to vibe with me on this one

Uh, uh, check it

As I grab my pad and pen and begin to talk from within

Oh God, my eyes, they water like a preacher who sins

I'm only human but, the world has put me on a platform

Since the day I was born, to only wait for my downfall

But like a brick wall I'm too hard to break

Okay I do make mistakes but I'm the realest from the fake

That's why I'm the hardest to hate, Aaliyah, baby girl

I've learned to love those while they're still awake

Sleep, sleep, and prepare a place for those who are good

In the projects and hood, gifted or misunderstood

I know Lisa, Pac and Biggie and Jay and Pun are still number one

There will be more of us to come (ohh)

I am a leader, a teacher, a guider (ooh)

Like a single parent provider (ooh)

Putting back those hip-hop dividers

Like a priest with a back slider

I've sinned but I win

And anyone we've lost in life or nine eleven

We'll be sure to see again (ooh, hoo)



[Mary]

What you hear is not a test (ooh)

I'm rocking to the beat (I'm rocking to the beat)

See me and my crew and my friends (and)

We're gonna try to move your feet (move around, move around)

See I am Mary Blige (yes I am)

And I'd like to say hello (thank you for inviting me)

To the black to the white, the read and the brown

The purple and yellow (everybody)

But first you gotta, but first you gotta