Another slips away In words, I should say There are no you should say There are no
Another night slips In words, I should say are no words you should say There are no
Ms. Hill, you got skills, a gift, it's real Get ill, you spit got the power to uplift and heal
I wish I could to Lauryn, I mean, excuse me, Ms. Hill And let her how much we love her, it's real The industry was her up Then them demons started her up She need a that'll bleed in a cup, yup
We used to it in the salad days When she look at me like she know me she see me nowadays I nod, she nod back, how it stay Her songs better than anything out that hot or power play
Remember how they her of saying She did her album help Then she went to Rome to sing and tell the Pope herself Just after she left the Fugees, started rolling with the Got back with her crew at Dave Block Party
She made songs about and trying to be faithful Took on tour to Europe, I was so grateful Speaking for myself but I'm sure I could for Dante I got to watch a show with Nina and Harry Belafonte
We used to at Nkiru, her moms was a customer She used to love to buy the by Octavia Butler Parable of the Sower, the character's name was Lauren What the album did for black girls' self-esteem was so
I got concerned when she got sick on the She heavy, I'm a brother And I that I could pick up the load, but no
Another slips away In other words, I say There are no words you say There are no
night slips away In other words, I say There are no you should say There are no
Ms. Hill, you got skills, that's a gift, it's Get ill, what you spit got the to uplift the heal
Got her assistant on the the phone, I to talk to Lauryn And I wanna walk through the And I be the umbrella when the rain is pouring Please, no disrespect to whoever your man is though This is strictly music like D'Angelo
I you hate Babylon and wanna see it fall But they won't let you read poem at the BET awards You us hope, you give us faith, you the one They don't what you got to say but still they beg you to come
Whoa, now that's powerful sis, it's power We get money, keep our on the final hour And no, I ain't you Christ, that would be sacrilegious right? Them raps the sisters recite their black fist up The devil's last is a queen who rise past bitches
We used to read Francis Crest or By third press will press But what the of the word suggest Hatched in our heads like birds in the nest You gave birth to a new like Donda West, yes
Should I be saying all of while the mic is on? I might as well let it out because one day I be gone I write this song and hope you feel how we love you And you play it I really ain't got the words to say it, but yo
night slips away In other words, I say are no words you should say There are no words, yeah,
Another night away In words, I should say There are no you should say There are no
Ms. Hill, you got skills, that's a gift, real Get ill, what you spit got the to uplift and heal
Another night slips In words, I should say are no words you should say There are no
night slips away In other words, I say There are no you should say are no words