Lauryn Hill - Manifest (Live in UK - Unreleased)

You see I loved hard once,
but the love wasn't returned.
I found out the man I'd die for he wasn't even concerned;
In time it turned,
he tried to burn me like a perm.
Though my eyes saw the deception, my heart wouldn't let me learn.
For, some dumb woman was I
and every time he'd lie
he would cry and inside I'd die.
My heart must have died a thousand deaths,
compared myself to Toni Braxton thought I'd never catch my breath.
Nothing left, he stole the heart beating from my chest,
I tried to call the cops that type of thief they can't arrest.
Pain suppressed will lead to cardiac arrest.
Diamonds deserve Diamonds but he convinced me I was worthless.
When my peoples would protest,
I told 'em mind they business 'cause my shit was complex.
More than just the sex.
I was blessed but couldn't feel it like when I was caressed.
I'd spend nights clutchin my breast overwhelmed by god's test.
I was god's best, contemplatin death because you left,
but no man has ever worth a paradise

Manifest

Where were you when I needed you, when I needed you, when I needed you
Where were you when I needed you, when I needed you, when I needed you
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