Aiyo Mary, I need you to vibe wit 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's sinned   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   I live baby girl, I've learned to love those while they still awake      Sleep sleep   And prepare a place for those who are good in the projects and hood   Give to those who are misunderstood   I know Lisa, Pac and Biggie and Jay and Pun are still number 1      There will be more of us to come   I am a leader, a teacher I gotta   Like a single parent provider   Put in 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 from 9-11   We'll be sure to see again      What you hear is not a test, I'm rockin' to the beat   See me and my crew, and my friends were gonna try to move our feet   See I am Mary Blige and I'd like to say hello   To the black, to the white, the red and the brown, the purple and yellow   First you gotta, but first you gotta      Yo, I don't wait for the DJs to drop bombs on my records   I drop 'em on my own shit