Chapter ll

Mmm...mmm...mmm...mmm...
Mmm...mmm...mmm...mmm...
Mmm...mmm...mmm...mmm...mmm...

I'm lookin' in the mirror
At this woman down and out
She's internally dyin'
I know this was not what love's about

I don't wanna be this woman
The second time around
'Cause I'm wakin' up screamin',
no longer believin'
That I'm gonna be around

And over and over I tried
and over and over you lied
and over and over I cried, yeah
I don't know why

And over and over I tried
and over and over you lied
and over and over I cried, yeah
I don't know why

Rain on me
Lord, won't you take this pain from me
I don't wanna live, I don't wanna breathe
Baby, just rain on me
Lord, won't you take this pain from me
I don't wanna live, I don't wanna breathe, no

See, I don't want to hold my pillow late at night
no more
I'm tossin' and turnin'
and thinkin' 'bout burnin' down these walls
I-I don't wanna fuel this fire no more,
no more, no more
See, I made up my mind
'cause I've wasted my time
Ain't nothin' here to keep me warm

And over and over I tried
and over and over you lied
and over and over I cried, yeah
I don't know why

And over and over I tried
and over and over you lied
and over and over I cried, yeah
I cried, I cried, I cried, I cried, I cried

Oh...oh...oh...oh...

Rain on me
Lord, won't you take this pain from me
I don't wanna live, I don't wanna breathe
Baby, just rain on me
Lord, won't you take this pain from me
I don't wanna live, I don't wanna breathe, no

I'm so tired of the rain
In my life
And I'm so tired of the strain
And now you're gonna lie

'Cause sometimes I can't sleep at night and
This here it just don't seem right and
Sometimes I just wonder why I
Don't know, let my life go by

'Cause sometimes I can't sleep at night and
This here it just don't seem right and
Sometimes I just wonder why I
Don't know, let my life go by

Oh...oh...oh...oh...oh...oh...

Rain on me
Lord, won't you take this pain from me
I don't wanna live, I don't wanna breathe
Baby, just rain on me
Lord, won't you take this pain from me
I don't wanna live, I don't wanna breathe, no

Rain on me
Lord, won't you take this pain from me
I don't wanna live, I don't wanna breathe
Baby, just rain on me
Lord, won't you take this pain from me
I don't wanna live, I don't wanna breathe, no

Ooh...ooh...
Ooh...ooh...
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la...
La-la-la-la-la-la
Ooh...ooh...ooh...

"I KNOW"
ASHANTI
I.G:
Dear Lord,
I come to you a humble man
Asking your forgiveness for all the sins
That I

I saw you again for the first time
Been a long time
He brought out all these feelings
That I never knew I had inside

Seeing you with another girl
It didn't sit me with me cool
And I'm mad at myself 'cause I love you
And with or without you I'm goin' through hell

I don't think that I could shake ya
So baby, can we break up (Yeah)
I know that this is kind of crazy (Baby)
But baby, I wanna make up

I don't think that I could shake ya
So baby, can we break up (I don't think I could shake ya, baby)
I know that this is kind of crazy (Crazy)
But baby (But baby), I wanna make up

I never knew but to love you
How I love you
I thought that I was through wit' you
So glad that I could be single

Now I'm gone thinkin' 'bout the past
And wish that we could just go back
And I'm mad at myself 'cause I love you
And I really want you to come on back

I don't think that I could shake ya (Yeah)
So baby, can we break up (Oh, I want you to come back to me bad)
I know that this is kind of crazy (Hey, yeah)
But baby, I wanna make up (Hey, yeah)

I don't think that I could shake ya (Ooh...ooh...)
So baby, can we break up
I know that this is kind of crazy (I don't think I could shake ya, baby)
But baby (Hey, yeah), I wanna make up

I don't know if I'm crazy
But all pain and the heartache you gave me
Finally made me
Wanna get back wit' you, oh...oh...oh...

You held her hand the way you held mine
You felt her, uh, the way you felt mine
And all the fightin' that we went through
See, I was already used to it

I don't think that I could shake ya
(Hey...ey...hey...ey...)
So baby, can we break up
I know that this is kind of crazy (Crazy)
But baby (Yeah), I wanna make up (I wanna make up wit'
you, babe)

I don't think that I could shake ya (I don't think I could shake ya, babe)
So baby, can we break up (Ooh)
I know that this is kind of crazy (Oh, oh, oh)
But baby (Baby), I wanna make up

I don't think that I could shake ya (What did you do)
So baby, can we break up (Ooh, you got me missin' you)
I know that this is kind of crazy
But baby, I wanna make up (Ooh)

I don't think that I could shake ya (Ooh)
So baby (Baby), can we break up (Break up)
I know that this is kind of crazy (Crazy)
But baby (Baby), I wanna make up

Oh...
La-la-la-la-la

I don't know what you did to me, boy
But I want you so
Come back now or I'll go crazy, crazy
Crazy, crazy

My sweet baby
Come on touch me, tease me
My sweet baby
Hold me, love me, need me

My sweet baby
Come on touch me, tease me
My sweet baby
Gonna be just fine with

My sweet baby

See, every time that I think of you
You make me feel so good
Do anything that you ask me to
Boy, you know I would

I just wanna be in your arms
Holdin' me, kissin' me all night long
And I want you to know
That I'm your lady and you're my

My sweet baby
Come on touch me, tease me
My sweet baby
Hold me, love me, need me

My sweet baby
Come on touch me, tease me
My sweet baby
Gonna be just fine with

My sweet baby

See, I don't care what nobody says
As long as you're with me
Forever you lovin' me
Is the way that it's gonna be

I just wanna spend all my time
With you, baby, you're, oh, so fine
And I want you to know
That I'm your lady and you're my

My sweet baby
Come on touch me, tease me
My sweet baby
Hold me, love me, need me

My sweet baby
Come on touch me, tease me
My sweet baby
Gonna be just fine with

My sweet baby

(I just wanna be, wanna be, wanna be held by you)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
(I just wanna be, wanna be, wanna be loved by you)
Baby, yeah

(I just wanna be, wanna be, wanna be held by you)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
(I just wanna be, wanna be, wanna be loved by you)
Baby, yeah

My sweet baby
Come on touch me, tease me
My sweet baby
Hold me, love me, need me

My sweet baby
Come on touch me, tease me
My sweet baby
Gonna be just fine with

My sweet baby
Come on touch me, tease me
My sweet baby
Hold me, love me, need me

My sweet baby
Come on touch me, tease me
My sweet baby
Gonna be just fine with

My sweet baby

He's mine
He's all mine
Oh...oh...oh...
Sweet baby
Sweet baby
Sweet baby

My sweet baby
Baby, I want you to love me, baby
Sweet baby, sweet baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...
Mmm...mmm...mmm...mmm...mmm...

[featuring Chink Santana]

[Chink Santana]
HA
yeah
hell yeah
told ya'll your gonna have a ball
that was beautiful
truly, truly beautiful
thank you
we're so happy that ya'll could
go on this journey wit us through chapter 2
the wonderful world of Ashanti
cuz she's so damn fine and beautiful
don't you agree with me
something sweet, something special
so we gonna be out til next time
from Shany and all of us from Murder INC.
it's Murda

1st VERSE:

There was something in your eyes that I saw tonight,
I never thought that I would see it,
Now there's holes in my walls and there's glass on the floor
And you said you didn't mean it.
You went from zero to none in these past three months on your level of affection
I ain't gonna be that girl that cries herself to sleep putting up with your rejection cause,

CHORUS:

I can't carry on living life like this, (living like this)
This can't be what it is,
I don't wanna live my life like this (2x)

2nd VERSE:

When I try to make sense out of what we have I always fall into depression
Because I know in my heart that we both grown apart ain't no use of us pretending
We never talk on the phone and you're never at home and if you are there's always tension,
I ain't gonna be that girl that ends up staying sitting around just regretting cause,

CHORUS:

I can't carry on living life like this, (living life like this)
This can't be what it is,
I don't wanna live my life like this (2x)

3rd VERSE:

I'm tired of fighting,
I'm tired of spiting,
My life is a storm full of raining and lighting my insides are pleading from all of the screaming sometimes I just feel like I'm no longer breathing.
I look in your eyes all I see is a demon,
I'm tired of wearing my heart on my sleeve and I just don't know why I stay cause day after day I continue to say

CHORUS:

I can't carry on living life like this, (living like this)
This can't be what it is,
I don't wanna live my life like this (2x)

I'mma tell y'all
I'mma tell y'all a story
It's about a girl
Mmm, I can't even say a girl
She some'in' more like
She's more like an angel
Hmm...
Tell you her name
Ashanti
Princess

I wanna love you
I wanna hold you
Baby, I wanna kiss you
I wish you would look into my eyes

And let me love you
Let me hold you
Baby, I wanna kiss you
I wish you would look into my eyes

If you touch me here
I don't mind, oh, no
And if you kiss me neck
Baby, I don't mind, oh, no

I feel this tingling feelin'
Runnin' up and down my spine
So baby, let me love you

I wanna love you
I wanna hold you
Baby, I wanna kiss you
I wish you would look into my eyes

And let me love you
Let me hold you
Baby, I wanna kiss you
I wish you would look into my eyes

If you rub my back
Baby, I won't mind, oh, no, mmm
And if you kiss my lips
Baby, I won't mind, oh, no

I will feel your heartbeat next to mine
And slide right past my thighs
So baby, let me love you

I wanna love you
I wanna hold you
Baby, I wanna kiss you
I wish you would look into my eyes

And let me love you
Let me hold you
Baby, I wanna kiss you
I wish you would look into my eyes

I wanna love you
I wanna hold you
Baby, I wanna kiss you
I wish you would look into my eyes

And let me love you
Let me hold you
Baby, I wanna kiss you
I wish you would look into my eyes

You say
I say
You say
I say

You say
I say
But now you're out there playin' games
I know that you will never change

You say that you love me
But you still be wylin' out
All of this yellin', all of this fussin'
Over just nothin', in my house

I pray to my Savior
And hope He will just help me out
'Cause all this confusion got me just bluesin'
I know what I should be doin' now, yeah, yeah

I can't lie, I (Don't wanna waste no more time)
I can't see why (You never try to do me right)
I can't lie, I (Don't wanna waste no more time)
I can't see why (You never try to do me right)

You say (That you love me)
I say (That I love you)
You say (We don't ever have to fight)
I say (I don't ever wanna cry)

You say (You will never play the field)
I say (I will always keep it real)
But now you're out there playin' games
I know that you will never change

I try to be patient
To see if you could figure out
With all of your lyin', all your denyin'
I cannot keep you around

You know that I love you
It's gonna hurt me to see you leave
I can't go through bein' misused
'Cause you know that that ain't me, yeah

I can't lie, I (Don't wanna waste no more time)
I can't see why (You never try to do me right)
I can't lie, I (Don't wanna waste no more time)
I can't see why (You never try to do me right)

You say (That you love me)
I say (That I love you)
You say (We don't ever have to fight)
I say (I don't ever wanna cry)

You say (You will never play the field)
I say (I will always keep it real)
But now you're out there playin' games
I know that you will never change

Cool with whatever 'cause it's been so long
All this nonsense you're doin' only made me strong
But if we stay together there's got to be some change
I don't even wanna hear another call your name

Cool with whatever 'cause it's been so long
All this nonsense you're doin' only made me strong
I don't think we'll be together 'cause you'll never change
Already stuck inside your ways, you'll always be the same

You say (You really love me)
I say (I really love you)
You say (We don't ever have to fight)
I say (I don't ever wanna cry)

You say (You will never play the field)
I say (That I will always keep it real)
But now you're out there playin' games
I know that you will never change

Uh-uh, yeah
Yo', Ashanti, INC
Murder Inc
Uh-uh, uh-uh
Chinky Deek
And of course Milwaukee

Ooooh
La la la
La la la
Mmmm
Hey yea
No no
Mmm
Oh no
Hmmm

Oooh I'm so happy that I'm
Livin' my life
I never knew what I went through
But hoped everything'd turn out right
I'm rememberin' the days that I was holdin' my head down
When people came around I always pretended to smile
But I knew
Deep in my heart
That I was slowly
Fallin apart
Some days
All I wanted
Was to hold my mother's hand
And hear her say
"Baby...
You're gonna make it"
Over and over again
So I

And I been livin' my life for quite some time
(Livin' my life)
And I'm
So glad I made it this far
(oh)
And
Nothin' honna bring me back down
And
Nothin' gonna turn me around
(turn me around)

And I been livin' my life for quite some time
And I'm
So glad I made it this far
(so glad)
And
Nothin' gonna bring me back down
And
Nothin' gonna turn me around

Don't want nobody to think
It was easy for me
It took a while just to get down
Too many people just didn't believe
I'm remembering the sacrifices that I had to make
I would cry myself to sleep and say that it would be ok
But I knew
That if I prayed
That I would be on my way someday
Some times
All I wanted
Was to hear my father say
He would say
"Baby...
You're gonna make it
And I don't care what people say"
So I'm

And I been livin' my life for quite some time
And I'm
So glad I made it this far
And
Nothin' gonna bring me back down
(Bring me back down)
And
Nothin' gonna turn me around
(Turn me around)

And I been livin' my life for quite some time
And I'm
So glad I made it this far
And
Nothin' gonna bring me back down
(Bring me back down)
And
Nothin' gonna turn me around
(Turn me around

Oh I want the world to see
Everything that's happened to me
I went from goin' out my mind
To always on time
And I am no longer a fool
Since my days are cold without you
And I'm so
(I'm so)
Happy
(Happy)
Baby baby babe
Said I'm so
(I'm so)
Happy
(Happy)
Baby baby babe

And I been livin' my life for quite some time
And I'm
So glad I made it this far
(So glad)
And
Nothin' gonna bring me back down
(Nothing)
And
Nothin' gonna turn me around
(And oooooooh)

And I been livin' my life for quite some time
And I'm so glad I made it this far
(Yeah yeah)
And
Nothin' gonna bring me back down
(Bring me back down)
And
Nothin' gonna turn me around
(Turn me around)