True To Myself

(Eric Benét and George Nash Jr.)


Everybody wants to rise above
Without a touch of dignity
Without a stroke of love


Take a little time and check yourself
To live the life you're praying for
Just be true to yourself


Everybody wants to be your friend
If you got a dime to lend
You never really matter in the end to them
That's why


Chorus:
I'm true to myself ya'll
I'm true to my family
And love with a true integrity
I'm true to myself ya'll
True to my God above
And love with a true integrity


Everybody wants a piece of you and me
To be the victim of their greed
Or co-dependency


It's so very hard to know
Which way to go
A lie can be the gospel truth
If eloquently told


Everybody wants to make amends
If they can see another win
You never really matter in the end to them
That's why


Chorus


Some people live their whole life
And they'll never see
The only way to find true happiness
Is to thine own self be


True to yourself y'all
Got to live your life for you, yeah
All you gotta do, well
Is be true to yourself, well
I'm true to myself, y'all
I'm true to my little baby girl
I got to be true, oh yeah


Chorus out

(Eric Benét, George Nash Jr., Demonté)


Break the chain


Tracy is a good girl
Sweet 16
Her daddy's in her bedroom
Makes her feel unclean
She's slave to a secret
That her dad and she keep together


Nathan is a genius
Or at least he was
Nat traded future for a glass-pipe-buzz
Nat lives on the streets now
For $20 bills he'll do whatever


Chorus:
Don't stop breaking the chains
Don't stop breakin' away
Don't be afraid of breaking the chains
It's up to no one else
You've got to free yourself


Rosie is a waitress at the airport lounge
She gave up on her dreams
Her self esteem's broke down
Now she stares out the window
Watching people fly around forever


Chorus


Make a change don't you be afraid, go on
Free your mind from the fear inside
And you won't be chained anymore


Look here I'm a black man
And they say I'm free
Seems like somebody s'til got chains on me


Well we got brothers killing brothers
Leaving young mothers to raise a family
We gotta stay together to make it better


Chorus out

(Eric Benét, George Nash Jr. and Demonté)


Ooh girl, lover friend
From the day we first began
Felt a connection to you


Somehow can't explain
No one's made me feel the same way
You do


Your heart and mine are one
Somethin' deep is goin' on
It's like we've been here before


Seems like God above
Had a reason to bring your love
To me


Chorus:
I love what I'm feelin' (a spiritual thang)
You're giving to me, yeah (a spiritual thang)
I know it's for real (a spiritual thang)
This spiritual love you bring (a spiritual thang)


Love won't fade away
When it's a spiritual thang
It's like we're one in the same


Girl, we got a love that the whole
World's been searching for
You and me, don't you know that


Chorus


Guitar Solo


Your heart is in beat with mine
And no stronger love will I find
Together our souls intertwined
Together as one, yeah...


Chorus out

Ooh what you do to me (yeah yeah)


Quietly your silhouette approaches me
A vision far too lovely to define (hey yeah)
Tenderly you take complete control of me
The feminine seduction of body, soul and mind (yeah)


Chorus:
Touch me and I feel your femininity
Girl you're the lady women want to be
Softly you move when you're making love to me
Love me every night with femininity


A child of innocence is how you look at me
But it's the woman's touch that makes it feel so right (so right)
Your lips consume my deepest sensitivity
It feels so good it makes me wanna cry (makes me cry)


Chorus:
Oh, oh, oh
Femininity
Oh, Femininity


Let me feel myself inside you once again
I love the way you say it's just for me
A lady in the purest sense of elegance
But when the lights go down girl you're making love, strong, wild and free


Chorus


I like the way you take control of me
You have a little certain quality
Not many girls would ever dare to be
The lady that you are femininity


Vamp out

(Eric Benét, George Nash Jr., Roger Troutman and Dale DeGroat)


What if I made some time to listen to you
What if you made some time to hear me too
What if we took the time to realize
Givin' some love is givin' compromise
What if I could show you that my love is true
Without all these changes we be going through
What if we learned to play it by the rules


Chorus:
What if we was cool...cool
Wasn't acting like fools...fools
What if we was cool...cool
Wouldn't that be cool


What if we tried something not tried before
What if we let love open up the door
What if we set some goals, but not too high
What if we both agreed to really try
What if we knew that we could disagree
But s'til made love the first priority
Show me love like you're suppose to do


Chorus


Do you hear me baby
'Cause our love is fading
Can I get the message through to you
I'm someone to love


What if we had equality for all men
What if we forgot all our forefather sins
What if you forgot the color of my skin
What if you could wear the skin I'm in


What if we knew that we could disagree
But still make love the first priority
Show me love like you're suppose to do


Chorus
People can yousee
'Cause our love is fading
Can I get a message through to you
Can we keep this thing cool
A lot of love we're needing
I'm ready and I'm willing
Don't you know that I s'til think of you
As someone to love


Chorus out

(Eric Benét and George Nash Jr.)


Girl it's true
I can't deny
I've been around a couple of times
So you're afraid
This love in me
Tomorrow we'll no longer be
My heart beats stronger
At the end of each day
Can you feel the rhythm between the two of us
I'd be a fool to turn away
Baby all I'm trying to say is


Chorus:
You're so much more than just a girlfriend
You're more than just a temporary love of mine
You're so much more than just a girlfriend
So I'll ask you forever be mine


'Cause when I'm making love to you
I can tell it's not pretend
Many things to me are you
Not just another lady friend
See every brother has a place in his heart
Only one lady can find her way to it
Only one girl
To see your smile is all I need
To know that you're my destiny


Chorus


So I'll stay for always 'til the end of time
Much more than loves before
Don't wanna let you go
Right here is where I'll stay
Don't you ever go away


Chorus out

(Eric Benét, Demonté and George Nash Jr.)


This feels so wrong, I'm so confused
You give me love, but you can't be true
You say you need your space and time
With or without you I'll lose my mind


Oh yes I know if meant to be
In the future we'll be hand in hand
But girl right now you're killing me
'Cause I know you're making love to another man


Chorus:
Do you really want to be just friends
Don't you s'til love me
It's so hard for me to understand
You say you love me


You call me for some time to spend
Just long as I'm out your door by 10:00pm
Platonic love will have to suffice
Can't bear the thought of you out of my life


I've tried to end this misery
But I'm always picking up that phone
Swallow my pride, I beg and plead
But you always sing the same ole song, 'We can be friends'


Chorus


Solo


Chorus out