Performed by Left Eye
From her 2001 debut, Supernova.
This jam is dedicated to moi
That's right, you guys
Just for me
Chorus:
I believe in me
'Cause I take care of me
Took so long to see
All I really need is me
Faith and family
Has finally made me see
No matter what I face
All I need is me
Verse One:
Everybody says they know me better
Than I know myself
But I don't nobody else
That's felt what I felt
Did what I did
Or been where I been
But, have to defend myself again and again
Let it end where it begins
Who cares what the cause is?
Too many bosses cause divorces
And I don't take losses well
I play with the team
But I'm Diana Ross
And not a Supreme
You think you got me
All figured out
Oh, so I'm so shallow
The only thing I'm tryin' to get is a bigger house?
No
Part of my need is a company
Where I can hire my own people
To live out their dreams
So tell me
What's happening to all a y'all people
With low self-esteem?
What?
You want me to cry on your shoulder?
So you can turn and laugh
And talk about it
When its over?
Chorus
Verse Two:
I done sold 30 mil
Dated the men you wanted
When it got too convienent
I just gave it up
I don't need the stress
I don't need the pain
I do need the checks
But don't need the games
Oh my
How can him and I
Be the same?
When the house burned down
Only I met the blame
When the money
Got funny
I took it to court
When most a y'all scrubs
Wouldn't of even fought
When the group had issues
I laid in thought
Corrected the bad news
I heard it on the news
So tell me
How many of you know Lisa?
Not many
It's not contrary
It's fear
I don't know you either
I'm responsible for more
Than you'll ever know or see
So many things you don't know
Happened because of me
From Blaque to the design
To the stage
That was me
So how can any of y'all
Be mad at me?
Chorus
Verse Three:
Everybody says all they want is truth
Well, the truth is
I still got love for my group
But you don't really want the truth
When it's concerning you
You want to hear that no one's
Doin' better than you
You love to hear the pain
You love to hear the struggle
You love to know that paradise
Has got troubles
The only trouble we ever had
Was you bein' involved
You gettin' involved
Where you don't belong
When my faith started to waver
It was like I was done
I felt like Brian McKnight
I was "Back At One"
The only one that was
The only one that ever
The only one I need
The one and only me
Because
If I had of told you we was on different planes
You would think that I meant
Our flights ain't the same
My only crime
Was I was so blind
Didn't know I had everything I wanted
All the time
Chorus