Mary J. Blige — Mirror

[Verse 1: Eve] I used to give you too much power Trust me, them days is over Can't understand how I Let you sit on my shoulders Them times when you messed up I made excuses for And I always knew it, that I should have headed for the door But I stayed and you played the right way in your place And I prayed every time you was away you'd see my face But the me was you, and your pain was mine And the same situation playing over in my mind It seems [Verse 2: Mary] Ain't tryna hear you Just tryna hear me Don't wanna hear nothing, baby, it's selfishly I blaming you for the hurt in me, but it's not your fault that I'm so incomplete [Pre-Chorus: Mary] It see every time I do it do it I seem to ruin Got this funny way of falling in love (Falling in love) And it's affecting how I'm breathing Affecting how I'm eating Seems like I'm all up on drugs So beg you my pardon, loving you is hardest And I can't take no more I'm looking for the problem Standing over the sink One thing I found is [Chorus: Mary] I had to take a look in the mirror (Mirror) Take a look in the mirror (Mirror) Take a look in the mirror (Mirror) Ay, see, I can't leave you until I learn to leave me Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me me [Verse 3: Mary] What was I thinking? That you could talk to me like that You was holding me down, but I was holding me back Looking inside myself, and has to see who I am 'Cause this is my trial, affecting my smile I gotta walk it out, it's gonna be a while [Pre-Chorus: Mary] It see every time I do it do it I seem to ruin Got this funny way of falling in love And it's affecting how I'm breathing Affecting how I'm eating Seems like I'm all up on drugs So beg you my pardon, loving you is hardest And I can't take no more (Take no more) I'm looking for the problem Standing over the sink One thing I found is [Chorus: Mary] I had to take a look in the mirror (Mirror) Take a look in the mirror (Mirror) Take a look in the mirror (Mirror) Ay, see, I can't leave you until I learn to leave me Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me me [Verse 4: Eve & (Mary)] Everything I thought I knew All them times I ran away It seems really I was running from me (Running from me) I know constantly we tried, we was living in a lie Finally looked into mirror to see (Mirror to see) Probably would have left you sooner, but I was being scared And that ain't how I ever should be (Never should be) Yeah, I was searching for a while for the source of the problem One thing I found is [Chorus: Mary] I had to take a look in the mirror (Mirror) Take a look in the mirror (Mirror) Take a look in the mirror (Mirror) Ay, see, I can't leave you until I learn to leave me Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me me [Outro: Mary] Take a look in the mirror (Take a look in the mirror) Take a look in the mirror (Oh oh)