Mary J. Blige — Whole Damn Year

[Verse 1] Tryna find a way to explain this Why you can't touch me tonight I can feel you gettin' impatient But I really can't let you inside Bad, how deep the pain is Ooh, you just couldn't believe And yeah I seem good on the surface But I'm a mess, I'm a mess underneath [Refrain] See, winter took most of my heart And spring punched me right in the stomach Summer came lookin' for blood And by autumn I was left with nothin' [Chorus] It took a whole damn year to repair my body It took a whole damn year It took a whole damn year to repair my body It's been a bad five years Gon' take a long, long year for me to trust somebody Gon' take a long, long year Gon' take a long, long year for me to touch somebody It's been a bad five years [Verse 2] Not tryna do this on purpose Boy, I really wish I could Don't act like you never heard this I know you haven't misunderstood But the others just wouldn't respect it Don't tell me you as well I thought we were headed for Heaven But you're 'bout to take me back to Hell [Refrain] See, winter took most of my heart And spring punched me right in the stomach Summer came lookin' for blood And by autumn I was left with nothin' [Chorus] It took a whole damn year to repair my body It took a whole damn year It took a whole damn year to repair my body It's been a bad five years Gon' take a long, long year for me to trust somebody Gon' take a long, long year Gon' take a long, long year for me to touch somebody It's been a bad five years It took a whole damn year to repair my body It took a whole damn year It took a whole damn year to repair my body It's been a bad five years Gon' take a long, long year for me to trust somebody Gon' take a long, long year Gon' take a long, long year for me to touch somebody It's been a bad five years [Outro] Bad to the liver, bad to the bone Bad to the liver, bad to the bone Bad to the liver, bad to the bone It's been a bad five years