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Artist: Boyz II Men
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Benefit Of a Fool
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Benefit Of a Fool
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Tell me what
What about this woman makes me want to do right?
Want to switch it up and stay with her the whole night
I don’t know
What it is, but it feels all right yeah
Lord knows I tried (lord knows I tried)
Lord knows I tried to convince myself that I wasn’t going to lie (wasn’t going to lie)
But there wasn’t no way I was going to let this sweet love drive me by
Now I know
What it is
It was just my pride
When has love (when has love)
Benefit a fool (benefit a fool)
I got nothing to lose (nothing to lose)
But everything is true
Now I know (now I know)
I know what I got to do (I know what I got to do)
Just stop lying to you (just stop lying, oh girl just stop lying)
And tell you the truth
Cause’ when has love benefit a fool?
You were so fly
Yeah
You know you should’ve been an angel (you know you should’ve been an angel)
With those diamond eyes
Girl you look good from every angle (you look good from every angle)
Now I see (now I see)
Girl all this time you’ve just been waiting on me (been waiting on me)
And I know I don’t deserve all that I receive from your love
But you never leave no, no, no
When has love (when has love)
Benefit a fool (benefit a fool) yeah
I got nothing to lose (nothing to lose)
Oh but everything is true to you
Now I know (now I know)
I know what I got to do (I know what I got to do)
Just stop lying to you (just stop lying, oh just stop lying)
Tell you the truth
Cause’ when has love benefit a fool?
Good sense of pride (sense of pride)
Looking for destruction (looking for destruction)
I’ve been destroyed (yeah)
If I lose your loving (yeah)
Girl I’ve done changed
No good in changing me
Give you the plane
Your love has saved me yeaaaah oooh
When has love (when has love)
Benefited a fool (benefited a fool)
I got nothing to lose (nothing to lose)
But everything is true
Now I know (now I know)
I know what I got to do baby oh (I know what I got to do)
Just stop lying to you (just stop lying, oh oh just stop lying)
Oh oh and tell you the truth
Cause’ when has love benefit a fool?
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