Love Yourself

[Mary J. Blige]

It's been a long way, but I made it here with love

I made it here with love, love

Said I've been and up and down and I've been through it all

Took a while to know my heart

Oh, yes, it did, yeah

Before love like this, you go

Through the fire and valley lows

But if you just hold on

Please hold on 'cause love is strong, it'll save yah

Oh, please hold on, it'll save yah, save yah

Truth can be the sweetest pain

It can mess up everything

It's the only way you know

I'm payin' for it, I'm changin' for it

Oh, oh, and it hurts

But I'll make it work

'Cause I'm no beginner

I'm a winner, paid dues, I know my purpose

Thought they'd put my life on hold

But I knew somethin' they didn't know

I know myself too much to ever fold

Dark clouds are movin' past you

Oh, you gotta love yourself

If you really wanna be with someone else

You gotta feed yourself

Before you feed somebody else

You gotta stay open, and don't be foolish

'Cause everybody don't mean you well

You gotta love yourself

Before you love somebody else

[Kanye West]

Yeah, gotta love yourself

Uh, you know what I'm sayin'?

I decided not to use my color as a handicap

He a designer, artist, producer, and he rap

Never found virtue from patience

In a dark room just pacin'

Precious time is just wastin'

You do not know what we facin'

I cannot be complacent

In my job, be courageous

Another kid just got shot

They can't find the assailant

Made it out of the basement

Made it out of the underground

From a time where you outta town

They might gun you down, blaow

There goes another round, blaow

There goes another round

Came from the Chi and wow, look what the fuck they found

A young legend, comin' to shut the summer down

You need to talk to me like you don't when your mother 'round

[Mary J. Blige]

Oh, you gotta love yourself, oh yeah

If you really wanna be with someone else

You gotta feed yourself

Before you feed somebody else

You gotta stay open, and don't be foolish

'Cause everybody don't mean you well

You gotta love yourself

You gotta love yourself

Before you love somebody else

I don't feel no one's time

Can't get restless in the soul

Hold your heart, the world is cold

Keep singin', don't you stop prayin', woman

Yeah, it will come to pass

Don't worry 'bout nothin'

God knows that you're worth it

You deserve it, can't nothin' else hurt you

Thought they'd put my life on hold

But I knew somethin' they didn't know

I know myself too much to ever fold

Dark clouds are movin' past you

Oh, you gotta love yourself, oh yeah

If you really wanna be with someone else

You gotta feed yourself

Before you feed somebody else

You gotta stay open, and don't be foolish

'Cause everybody don't mean you well

You gotta love yourself

You gotta love yourself

Before you love somebody else

Somebody else