| [Foxy Brown speaking] The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh My enemies and foesthey stumbled and fell Though an army may encamp against me My heart shall not fear Though war may rise against me In this I will be confident [Darius] I will survive [Chorus] Takethese broken wings (these broken wings) And let them fly again And let them live so free (you taught me how to flyfly) When we hearthe voices sing The book of love will open upand let us in [Foxy Brown] Feel like I ve got this black cloud hangin over me It s like this pain is takin control of me Every move I makedetermines my fate Feel like I m dying slowand that s the shit I hate The constant pressurethe rumors The outcastI m the one they love to badge When the records stop sellin And the crowds stop yellin All I have is me Bet you thought I d die without you But see how I m still living Thought that I would self destruct But I m still herewith another one Even though I felt crumbledI made it through the rumble Torn aparta young woman scorned Coping with the painnearly drove me insane In the hospitalcrying in the pain All types of medicationsflowing through my veins [Chorus: Darius] Takethese broken wings (thesebrokenwings) And let them fly again And let them live so free When we hearthe voices sing (I will learnI will learnhow to fly) The book of love will open upand let us in [Foxy Brown] Pleaseunderstand I m a human first And before Foxy BrownI m just still Inga And my familyis my whole life And I cherish this ring that you put on my finger We survived through the roughest stones Sleeping with our baby pit bull on the basement floors And through it allyou and I felt we could be strong All through the rough timesthrough the pains and storms Andit s like when it rainsit pours All they see is gray and bluethey don t know you like I do Five years committedy all just don t understand No careerno famemeant more than my man Andto my fans that slept through it all Through the rise and the fallI love y all all Even when I nearly lost my mind Some remained loyalignored the headlines and [Chorus: Darius] Takethese broken wings (takethese broken wings) And let them fly again And let them live so free (let em flylet em fly) When we hearthe voices sing (voices sing) The book of love will open upand let us in [Foxy Brown] Story of my legacythis can t be life LordI feel like I m fallin Praying for strengthI m losing my mind Andhow can you fly when your wings are broken? Andhow can I smile when my heart is broken? Through all the pain I ve feltthat s the hand I m dealt My personal problemstays in my home Know I won t discuss themreporters I don t trust em [Chorus: Darius] Takethese broken wings (these broken wings) And let them fly again And let them live so free (I wanna see them fly) When we hearthe voices sing The book of love will open upand let us in Takethese broken wings (take these broken wings) And let them fly again (oohh) And let them live so free (let them live so freeso free) When we hearthe voices sing (yeahh) The book of love will open upand let us in [Darius] Teach me how to fly (ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh-ooh) Teach me how to fly I believein the powerof love (ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh) Can t you hear medon t you hear me? (ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh-ooh) I m calling out to you Foxy help me sing (ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh) These broken wings [fades] |
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