Thre's Hope - India Arie

[Verse 1:]
back When I Had A Little
i Thought That I Needed A Lot
a Little Was Over Rated,
but A Lot Was A Little Too Complicated
you See-Zero Didn't Satisfy Me
a Million Didn't Make Me Happy
that's When I Learned A Lesson
that It's All About Your Perception
hey-Are You A Papa Or A Superstar
so You Act, So You Feel, So You Are
it Ain't About The Size Of Your Car
it's About The Size Of The Faith In Your Heart

[Chorus:]
there's Hope
it Doesn't Cost A Thing To Smile
you Don't Have To Pay To Laugh
you Better Thank God For That
[Repeat]

there's Hope

[Verse 2:]
off In The Back Country Of Brazil
a Met A Young Brotha That Made Me Feel
that I Could Accomplish Anything.
you See Just Like Me He Wanted To Sing
he Had No Windows And No Doors
he Lived A Simple Life And Was Extremely Poor
on Top Of All Of That He Had No Eye Sight,
but That Didn't Keep Him From Seein' The Light
he Said, What's It Like In The Usa,
and All I Did Was Complain
he Said-Livin' Here Is Paridise
he Taught Me Paridise Is In Your Mind
you Know That
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[Chorus]

[Bridge:]
every Time I Turn On The T.V. (There's Hope)
somebody's Acting Crazy (There's Hope)
if You Let It, It Will Drive You Crazy (There's Hope)
but I'm Takin' Back My Power Today (There's Hope)
gas Prices They Just Keep On Rising (There's Hope)
the Government They Keep On Lying
but We Gotta Keep On Surviving
keep Living Our Truth And Do The Best We Can Do

[Chorus]

stand Up For Your Rights [Echo]
keep Shining Your Light [Echo]
and Show The World Your Smile [Echo]

[Chorus]

If a MAN wants you

If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away.

If he doesn’t want you, nothing can make him stay.

Stop making excuses for a man and his behavior.

Allow your intuition (or spirit) to save you from heartache.

Stop trying to change yourselves for a relationship that’s not meant to be.

Slower is better.

Never live your life for a man before you find what makes you truly happy.

If a relationship ends because the man was not treating you as you deserve

then heck no, you can’t "be friends."

A friend wouldn’t mistreat a friend.

Don’t settle. If you feel like he is stringing you along, then he probably is.

Don’t stay because you think "it will get better." You’ll be mad at yourself

a year later for staying when things are not better.

The only person you can control in a relationship is you.

Avoid men who’ve got a bunch of children by a bunch of different women.

He didn’t marry them when he got them pregnant,

Why would he treat you any differently?

Always have your own set of friends separate from his.

Maintain boundaries in how a guy treats you.

If something bothers you, speak up.

Never let a man know everything. He will use it against you later.

You cannot change a man’s behavior. Change comes from within.

Don’t EVER make him feel he is more important than you are...even if he has

more education or in a better job. Do not make him into a quasi-god.

He is a man, nothing more nothing less.

Never let a man define who you are.

Never borrow someone else’s man.

Oh Lord! If he cheated with you, he’ll cheat on you.

A man will only treat you the way you allow him to treat you.

All men are not dogs.

You should not be the one doing all the bending...compromise is a two-way street.

You need time to heal between relationships...There is nothing cute about

ALways be my baby - David Cook

We were as one babe
For a moment in time
And it seemed everlasting
That you would always be mine

Now you want to be free
So I'm letting you fly
Cause I know in my heart babe
Our love will never die
No!

You'll always be a part of me
I'm a part of you indefinitely
Girl don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby

I ain't gonna cry no
And I won't beg you to stay
If you're determined to leave girl
I will not stand in your way
But inevitably you'll be back again
Cause ya know in your heart babe
Our love will never end no

You'll always be a part of me
I'm part of you indefinitely
Girl don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby

I know that you'll be back girl
When your days and your nights get a little bit colder oooohhh
I know that, you'll be right back, babe
Ooooh! baby believe me it's only a matter of time

You'll always be a part of me
I'm part of you indefinitely
Girl don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my my baby....

You'll always be a part of me (you will always be)
I'm part of you indefinitely
Girl don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on (we will linger on....)
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby

Always be my baby

ALONE AGAIN AND FREE / KATHE GREEN

Here I am
Alone again and free
Yet everyone in town wants to go out with me
But there is no one there
That i would like to see
I'm home again and free.

Here I am
alone again and free
Waiting for a special man to call on me
And there's nowhere else
that I would rather be
Except home again and free.

Refrain:
I've been a restless girl
I've lived past half my life
On the road trying to be free
Makin' sure that no one ever needed me
Or is it that I didn't want to meet anyone at all?

So here I am again
Where I said I'd never be
Waiting for the man I love to call on me
And how strange I feel
Now the joke's on me
'Cause I'm here again
Alone again
And I guess I'm not so very free.

I sitll believe in us together - Hiyas

Lookin' back through all those years
Babe, we've gone through everything there is
We never thought that we'd come this far
But thank God above, we never walked out the door.

Yes there were times we tried to give up
But our love kept us from drifting apart
Our faith in each other was all that we needed to survive.

Chorus:
Baby, I still believe in us together
It's gonna be that way, come what may
Baby, I still believe in us together
I know that our love for each other
Will keep us together every day.

All of our friends, they tell us the same
With love alone, we'll never make it on our own
But look at us, our love is all we have
We're going strong, yes, we've proven them wrong.

We showed them all, with love we can walk tall
Just as long as we keep on believin'
There won't be any leavin'
Yes, we'll stay that way
Love will show us the way.
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(Instrumental)
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The ART of LETTING GO

It's over... He's gone.. WHy do we have to part while the love is still there? why do we have to suffer? why do we have to cry when someone bids goodbye? why do beginning have an end? why do we have to meet only to loone in the end?

There are questions left unanswered, words left unsaid, letters left unread, poems left undone, songs left unsing, love left unexpressed, promises left unfulfilled...

In a relationship, one of the hardest thing to do is saying goodbye and letting go. It is as hard as breaking a crystal because you'll never knew when you will be able to pick up the pieces again. More often than not, they who go, feel not the pain of parting, it is they who stay behind that suffer, because they are left of memories of love that was meant to be.. a love that was...

At the beginning and at the end of a relationship, we are embarrassed to find ourselves alone. Unfair as it may seem, but thats the way love goes. That's the drama, the bittersweet and the risk of falling in love. after all, nothing is constant but change. everything will eventually come to its end without knowing us when, without knowing as how, without us even knowing why. and we must forget not because we want to but we have to.

In letting go, sorrows come not as a single spy but in batallion. It seems that everywhere you go, everything you do, every song you hear, every turn of your head, every move of your body, every beat of your heart, every blink of your eye and every breath you take always remind you of him. it's like a stub of knife, a torture in the night. funny how the whole world becomes depopulated when only one person is missing, just imagine there are billions of people on earth and yet it seems you feel lonely and empty without each other..

I don't know if this is worth calling an art, but letting go entails special skills sparkle with a considerable space and times. time heal all wounds but it takes a little push on our part. acceptance plays a part. not all the wishes come true. not all love stories end with "AND THEY LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER."

Sometimes we have to part because of circumstances beyond our control. we have to cry to temporarily let go of the pains. every beginning has its end like every dawn has its dusks. it's something we can't control, something we have to live up.

It's over, his gone. but life has to go on. GOODBYE DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN FOREVER. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A PLACE AND TIME WHERE QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED, WORDS WILL BE SPOKEN, LOVE WILL BE EXPRESSED IN SOLITUDE AND PROMISES WILL BE FULFILLED..

SOMEWHERE... SOMEHOW... SOMEDAY...

Sometimes the only person who can wake us from our dreams is the person we are dreaming about...

Maybe this chapter refuses to close because it isn't finished yet. Let us always remember not to put too many conditions on love. Love in its truest essence shouldn't be bound by rules set by men. It is a gift from God and only those who are not afraid to show it will find and keep it..

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any person who has made you miserable couldn't have possibly been the best thing that ever happened to you.. move on with your life and stop looking back..

Beautiful Flower - India Arie

This is a song for
Every girl who’s
Ever been through something
She thought she couldn’t make it through, yeah
I sing these words because
I was that girl, too
Wanting something better than this
But who do I turn to?

Now we’re moving from the darkness into the light
This is the defining moment of our lives

Cause you’re beautiful
Like a flower
More valuable
Than a diamond
You are powerful
Like a fire
You can heal the world
With your mind and
There is nothing in the world that you cannot do
When you believe in you
Who are beautiful (yeah you)
Who are brilliant (yeah you)
Who are powerful (yeah you)
Who are resilient

This is a song for
Every girl who
Feels that she is not special
Cause she don’t look like a supermodel Coke bottle
The next time the radio tells you
To shake your money-maker
Shake your head and tell them
Tell them you’re a leader

Now we’re moving from the darkness into the light
This is the defining moment of our lives

Cause you’re beautiful
Like a flower
More valuable
Than a diamond
You are powerful
Like a fire
You can heal the world
With your mind and
There is nothing in the world that you cannot do
When you believe in you
Who are beautiful (yeah you)
Who are brilliant (yeah you)
Who are powerful (yeah you)
Who are resilient (yeah you)
Who are beautiful (yeah you)
Who are brilliant (yeah you)
Who are powerful (yeah you)
Who are resilient (yeah you)

This song is for you
Yeah you
This song is for you
Yeah you
This song is for you
Yeah you
Yeah you
You are brilliant

it reminds me of something..

I’ve been spending some time

thinking i’d be alright,

don’t know if I could really make it tonight,

lie awake in the dark,

come down then I start,

thinking about you is almost breaking my heart.

I don’t know where I went wrong, or what’s going on,

baby, I fell like our love’s lost tonigt.

should I stay, should I go?

well, I really don’t know.

lately I’ve been missing you so.

Baby, you don’t understand our love lies lost

but you’re still holding my hand.

Oh and then you walk away,

just tonight, I want you to stay.

You’re turning me on,

you turn me around,

you turn me whole world upside down.

Everytime I hurt you, well it’s hurting me too.

Don’t know if I could really stay here tonight.

Tired of thinking of you,

I never think that you do,

tell me what am I supposed to do.

Well, I just wanted to say that I need you today.

Tell me it’s all gonna work out alright.

I don’t know where I should I start,

but with all of my heart,

baby let me be your lover tonight

sad things about LOVING

1. Letting go of a person you've just learned to love

2. Reminiscing the good times you shared together

3. Shielding your heart to love somebody

4. Trying to hide what you really feel

5. Trying to hide the tears that involuntarily fall

from your eyes

6. Loving a person too much

7. Giving up someone you never thought of giving

up

8. Having the right love at the wrong time

9. Taking the risk to fall in love again

10. Hiding your relationship from someone else

11. Controlling your feelings to avoid hurting a friend

12. Thinking of him/her every waking and sleeping moment knowing all the while that he/she never even thinks a single thought of you...

13. Letting go, because everytime you see the person, you only fall deeper

14. Holding back only to find out when it's too late, you both felt the same way, but were only scared to lose each other so much that you didn't let the feelings out

15. Falling in love with someone you didn't mean to fall in love with

16. Finding the perfect guy/girl...with only one problem--- he/she doesn't love you...the way you

want him/her to...

17. Helping the one you love "court" your friend / helping your friend "court" the one you love

18. Seeing the one you love crying for someone else

19. Waiting also hurts like hell

20. Having to hear "... I've met someone"

21. Agreeing to his/her wish to 'just be friends'.

22. Asking his/her freedom back bcoz 'he'd/she'd

be happier with him/her'

23. Asking you to 'forget that everything happened'

and be 'normal' friends again.

24. Hearing that you're treated as a little bro/sis

(ouch!)

25. Sharing his/her future plans for the guy/girl

with you.

26. You stopped being friends bcoz his gf/her bf

asked him/her to.

27. Being denied in front of people.

28. Telling you lies where he'd/she'd been when

actually, he/she was with a 'new friend' or an

'old flame' (whew!)

29. He/she told you he'd/she'd be leaving you to

return to his/her ex? the one he/she left for

you!

30. Breaking someone's heart

31 .Fighting for that one thing that would make

you happy that is, holding on to a person who can

not guarantee you his/her commitment unless

he/she fix himself/herself...then, you are left

hanging for the moment...then he/she says, time

will tell... ang labo lang niya...but you still decided

to hope in him/her and trust him/her

32. Pretending you're OK when inside you're

dying...

33. Pretending to be strong.... and recognizing

your weakness

34. Lying in bed each night, thinking of that special

person you can never have...

35. Being with someone you can't actually love...

36. Pretending you don't love a person whom you

actually love...

37. Being in love...

38. Letting go even if you really don't want to...

having no right to say you are hurting because it

was your decision

39. Seeing the person you love hurt because of

you... and not being able to help that person...

40. Having the courage to say "I LOVE YOU" to the

person you love and finding out afterwards that

things will never be the same again when he/she

doesn't treat you with the same closeness as before

41. Having to face the fact that someone is

capable of completely destroying the wall that you

have set for yourself, leaving you weak and

vulnerable

42. Admitting that you love someone despite

his/her imperfections

43. Finding out that the more you try to hate

him/her, the more you end up loving him/her,

perhaps even more than before

44. Realizing how stupid your mistakes were that

led to your break-up.

45. The thought that this guy/girl, used to really

love you and you loved him/her as well but you

didn't give enough and he/she gave up on you

46. Sharing the one you love with SOMEBODY

else....."

47. Making a promise....and realizing that when

the time has come for that promise to be

delivered....the commitment is no longer there...

48. Violating your parents' rules for that someone

that you love.

49. Leaving your long-time friend

destiny

there are things in life that u can't hold on forever no matter how much u fight for it. sometimes destiny isn't always gud, it becomes playful. when u met someone u learned to love, u thought that it was destiny who made your paths crossed. but what if making your paths crossed is just a part of the game that the playful destiny create? making you realize in the end that the person you thought that was destined for you wasn't really meant to stay but only destined to make you feel loved and leave you when you've already fallen....

so, so, sad.. :(