Featuring: Jump Smokers

Songwriter: Jump Smokers James “Big Jim” Wright Mariah Carey

Producer: James “Big Jim” Wright Mariah Carey Jump Smokers

[Verse 1: Mariah Carey]
If you could only see
That I was not put here for you
To judge me and dispute my innermost truth
And after all these years of enmity, envy, and tears
It's a shame you don't know me at all

[Chorus: Mariah Carey]
I was wondering
Would you cry for me
If you saw that I was languishing?
I was wondering
Would you cry for me
If I told you that I couldn't breathe
If I was drowning, suffocating
If I told you that I couldn't breathe?

[Rap: Jump Smokers]
What’s the definition of languishing?
It’s when you’re home all alone but your phone won’t ring
She don’t call, she won’t text
Got you staring at your Blackberry so perplexed
Like, what did I do? How could I done better?
Forget Facebook and write a real love letter
To get your girl back, back by your side
That right there should bring a tear to her eye
What’s the definition of languishing?
It’s when you’re home all alone but your phone won’t ring
‘Cause he don’t call, he won’t text
Got you staring at your iPhone so perplexed
Like, what did I do? How could I done better?
Forget MySpace and write a real love letter
To get your dude back, go get your king
MC, JS, both languishing

[Chorus: Mariah Carey]
I was wondering
Would you cry for me
If you saw that I was languishing?
I was wondering
Would you cry for me
If I told you that I couldn't breathe
If I was drowning, suffocating
If I told you that I couldn't breathe?

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, and philanthropist.

Under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, Carey released her self-titled debut studio album Mariah Carey in 1990; it went multi-platinum and spawned four consecutive number one singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Following her marriage to Mottola in 1993 and success with hit records “Emotions” (1991), “Music Box” (1993), and “Merry Christmas” (1994), Carey was established as Columbia’s highest-selling act. Daydream (1995) made music history when its second single “One Sweet Day”, a duet with Boyz II Men, spent a record sixteen weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100, and remains the longest-running number-one song in U.S. chart history, along with Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito.” During the recording of the album, Carey began to deviate from her R&B and pop beginnings and slowly traversed into hip hop. This musical change became evident with the release of Butterfly (1997), at which time Carey had separated from Mottola.