Mary J. Blige

Released: December 9, 2016

Songwriter: Pharrell Williams

Producer: Pharrell Williams

[Chorus 1]
Trying to understand the way I've been behaving
It's a funny thing you really gotta see
Is it just your love that's got me going crazy
Or my eyes playing with me

[Verse 1]
(Heat, heat)
All day your love just come shining down
(Heat, heat)
Just like the sweat just beats (sweat just beating)
(Heat, heat)
I feel you from my root to my crown
(Heat, heat)
Just like [?] ([?])

[Chorus 2]
From my caramel that's right beside me
My mind is carousel that's how he rides me
So there's no parallel [?]
Y'all know me very well
It's yellow lighting

[Chorus 1]
Trying to understand the way I've been behaving
(I been behaving)
It's a funny thing you really gotta see (gotta see)
Is it just your love that's got me going crazy (crazy)
Or my eyes playing with me (playing with me)

[Verse 2]
(Heat, heat)
All night he's traveling through my body
(Heat, heat)
He do it on his knees (on his knees)
(Heat, heat)
Without his love, I'd be cold and starving
(Heat, heat)
He's my H-O-M-E

[Chorus 2]
From my caramel that's right beside me
My mind is carousel that's how he rides me
So there's no parallel [?]
Y'all know me very well
It's yellow lighting

[Chorus 1]
Trying to understand the way I've been behaving
(I been behaving)
It's a funny thing you really gotta see (gotta see)
Is it just your love that's got me going crazy (crazy)
Or my eyes playing with me (playing with me)

[Bridge]
Just like a mirage
I love you like you were [gone?]
Just like a mirage
I love you like you were [gone?]
Just like a mirage
I love you like you were [gone?]
Just like a mirage
I love you like you were going, going, going
And I'm

[Post-Bridge]
Sorry baby
For the what-ifs and maybes
I take it too far
I know I must be looking crazy

I'm sorry baby
For the what-ifs and maybes
I take it too far
You know I must be looking crazy

[Chorus 1]
Trying to understand the way I've been behaving
(I been behaving)
It's a funny thing you really gotta see (gotta see)
Is it just your love that's got me going crazy (crazy)
Or my eyes playing with me (playing with me)

[Outro]
I spend many nights on my knees praying (my knees praying)
From the side effects of all this heat (this gorgeous heat)
But I'm telling y'all [?] ([?])
Or are my eyes playing with me

Mary Jane Blige (b. Jan 11 1971) grew up in the projects of Yonkers, New York. A random decision to record a cover of “Caught Up in the Rapture” by Anita Baker in a pop-up recording booth at a mall led MJB to getting signed by Uptown Entertainment. After providing background vocals on Father MC’s hit single “I’ll Do 4 U” in 1990, a young intern at Uptown named Sean “Puffy” Combs ended up executive producing Mary’s 1992 debut album What’s The 411?. Fusing hip-hop beats with Mary’s soulful voice earned her the nickname “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul”.

She followed up her debut with a string of critically acclaimed albums, including 1994’s My Life and 1997’s Share My World, as well as hit singles such as “Not Gon' Cry,” “Family Affair,” “Be Without You,” and “Just Fine.”

She also collaborated with rappers on a number of tracks, including Jay-Z’s “Can’t Knock the Hustle,” Ghostface Killah’s “All That I Got is You,” Wyclef’s “911,” Common’s “Come Close,” and Method Man’s “I’ll Be There for You/All I Need to Get By,” which was a platinum hit and won the two of them a Grammy Award in 1996 for Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group.

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