Released: July 17, 2007
Songwriter: Lauryn Hill
[Verse 1]
Let me be patient
Let me be kind
Make me unselfish without being blind
Though I may suffer, I'll envy it not
And endure what comes
Cause he's all that I got and...
Tell him
[Chorus]
Tell him I need him, tell him
Tell him I love him and it'll be alright
Tell him and it'll be alright, and it'll be alright
[Verse 2]
Now I may have faith to make mountains fall
But if I lack love, then I am nothing at all
I can give away everything I possess
But left without love, then I have no happiness
I know i'm imperfect, not without sin
But now that i'm older, all childish things end
And tell him
[Chorus]
Tell him I need him, tell him
Tell him I love him and it'll be alright
Tell him and it'll be alright, and it'll be alright
[Verse 3]
I'll never be jealous
And I won't be too proud
Cause love is not boastful
Oh... and love is not loud
Tell him I need him
Tell him I love him
Everything's gonna be alright
Ya, ya, ya, ya..ya
[Bridge]
Now I may have wisdom and knowledge on earth
But if I speak wrong, then what is it worth?
See what we now know is nothing compared
To the love that was shown when our lives were spared
And tell him..
[Outro]
Tell him I need him, tell him
Tell him I love him and it'll be alright
Tell him and it'll be alright
Tell him I need him, tell him
Tell him I love him and it'll be alright
Tell him and it'll be alright, and it'll be alright
Tell him I need him, tell him
Tell him I love him and it'll be alright
Tell him and it'll be alright, and it'll be alright
Let me be patient
Let me be kind
Make me unselfish without being blind
Though I may suffer, I'll envy it not
And endure what comes
Cause he's all that I got and...
Tell him
[Chorus]
Tell him I need him, tell him
Tell him I love him and it'll be alright
Tell him and it'll be alright, and it'll be alright
[Verse 2]
Now I may have faith to make mountains fall
But if I lack love, then I am nothing at all
I can give away everything I possess
But left without love, then I have no happiness
I know i'm imperfect, not without sin
But now that i'm older, all childish things end
And tell him
[Chorus]
Tell him I need him, tell him
Tell him I love him and it'll be alright
Tell him and it'll be alright, and it'll be alright
[Verse 3]
I'll never be jealous
And I won't be too proud
Cause love is not boastful
Oh... and love is not loud
Tell him I need him
Tell him I love him
Everything's gonna be alright
Ya, ya, ya, ya..ya
[Bridge]
Now I may have wisdom and knowledge on earth
But if I speak wrong, then what is it worth?
See what we now know is nothing compared
To the love that was shown when our lives were spared
And tell him..
[Outro]
Tell him I need him, tell him
Tell him I love him and it'll be alright
Tell him and it'll be alright
Tell him I need him, tell him
Tell him I love him and it'll be alright
Tell him and it'll be alright, and it'll be alright
Tell him I need him, tell him
Tell him I love him and it'll be alright
Tell him and it'll be alright, and it'll be alright