You're holy, holy, holy, holy I'm high on loving you, high on loving you You're an angel, tell me you're never leaving 'Cause you're the first thing I know I can believe in When the sun had left and the winter came And the sky fall could only bring the

Tell the world My mistake was to love you, girl Love you, girl My mistake was to love you, boy My mistake was to give my all My mistake was to give you all First I had you In the palm of my hand But I let you slip through

*Nas talking* "The light is there." See I come from Mississippi I was young and runnin' wild Ended up in New York City, where I had my first child I named the boy Nasir, all the boys call him Nas I told him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man

Fuck me! I'm all out of enemies Spit it out All you wanna do is drag me down All I wanna do is stamp you out Did you ever gave a damn in the first place Maybe it's time you had the tables turned 'Cause in the interest of all involved I got the problem

I don't know if it's because my heart hurts or if I'm insecure Baby, you're not her My last girl had me so fucked up it was a blacked out blur Baby, you jump first It's a long way to hell, I ain't really tryna leave this Earth Baby, do your worst I've

I wrote you a letter To make myself feel better To redeem some part of me I thought I had lost And we were a lost cause Long before we fell apart 'Cause honey, I was too eager And you were too smart And I look for you

I'm moving on Yeah I'll be long gone I'm tired of sitting around and waiting I remember the first time I met you I thought my time had come I felt my time had come Instead of banging this drum I'm tired of thinking about you baby And I'll be long gone

When I was young Pain more painful Laughter much louder Yeah, when I was young The rooms were so much colder then My father was a soldier then And times were very hard I smoked my first cigarette at ten And for girls, I had a bad yen

You or me, baby, who's gonna break first? Who's gonna walk up and say "hi" Say, "what the hell are we doin'?" Then lean in a little close to whose lips Standing at the bar tryin' to get a drink Got one I hadn't touched at the table Somebody said you're

Baby, I loved you first But now I see your heart's been taken And nothing could be worse Baby, I loved you first. Had my chances Could've been where he is standing Girl, I came so close But now you'll never know Girl, it should be me