Lauryn Hill | Ex Factor

Alternative version of Lauryn Hill's Ex Factor with her singing her verse from Manifest (The Score) in the second half.

It could all be so simple
But you'd rather make it hard
Loving you is like a battle
And we both end up with scars
Tell me, who I have to be
To gain some reciprocity
See, no one loves you more than me
And no one ever will

Is this just a silly game
That forces you to act this way
Forces you to scream my name
Then pretend that you can't stay
Tell me, who I have to be
To gain some reciprocity
See, no one loves you more than me
And no one ever will

No matter how I think we grow
You always seem to let me know
It ain't workin'
It ain't workin'
And when I try to walk away
You'd hurt yourself to make me stay
This is crazy
This is crazy

Care for me, care for me
You said you care for me

There for me, there for me
Said you'd be there for me

Cry for me, cry for me
You said you'd die for me

Give to me, give to me
Why won't you live for me
(repeated 4x)

Take it down now
Take it down now

Loved hard once, but the love wasn't returned,
I found out the man I'd die for, he wasn't even concerned,
And time it turned,
He tried to burn me like a perm,
Though my eyes saw the deception,
My heart wouldn't let me learn
From, some dumb woman was I,
And everytime he'd lie, he would cry and inside I'd die,
My heart must have died a thousand deaths,
Compared myself to Toni Braxton thought I'd never catch my breath,
Nothing left, he stole the heart beating from my chest,
I tried to call the cops, the type of thief they can't arrest,
Pain suppressed, will lead to cardiac arrest,
Diamonds deserve diamonds, but he convinced me I was worthless,
But my peoples would protest,
I told them mind their business, cause my sh** was complex,
More than just the sex,
I was blessed, but couldn't feel it like when I was caressed,
I'd spend nights clutching my breasts, overwhelmed by God's test,
I was God's best, contemplating death with a Gillette,
But no man is ever worth the paradise,
No man is ever worth the paradise,
And no man is ever worth the paradise, Manifest

Where were you, when I needed you
When I needed you, when I needed you
Where were you, when I needed you
When I needed you, when I needed you.

Category:

Music

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• soul
• hip-hop
• r&b
• miseducation
• lauryn
• hill
• lboogie
• fugees
• unplugges
• the
• score
• manifest
• ex
• factor

[AnnmMarie]

THIS SONG GOES TOO HARD I SWEAR

[asiat3]

awesome...I have heard this version for the first time

[arlenerogerswilhite]

This girl is too tough!!!! Man thanks for this version, this post I have never heard the second song! When she Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, she came out with my life. Thanks again Have a blessed new year!

[Lm090578]

Miss u Lauryn.....Jah Bless!

[blessed92]

@GMmona ; manifest

[GMmona]

whats the name of the second part at the end of the song??

[GMmona]

whats the name of the second part at the end of the song??

[poeticcups]

I LOVE the breakdown part!!! Lauryn is the hardest rapper ever!! She goes in! LOVE HER!!

[0LDFASHi0N3D]

backk in the daay

[CaiNdAWicKeD1]

yo everyone here needs to hear DJ J.periods best of lauryn hill I GARNETTE it will boost your appreciation for lauryn hill the mixes and the unreleased tracks will have you like DAMN real talk thats where i first heard this the manifest version its SICK!

[avelias01]

a, a, a,.......

[TheDerkable]

I first heard this song when I was 6, and I haven't forgotten it. Real music will stick with you your whole life.