Love Yourself Lyrics - Mary J Blige

It's been a long way, but I made it here with love 

I made it here with love, love 

Said I've been and up and down and I've been through it all 

Took a while to know my heart 

Oh, yes, it did, yeah 

Before love like this, you go 

Through the fire and valley lows 

But if you just hold on 

Please hold on 'cause love is strong, it'll save yah 

Oh, please hold on, it'll save yah, save yah 

Truth can be the sweetest pain 

It can mess up everything 

It's the only way you know 

I'm paying for it, I'm changin' for it 

Oh, oh, and it hurts 

But I'll make it work 

'Cause I'm no beginner 

I'm a winner, paid dues, I know my purpose 

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Thought they'd put my life on hold 

But I knew somethin' they didn't know 

I know myself too much to ever fold 

Dark clouds are movin' past you 

Oh, you gotta love yourself 

If you really wanna be with someone else 

You gotta feed yourself 

Before you feed somebody else 

You gotta stay open, and don't be foolish 

'Cause everybody don't mean you well 

You gotta love yourself 

Before you love somebody else 

Yeah, gotta love yourself 

Uh, you know what I'm saying? 

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Never found virtue from patience 

In a dark room just pacin' 

Precious time is just wastin' 

You do not know what we facin' 

I cannot be complacent 

In my job, be courageous 

Another kid just got shot 

They can't find the assailant 

Made it out of the basement 

Made it out of the underground 

From a time where you outta town 

They might gun you down, blaow 

There goes another round, blaow 

There goes another round 

Came from the Chi and wow, look what the fuck they found 

A young legend, comin' to shut the summer down 

You need to talk to me like you don't when your mother 'round 

Oh, you gotta love yourself, oh yeah 

If you really wanna be with someone else 

You gotta feed yourself 

Before you feed somebody else 

You gotta stay open, and don't be foolish 

'Cause everybody don't mean you well 

You gotta love yourself 

You gotta love yourself 

Before you love somebody else 

I don't feel no one's time 

Can't get restless in the soul 

Hold your heart, the world is cold 

Keep singin', don't you stop prayin', woman 

Yeah, it will come to pass 

Don't worry 'bout nothing 

God knows that you're worth it 

You deserve it, can't nothin' else hurt you 

Thought they'd put my life on hold 

But I knew somethin' they didn't know 

I know myself too much to ever fold 

Dark clouds are movin' past you 

Oh, you gotta love yourself, oh yeah 

If you really wanna be with someone else 

You gotta feed yourself 

Before you feed somebody else 

You gotta stay open, and don't be foolish 

'Cause everybody don't mean you well 

You gotta love yourself 

You gotta love yourself 

Before you love somebody else 

Somebody else