Reflections (I Remember) - Mary J. Blige

I remember, I remember

I remember, I remember

I remember, I remember

I remember

Back before the record deal and the cars

And the cribs and the way that things took off

I was signing at Lucy’s on 1−25th, just tryin' my best to get on

Back when me and Puff and B.I.G.

was kids and I knew Jodeci

I was young and tough and fresh in love and it was all a dream

Signing a contract, no guiding light, just hopin' I

I can get out the projects

And get my family right cause they were my life

In Red Zones, in Bentley’s, you can catch me, tryna do me

I was jaded on the block, I coulda faded on the block

But I made it off the block and I

I remember, back when I didn’t know which way to feel

I remember, back when pain was all I had to give

The reflections of my life, I see the lessons that I’ve learned

And now I know, heartbreak don’t exist when it’s been torn apart by love

I use to throw a fit, I use to shed a doubt

And blame it on a man but that was Mary than

And this is Mary now, you gotta understand

It’s about how we respect ourselves

And the men have no control of our self-esteem

And when we see that then we can let go, oh

Now I made some mistakes, I lost some friends along the way

But I don’t carry it cause it made me a better chick

It’s my life and I know that there’s more for me to see

(So much more)

I may not be what I’m suppose to

But I can tell you right now, I ain’t what I use to be

(I remember) I remember when I didn’t know which way to live

(I remember) I remember when pain was all I had to give

The reflections of my life, I see the lessons that I’ve learned

And now I know, heartbreak don’t exist when it’s been torn apart by love

(I remember)

I remember, I remember

(I remember) I remember, I remember

The reflections of my life, I see the lessons that I’ve learned

And now I know, heartbreak don’t exist

When it’s been torn apart by love, by love

(I remember)

Don’t exist no more

(I remember) But I remember, I remember

(I remember) I remember, I remember

(I remember) I remember

I remember