I decided to go a different route with my thread title. Before I got married, I went through a lot of drama. WAY more than being a LBS will ever be – go figure! Anyway, there were two songs that helped me get through that time period, and that I’m going to start listening to again. They are both by Mary J. Blige. Here they are:
Good Woman Down In my life I've seen It all Now it's time For me To pass On this Knowledge to you All my sisters My troubled sisters This is my Gift to you
Been many days Couldn't take The pain Felt like I should take My life away See it everyday In every other Young sister's face (Young sister's face) See'em cryin' out Life full of doubt Runnin' in the streets No self esteem Thinkin' that Used to be me What a shame
And life Is a mutha It's hard To sit back And see The same thing That happened to me Happen to you This ain't love But here's The love I wanna give to you
It doesn’t Matter what They say or do Don't let'em Get to you Don't be afraid You can, you can You can breakthrough Take what I've been through To see that You can't Hold a good Woman down
Went through The same point Of givin' up I-I felt Like I had enough Went to the edge Of the ledge But I didn't jump "My Life" Will sum it up You can't Hold a good Woman down
When I used to see My daddy beat My mother down Down to her feet I used to say That ain't gon' Never be me (Never be me) Now look at you Bruised up From him Girl recognize You're better than Him tellin' you That he'll never hit You again Girl don't cry
Through your changes I will hold your hand Use my songs As remedies Whenever you're feelin' Down or blue I'll be there for you Trust And know That I've been Where you're at Seen the things That you can see Lookin' at you Resembles me But you gotta Hold your own
Can't hold me Down Can't hold me Down Can't hold me Down Can't hold me Down Can't hold me Down Can't hold me Down You can't hold me
Take Me As I Am She's been down and out She's been wrote about She's been talked about, constantly She's been up and down She's been pushed around But they held her down, NYC She has no regrets She accepts the past All these things they helped make to make she She's been lost and found And she's still around There's a reason for everything
You know I've been holdin on. Try to make me weak, But I still stay strong. Put my life all up in these songs Jus so you can feel me. So you can get the real me
so take me as I am, or have nothing at all. Just take me as I am, or have nothing at all.
Now she's older now Yes, she's wiser now Can't disguise her now She don't need No one tellin her What to do and say No one tellin her Who to be She's on solid ground She's been lost and found Now, she answers to G-O-D And she's confident This is not the end Ask me how I know Cause she is me.
You know I've been holdin on. Try to make me weak, But I still stay strong. Put my life all up in these songs Jus so you can feel me. So you can get the real me
So take me as I am, or have nothing at all. Just take me as I am, or have nothing at all.
So it's all or nothing at all, All or nothing at all Don't you know I can only be me. (I can only be me, yeah)
So take me as I am, or have nothing at all. Just take me as I am, or have nothing at all.
Take me as I am. Take me as I am. Said it's all or nothing at all Said it's all or nothing at all
Just take me as I am, or have nothing at all. (This is me) Just take me as I am, (take me as I am) or have nothing at all. Just take me as I am, (take me as I am) or have nothing, nothing at all. Take me as I am.
