Standard (EADGBE)

(What's my name?) R-U-L-E

(layin' back the Mary Jane, I'm analyzin' the game)

And the game done chose me

(Somethin' that I can't say is one and the same)

Ever since you told me

(only room for two, I've been makin' less room for you)

Only God can hold me

(judge me, the only Man that help me is above me, holla)

I met so many men and

It's like they?re all the same

My appetite for lovin'

Is now my hunger pain

And when I'm feelin' sexy

Who's gonna comfort

My only problem is

Their insecurity

Bridge

(Tired of bein' alone) Yeah, yeah

(Arguin on the phone) Yeah, yeah

(Tellin' all your friends) Yeah, yeah

(That your men don?t understand) My love

Chorus

Cause I'm real (The way you walk, the way you move, the way you talk)

Cause I'm real (The way you stare, the way you look, your style, your hair)

Cause I'm real (The way you smile, the way you smell, it drives me wild)

Cause I'm real And I can't go on without you

Girl, I've been thinkin' bout this relationship And I wanna know

is this as good as it gets Cause we've been through

the worst times and the best times

But it was our time, even if it?s part-time

My baby lookin' at me, smilin' at me, laughin' like we wasn't happy

But not knowin', ever growin' and we're gettin' married

Hard lovin' and straight thuggin'

Bitch, I ain't doin' this for nuttin'

hoppin', poppin, let's ride up in the Benz

Hair blowin' in the wind, sun glistenin' off my skin, hey

and I'm nasty, and you know me

But you still don't mess with your baby

Bridge

Chorus 2

Now people lovin' me and hatin' me and treatin' me ungratefully

But not knowin' that they ain't makin' or breakin' me

My life I live it to the limit and I love it

Now I can breathe again, baby, I can breathe again

people screamin' what the deal with you and so and so

I tell them bitches my niggaz but they don't hear me though

I live my life to the limit and I love it

Now I could breathe again, baby, I could breathe again

Bridge

CHORUS till end

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