Precious-Esperanza Spalding

[ti:Precious] [ar:Esperanza Spalding] [al:Esperanza] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Precious - Esperanza Spalding [00:30.42]Love me or leave me [00:32.18]But please don't deceive me [00:33.69]And say you love me how I am [00:35.63] [00:36.95]You love the way [00:38.25]I fit some ideal [00:39.04] [00:39.95]Not the real woman [00:40.98]You've yet to understand [00:41.88] [00:44.17]See love ain't all heaven [00:45.93]And I am no angel [00:47.83] [00:49.11]I do the best I can [00:50.18] [00:51.33]You always wanted [00:52.25]Something more from my body [00:53.42] [00:54.73]And said you needed [00:55.74]Something more from my loving [00:56.89] [00:58.60]But all you got was me [01:00.32]And that's all that I can be [01:01.67] [01:02.34]I'm sorry if it let you down [01:03.90] [01:19.69]Now it's no nice excuse [01:21.35]But all the magic was used [01:23.25]Up on trying to uphold [01:24.85] [01:26.54]Some kind of tame [01:28.17]Flattering persona [01:28.52] [01:29.23]That soon enough [01:30.76]Was getting real old [01:31.85] [01:33.65]It takes more than pressure [01:35.60]To change rock to diamond [01:37.09] [01:38.47]Now all you have is sand [01:40.15]Slipping through your fingers [01:41.23] [01:42.84]You always wanted [01:43.84]Something more from my body [01:45.04] [01:46.11]And said you needed [01:47.09]Something more from my loving [01:48.24] [01:49.84]But all you got was me [01:51.59]And that's all that I can be [01:52.79] [01:53.67]I'm sorry if it let you down [01:55.32] [01:56.86]But I'm not gonna sit around [01:58.27] [01:58.80]And waste my precious divine energy [02:00.10] [02:00.86]Trying to explain [02:01.64]And being ashamed of things [02:03.09]You think are wrong with me [02:04.40]I'm not gonna sit around [02:05.55]And waste my precious divine energy [02:08.19]Trying to explain and being ashamed [02:09.67]Of what you think is wrong with me [02:11.36] [02:25.56]Set you up [02:26.72]You say I set you up [02:28.71]Like I was different [02:29.79]Than what I am [02:31.02]Offering you now [02:32.18] [02:32.80]Let you down you say I let you down [02:35.57]And drove your heart around [02:36.56] [02:37.34]Did you forget about all the love [02:40.12]And the acceptance that you promised me too [02:43.27] [03:10.39]You always wanted something more from my body [03:12.29] [03:13.33]And said you needed something more from my loving [03:15.76] [03:17.29]But all you got was me [03:18.95]And that's all that I can be [03:20.26] [03:20.85]I'm sorry if it let you down [03:22.65] [03:24.06]You always wanted [03:24.84]Something more from my body [03:26.81] [03:27.41]And said you needed [03:28.43]Something more from my loving [03:29.89] [03:31.11]But all you got was me [03:32.68]And that's all that I can be [03:34.12] [03:34.80]I'm sorry if it let you down [03:36.40] [03:37.95]But I'm not gonna sit around [03:39.58]And waste my precious divine energy [03:41.36] [03:41.92]Trying to explain and being ashamed of things [03:44.08]You think are wrong with me [03:45.36]I'm not gonna sit around [03:46.59]And waste my precious divine energy [03:48.87]Trying to explain and being ashamed [03:50.48]Of what you think is wrong with me