an interesting combination...but recently it's been all fugees and ella for me

[bluegardenia]

you see i loved hard once,
but the love wasn’t returned.
i found out the man i'd die for
he wasn’t even concerned.
in time it turned-
he tried to burn me like a perm.
tho my eyes saw the deception,
my heart wouldn’t let me learn
from, um, some dumb woman was i-
and every time he lied he would cry
and inside i’d die.
my heart must’ve died a thousand deaths,
compared myself to toni braxton
thought i’d never catch my breath.
nothing left-
he stole the heart beating from my chest.
i tried to call the cops-
that type of thief they can't arrest.
pain suppressed
will lead to cardiac arrest.
diamonds deserve diamonds,
but he convinced me i was worth less.
when my people would protest
i told them mind they business
cause my shit was complex,
more than just the sex.
i was blessed but couldn’t feel it
like when i was caressed,
i spent nights clutching my breast
overwhelmed by gods test.
i was gods best,
contemplating death with a gillette...
but no man is ever worth the paradise manifest.

DISCLAIMER: this is not about anyone. i just think it's maybe the best rhyme by lauryn hill. ever.