Jill Scott - Woman Album Lyrics

---

Wild Cookie

Hear Ye hear ye
Anybody that can listen
Come listen
Having faith in the rest of you
Will be an amazing
Awakening
An Ego-Reshapening
Pencil-Sharpening
Heart-Mending
A Pride Shifting
And a cure to the Wild Cookie
Now, Wild Cookie choices lead to lonely pregnancy
And anybody that knows
Knows that ain't all it could be
Scuffling to make sense out of his missing presence
In the current tense
When the romance is gone
Just paper and pen
Infant and journal tear
Private and public embarrassment
The demise of a dreamer's dream
A girl not so unlike me
Sick with some shit that just shouldn't be
Cause her desire to be desired and his way would pee pee
Oh, Wild Cookie
Stop Now, count your blessins
All these kids and the systems don't know where they are
Cause their momma and daddy done lef'em
It's a pandemic
Just the other day
My girlfriend said she was watching TV
And her Wild Cookie detached from it's seat
And was strolling down a hundred twenty fifth yelling
"Somebody, anybody
COME GET ME!!"
She caught her Wild Cookie in between two parked cars
With a foolish man enticing it with a candy bar
Nameless prick
Attached to some guy who just wanted to escape his troubles for a bit
She cried Aww Cookie, you got to work wit me
You can't rule my world
You don't have no brain
You ain't meant to lead
You mean...
I mean you can get a couple of things
But things are things
And i deserve to feel my heart ring
Come on in the house
Come on now, Wild Cookie
Let's listen to Jill sing

---

Prepared

I been reading my own journals
Checking to see where my head has been
And I been apologizing to some people
Some bridges I needed to mend
And I been eating mor4e greens
Getting my body alkiline
I'm gonna be super fine
And I been letting
Been letting some old ideas go
I'm making room for my life to grow
I just wanna be prepared

I just wanna be, just wanna be prepared
Getting myself prepared
Prepared

Here and I
I been getting recipes off the internet
Most times they be banging
I realized their only good when I put
My lil spices all up in rices
I been
You know I been enjoying people who love each other
Husband and wife
Sister and brother
Father and mother
I let the queen inside
I let her shine
I been listening to God more
I been doing my chores

I just wanna be, I just wanna be prepared
Prepared

---

Run Run Run

Na na na na na na na na na na...

Baby, Mama be back in a minute
Gotta hustle and handle my business
I'll be right back when I'm done
I gotta run run run run, baby
Gotta put food on the table
Mama's workin' and (you) know mama's able
I gotta run run run run

I'm Superwoman
Flying through the city
There's only one way to make baby go and get it
Overworked. Underpaid.
Lord knows I need a raise

But when I walk by the guys say,
"Baby, do you wanna go for a ride?
We can cruise on down 405
Look like you could be the one."
I gotta run run run run
Baby, Gotta put food on the table
Mama's workin' and (you) know mama's able
I'll be right back when I'm done
I gotta run run run run

Me, oh my
Me, myself and I
And my baby
I tell no lie
I try for my baby
Every night
I pray for my baby

Oh. I swim the deepest sea.
I climb the highest mountain for you, baby
Anything, oh

Mama's gonna be there when you're...
Mama's gonna be there when you're down
I love you, baby
So now, I gotta run run run run run run run run run run run run
Baby

---

Can't Wait

---

Lighthouse

I know, oh
I know
That look on your face
Says you're going through some things
And for sure
Maybe for sure
I'm here
Mmm hmm here for you baby
Yes
Whatever it is
Trouble is deep
I can see by your eyes
They're heavy to me
Talk to me baby

[Chorus:]
I am your shelter
You're safe from harm
Tornado, Lightening, Hurricane
Can't get by me
Come under my love
Feel the energy
Let Go
Lay your burdens down (lay your burdens down) [x2]

Lay'em down
Lay'em down
Lay your burdens down
Lay'em down
Lay'em down
Lay your burdens down
Can't get by me
Come under my love
Feel the energy
Let Go
Lay your burdens down

Look here hol' up
You got a lot goin on
I can see
By the way you walk
And how you got your shoulders on
Baby everybody get wet
When the rain is falling
Can't stop now cause the wind is foreign
It's a fact
Of the universe
That sometimes
Life is pain
And it can hurt
But I know
That it'll get better
Because you've gone through worse
Hey

Whatever it is
Trouble is Deep
I can tell by your eyes they're heavy to me
Oh my baby
I am mmmm

[Chorus]

Sitting here
Contemplating
If we should even be
See I'm in love with a man
Who loves me
For me
He'd do anything
Easily
Oh his heart knows no boundaries
But
He needs
Sometimes
To write
With a different pen
On different paper
He needs
Oh
He needs
He needs
Mmm hmmm
So I'm sitting here
Contemplating
If we should even be
Like him
I, too, have needs
Like
Like my [?]
Hypnotic and sweet
Like
Part of the dream
And I need you
On the other side of the speaker
To look up a little more
And think a little deeper
And live in your truth
I need that too
I need to do that too
I need

Sitting here...
Contemplating

---

Fool's Gold

Oh, silly me my dear, for thinking that you'd stay
Gave you my heart and then you ran away
Either I'm stupid, I'm foolish, or you're playing me
But it seems we were never really meant to be

So I thought I would try something new
I wanted to find out if I could live happy without you
And it turned out I wasn't living at all
But I would've never known if you had just played along

I was living a dream believing things that just ain't true
Oh I can't believe I ever believed in you
You had me chasing fool's gold
I was chasing fool's gold
I was chasing fool's gold

Somewhere deep down inside I knew you weren't right
But breaking your spell was a plan I never devised
I wanna back here, forever livin' for you
But I woulda been living forever as your fool

I was living the dream believing things that just ain't true
Oh I can't believe I ever believed in you
You had me chasing fool's gold
I was chasing fool's gold
I was chasing fool's gold

I bit into the apple
I took the wooden nickel, yeah
I was blinded to my core
And I went into the wrong door
And furthermore

I was living a dream believing things that just ain't true
Oh I can't believe I ever believed in you
You had me chasing fool's gold
I was chasing fool's gold
I was chasing fool's gold

I was living a dream believing things that just ain't true
Oh I can't believe I ever believed in you
You had me chasing fool's gold
I was chasing fool's gold
I was chasing fool's gold

I was living a dream believing things that just ain't true
Oh I can't believe I ever believed in you
You had me chasing fool's gold
I was chasing fool's gold
I was chasing fool's gold

---

Willing (Interlude)

You want me flawless
You want me patient
And sweet
You want me willing
You want my honesty
You want me to be
Appreciative
Respect your space
Ignore your fears
You want spontaneity
A good girl and a freak
You want loyalty

You want something that you're not willing to be [x2]

Expecting me to be loyal
Expecting me to be faithful

You want something that you're not willing to be [x2]

---

Closure

In the morning when I wake up
I'mma take a little time and bring up
The fact that we didn't break up
And just for one night we made up
And we made love, and it was so good
That sweet, rough, that funky stuff
I can tell by your moans, you ain't get enough
Baby you want, but it ain't my love

Don't be expecting no breakfast in the morning baby
You got all you gon' get, this is it, this is closure
This is closure, this is closure, this is closure, told ya

Now you're looking at me with faces
Cause I went two different places
You're thinking it's a new beginning
When I know that it's the ending
We ended our time for a reason
Our trouble was never pleasing
Each other we got the right seeds done
That ain't enough to plant our dreams in
Oh I want some sugar in my bowl
A deeper connection baby
Don't you want more?
I think it's time that we move forward
I've hurted like a kid turned on you wrong
This is the last time I hope you enjoyed
Now would you mind leaving out the back door?

Don't be expecting no breakfast baby
You got all you gon' get, this is it, this is closure
This is closure, this is closure, this is closure, told ya

[Spoken Outro: Jill Scott]
Look homie, there will be no more homemade waffles, okay? With the fresh strawberries, you know the ones I put the agave in. There will be no more quiche and no more sausages, and don't even think about my pepper jack grits, or my grandma's buttermilk biscuits. (Told ya)

Hungry? You want something to eat? You want some of my time? You want some of attention? You want my honesty? You want me to listen to you baby? Aw, is that what you want from me? Hah, you better get that backdoor, go on. Hell no.

[Spoken Outro: Male]
You don't hear me out here knocking? That mean don't come... You want me to leave right now? The closure start today? Its good, I can still come back and wash your car if you need me to. For that breakfast and that guave sweetener, I, no more of that? And the waffle gone too? I'll come inside so I can hear you. No? Okay, alright, okay, I'll call you... don't call you, call you, no, don't call you, okay. One more thing, you calling the cops? I'mma leave.

---

You Don't Know

Did you ever know what it is to be heard?
Did you ever feel like dirt?
Did you ever give up all your pride
Just to have him by your side?

Well if you don't know what I'm talking about
You don't know nothing
You don't know nothing
You don't know
You don't know nothing
About love

When the nighttime comes do your tears fall like rain?
And in the morning do they fall all over again?
Tell me do you get down on your knees and pray
That'll never never go away

Well if you don't know what I'm talking about
You don't know nothing
You don't know nothing
You don't know nothing
Nothing about love

Don't try to tell me that I'm out of my mind
Cause anywhere the man goes
I'll be right behind

You don't know nothing
You don't know nothing
You don't know nothing
You don't know
You don't know
You don't know
You don't know nothing
You don't know nothing
No you don't
You know nothing
You don't know
You don't know
You don't know
You don't know
You don't know nothing
About love...

You don't know nothing
About love
About love, about love, about love
You don't know
You don't know nothing
About love...

---

Pause (Interlude)

Hey
It's me
I'm calling
To schedule
An [?]
No
Make that necessary
Breakdown
I won't be answering
Anything
I'll be so busy
With my knees on the ground
And my hands up towards the clouds
Confessing out loud
Confessing out loud
I ain't
To proud
To say I'm slipping
So I'm calling
To schedule
A very necessary
Breakdown

Leave me alone
Now

---

Cruisin

You say you wanna love me
'Cause that's what I need
But I ain't sure if that's what you're here for
You say I can trust you
And I wanna believe
I hear your words but my heart needs to see

I can't see myself waking in the morning with someone else
but I can't tell if it's love I need to know

So I'm cruisin' on the evening breeze
to clear my mind take my time so I can breathe
Cruisin' on the evening breeze
to clear my mind take my time so I can breathe

In my past I made mistakes because
I was drunk on love too quick to trust
Jumped in too easy
Yet we feel like we could be an us
but my fear is strong though I've seen no wrong
I hope I'm not dreaming

I can't see myself waking in the morning with someone else
but I can't tell if it's love. I need to know

So I'm cruisin' on the evening breeze
to clear my mind take my time so I can breathe
Cruisin' on the evening breeze
to clear my mind take my time so I can breathe

You seem like you're on time.
You feel like a good guy
You make my mind wander
We're laughing all the while
You're holding out your hand
You're such a lion man
But I'm scared

So I'm cruisin' on the evening breeze
to clear my mind take my time so I can breathe
Cruisin' on the evening breeze
to clear my mind take my time so I can breathe

---

Say Thank You

I used to be stuck
I used to be stuck
How 'bout you?
Inside a lie
That you know ain't near
Near the absolute truth
Feel it all in your membranes
And deep in your tissue
And you keep
You keep ignoring the signs
Listening to it happening to you again songs
And put your alarm on
Sleep
Inviting new dumb shit
And more loss of peacefulness
Anybody
Everybody can use a little help sometimes
C'mon you know things ain't moving right
Ask for correction
Ask for direction
Ask for protection
Since you want to feel like you're you
Inside

Say thank you
Yeah
Say thank you
Yeah

Cause you know your request is filled
You will see
So act accordingly
Live like you believe
And say thank you

Open
Close
Kneel
Stand
Hands
In the air
Head down
Knees on ground
And a silent whisper
Out loud

[ad libs]

Somebody say thank you
Hey!
You hear that?
Yeah!
Hey!
Thank you
Thank you!
I wish you would
Just say
Thank you
Thank you

It's the only thing

Thank you

---

Back Together

---

Coming To You

Ha..hmm..hey..hmm..ohhhmmm..hey..hmm

I can't hold it in forever
Eventually I'd have to breathe
Done hid a lot behind the light, behind the wall
Now it's crushin in on me
How did I let it get this far? (Mmmmmm..)
How did I make this wrong turn? (Ohhhh..Ooh..)
How do I change a thing I've done? (I don't know..)
Only one lesson learned

Comes to the light, comes the light
Everything
Comes to the light, comes the light
Mmmm...
Comes to the light, comes the light
Everything
Comes to the light, comes the light
Ha...

I can't pretend this hurts (It hurts)
Deeper than I imagined
What I did to a friend (So Sorry)
I can't take it back in
How could I do a thing like that? (I don't know..)
Where was my conscience at? (Somebody tell me) (Tell me..)
In pain I really played my part (I know I did)
Now tell me where the healing starts (Ohhh)

Comes to the light, comes to the light
Everything
Comes to the light, comes the light
Ohhhh...(Hooo..)
Comes to the light, comes the light (Hooo..)
Everything (Hooo...)
Comes to the light, comes the light (Hooo..)
Ha...

Make it stop (Make it stop (Ohhh) Make it fade) (Make it stop)
Make it go away (Make it go away) (Make the pain go away)
Make it fade (Make it fade from me) (Make it fade outta my mind)
Make it sail away from me (Sail away Sail away) (Ohh..Ha..Hoo..)

Comes to the light, comes to the light (Hoo..Hoo..)
Everything (Everything Everything) (Ha..Hoo..Hoo..)
Comes to the light, comes to the light (Comes to light Comes to light) (Ohhh..)
Ohhhh..(Ha...Oooh..)
Comes to the light, comes to light (Comes to light Comes to light) (Ohhh..)
Everything (Ha..Hoo..Hoo..Everything Everything)
Comes to the light, comes to light (Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo..) (Ohhh...)
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo...
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo...
Hooo...HOO!
Comes to the light, comes to the light

---

Jahraymecofasola

I would climb inside a red balloon floating towards the noon, for you
I would fly across the midnight sky, the stars and the moon, for you too
And on that flight I devise a new way to say how much I love you
Tippy tah, sight ah tay, I'm still working on it, baby please forgive me
I think I'd try, how bout jahraymecofasola
How bout jahraymecofasola
How bout jahraymecofasola
How bout jahraymecofasola

On my way I realized I didn't have a gift for you
So I racked my mind on what it is now that I am supposed to do
Then it hit me I guessed the love in the air hugged rain before it falls down
Put infinity into a melody and see how it sounds

Sounds like jahraymecofasola
Sounds like jahraymecofasola
Sounds like jahraymecofasola

Almost there now, just a million miles to go
And still I can contain how you make me glow, oh you make me glow
People look up at me and ooouuuuh they think that I'm a star
But it's all because the love you give to me it made me who I are

And it sounds like, sounds like...jahraymecofasola
Sounds like jahraymecofasola
Sounds like jahraymecofasola

---

Beautiful Love

Fireflies are lighting up the night air
Our dance to a new a new moon's tune
The scent of your cologne, won't leave me alone
Eight phases to a lunar cycle
This is the time, this is the night to

Make beautiful love
Beautiful love, mmm
Couldn't be more perfect if we planned it
Hand in hand we walk, so romantic

Aw baby, there's no place I'd rather be
Than your chocolate-covered coated honey d
And baby, making love, just ain't making love to me, no

Couldn't be more perfect if we planned it
Wouldn't change a thing, this is magic

Make beautiful love
(Make beautiful) Beautiful love
Baby, I just love your beautiful...
Couldn't be more perfect if we planned it
Wouldn't change a thing, (this is magic)

Tonight I feel the glow
Two universes under one love, feels so spiritual
What you are to me is all time
Oh, and we both know...

Couldn't be more perfect if we planned it
Wouldn't change a thing, (this is magic)
(Magic)
Baby, I just love your beautiful....
Couldn't be more perfect if we planned it
Wouldn't change a thing, (this is magic)
Tonight I feel the glow
Make beautiful...
Feels so spiritual
Oh and we both know
(Couldn't be more perfect perfect, perfect
Perfact)