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IRMA + LEO - back to who [feat. Esperanza Spalding & Leo Genovese] (Official Audio)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Esperanza Spalding
Esperanza Spalding
Vocals
Leo Genovese
Leo Genovese
Organ
Otis Brown
Otis Brown
Drums
Jamey Haddad
Jamey Haddad
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Esperanza Spalding
Esperanza Spalding
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Esperanza Spalding
Esperanza Spalding
Producer
Martin Walters
Martin Walters
Co-Producer

Lyrics

[Intro]
Love me or leave me, but please don't deceive me and
Say you love me how I am
You love the way I fit some ideal
Not the real woman you've yet to understand
[PreChorus]
See love ain't all heaven, and I am no angel
But I do the best I can
[Chorus]
You always wanted something more from my body
And said you needed something more from my loving
But all you got was me, and that's all that I can be
I'm sorry if it let you down
[Verse 1]
Now, it's no nice excuse, but all the magic was used up on
Trying to uphold
Some kind of tame, flattering persona that
Soon enough was getting real old
[PreChorus]
It takes more than pressure to change rock to diamond
Now all you have is sand slipping through your fingers
[Chorus]
You always wanted something more from my body
And said you needed something more from my loving
But all you got was me, and that's all that I can be
I'm sorry if it let you down
[Refrain]
But I'm not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy
Trying to explain and being ashamed of things you think are wrong with me
I'm not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy
Trying to explain and being ashamed of what you think is wrong with me
[Bridge]
Set you up, you say I set you up
Like I was different than what I am offering you now
Let you down, you say I let you down
And drug your heart around
Did you forget about
All of the love and the acceptance that you promised me too?
[Chorus]
You always wanted something more from my body
And said you needed something more from my loving
But all you got was me, and that's all that I can be
I'm sorry if it let you down
[Chorus]
You always wanted something more from my body
And said you needed something more from my loving
But all you got was me, and that's all that I can be
I'm sorry if it let you down
[Refrain]
But I'm not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy
Trying to explain and being ashamed of what you think is wrong with me
I'm not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy
Trying to explain and being ashamed of what you think is wrong with me
[Outro]
No
Written by: Esperanza Spalding

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