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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mary J. Blige
Lead Vocals
50 Cent
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Andre Lyon
Songwriter
Marcello Valenzano
Songwriter
Norman Harris
Songwriter
Ron Baker
Songwriter
Allan Wayne Felder
Songwriter
James Johnson
Songwriter
Patrice Rushen
Songwriter
Karen Evans
Songwriter
Roy Ayers
Songwriter
50 Cent
Songwriter
J. Taylor
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mary J. Blige
Producer
Cool & Dre
Producer
Patrick Dillett
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Intro]
Yeah
Let's take 'em back
Mm-hmm
[Verse 1]
'91, I stepped in this game
After 'What's the 411?' things ain't been the same
And I can't complain
But with all this fame comes a whole lot of pain
But I'm so glad to be here
And my music's still sincere
Let's get back to the story
All of this pain and glory
And '94 was 'My Life'
And my life wasn't right
So I reached out to you and told you what I been through
[Chorus]
Hate it or love it, the underdog's on top (Hate it or love it)
And I'm gon' shine, homie, until my heart stops (I'm gon' shine)
Go 'head, envy me
I'm a soul, hip-hop queen
And I ain't going nowhere, but you already know me
[Verse 2]
Hate it or love it, the underdog's on top (Hate it or love it)
And I'm gon' shine, homie, until my heart stops (I'm gon' shine)
Go 'head, envy me
I'm a soul, hip-hop queen
And I ain't going nowhere, but you already know me
[Verse 3]
Then I came with 'Share My World'
But at that point I was just a foolish girl tryna find my way
Then I dropped the 'Mary' album and people would say
That it's just not gonna work
And my feelings they did hurt
But my fans showed me so much love
And I owe it all to them
Then I came with 'No More Drama'
I remember that week
Yeah, it was when Aaliyah died
I couldn't hardly sleep
Thought about it every day
And it made me change my ways
I'm a real woman now because of all of these days
[Verse 4]
Hate it or love it, the underdog's on top (Hate it or love it)
And I'm gon' shine, homie, until my heart stops (I'm gon' shine)
Go 'head, envy me
I'm a soul, hip-hop queen
And I ain't going nowhere, but you already know me
[Verse 5]
Hate it or love it, the underdog's on top (Hate it or love it)
And I'm gon' shine, homie, until my heart stops (I'm gon' shine)
Go 'head, envy me
I'm a soul, hip-hop queen
And I ain't going nowhere, but you already know me
[Bridge]
You remind me of a real love
You don't have to worry
Real love
All night long
I'm going down
Reminisce on the love we had
You are everything
Love without a limit
What you gonna do without my love?
My life, my life, my life, my life
[Verse 6]
Hate it or love it, the underdog's on top (Hate it or love it)
And I'm gon' shine, homie, until my heart stops (I'm gon' shine)
Go 'head, envy me
I'm a soul, hip-hop queen
And I ain't going nowhere, but you already know me
[Verse 7]
Hate it or love it, the underdog's on top (Hate it or love it)
And I'm gon' shine, homie, until my heart stops (I'm gon' shine)
Go 'head, envy me
I'm a soul, hip-hop queen
And I ain't going nowhere, but you already know me
[Chorus]
Hate it or love it
I'm gon' shine
Go 'head, envy me
I'm a soul, hip-hop queen
And I ain't going nowhere, but you already know me
[Outro]
Right now I wanna thank
Each and every person out there that's ever done anything for Mary J. Blige
I wanna thank TV, radio, talkshows, friends, family
But, most of all, I wanna thank my fans
For hanging in there with me during the bad times
And now you're here
To see me at a point in my life where I can actually call myself a queen
For those of you that don't like it
This is what you could do
You could do this
You can hate it or love it
Hate it or love it
Hate it or love it
Hate it or love it
Hate it or love it
Hate it or love it
Hate it or love it
Written by: Allan Wayne Felder, Andre Lyon, Curtis James Jackson, James Johnson, Jayceon Taylor, Karen Evans, Marcello Valenzano, Norman Harris, Patrice Rushen, Ron Baker, Roy Ayers