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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Gerald Isaac
Gerald Isaac
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Gerald Isaac
Gerald Isaac
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It's too bad, it's too bad
It's too bad, it's too bad, baby
But I gotta face reality
It's too bad, it's too bad
Too bad, baby
But I gotta face reality
[Verse 2]
Today you had a visitor, or should I say and old friend
But wait a minute, that's not where it ends, no
Is there something that you wanna tell me?
'Cause I'm believing what your friends say
About your hidden secrecies
[Verse 3]
And girlfriend, she wasn't disrespectful
In fact, she's a hundred percent sure
And how can I argue with her
Holding a baby with eyes like yours?
[Verse 4]
She said it's your child, and it really messed me up
How could you deny your own flesh and blood?
Gotta face reality, there can never be anymore us
Won't deny it's hurting me, yet so precious
[Verse 5]
She said she never wanted to hurt me
And could I understand she's afraid and lost?
She said a real woman wouldn't do this over the phone
And that you told her about me after the baby was born
[Verse 6]
And girlfriend, she wasn't disrespectful
In fact, she's a hundred percent sure
And how can I argue with her
Holding a baby with eyes like yours?
[Verse 7]
She said it's your child, and it really messed me up
How could you deny your own flesh and blood?
Gotta face reality, there can never be anymore us
Won't deny it's hurting me, yet so precious
[Verse 8]
She said it's your child, and it really messed me up
How could you deny your own flesh and blood?
Gotta face reality, there can never be anymore us
Won't deny it's hurting me, yet so precious
[Verse 9]
Oh, and baby, looks just like you
How could you deny your own flesh and blood?
Your own child
What kinda man are you?
Oh, ooh, ah
[Verse 10]
And girlfriend, she wasn't disrespectful
In fact, she's a hundred percent sure
And how could I argue with her
Holding a baby with eyes like yours?
[Verse 11]
She said it's your child, and it really messed me up
How could you deny your own flesh and blood?
Gotta face reality, there can never be anymore us
Won't deny it's hurting me, yet so precious
[Verse 12]
She said it's your child, and it really messed me up
How could you deny your own flesh and blood?
Gotta face reality, there can never be anymore us
Won't deny it's hurting me, yet so precious
[Verse 13]
She said it's your child, and it really messed me up
How could you deny your own flesh and blood?
Written by: Gerald Isaac

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