Precious - Esperanza Spalding

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

See love ain’t all heaven

And I am no angel

But I do the best I can

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

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

It takes more than pressure

To change rock to diamond

Now all you have is sand

Slipping through your fingers

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

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 Set you up You say I set you up Like I was different

Than what I am Offering you now

And drug your heart around

Did you forget about

All of the love

And the acceptance

That you promised me too?

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

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

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 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 melt let you down