"Ex-Factor" lyrics
(originally by Lauryn Hill)
It could all be so simple
But you'd rather make it hard
Loving you is like a battle
And we both end up with scars
Tell me who I have to be
To gain some reciprocity
'Cause no one loves you more than me
And no one ever will
No matter how I think we grow
You always seem to let me know
It ain't workin'
It ain't workin'
And when I've tried to walk away
You hurt yourself to make me stay
This is crazy
This is crazy
Is this just a silly game
That forces you to act this way
Forces you to scream my name
Then pretend that you can't stay
Tell me who I have to be
To get some reciprocity
'Cause no one loves you more than me
And no one ever will
No matter how I think we grow
You always seem to let me know
It ain't workin'
It ain't workin'
And when I've tried to walk away
You hurt yourself to make me stay
This is crazy
This is crazy
Care for me, care for me
I know you care for me
There for me, there for me
Said you'd be there for me
Cry for me, cry for me
You said you'd die for me
Give to me, give to me
Why won't you live for me? Oh
Oh, you, you, you, you
Where were you when I needed you?
No matter how I think we grow
You always seem to let me know
It ain't workin'
It ain't workin'
And when I've tried to walk away
You hurt yourself to make me stay
This is crazy
This is crazy
But you'd rather make it hard
Loving you is like a battle
And we both end up with scars
Tell me who I have to be
To gain some reciprocity
'Cause no one loves you more than me
And no one ever will
No matter how I think we grow
You always seem to let me know
It ain't workin'
It ain't workin'
And when I've tried to walk away
You hurt yourself to make me stay
This is crazy
This is crazy
Is this just a silly game
That forces you to act this way
Forces you to scream my name
Then pretend that you can't stay
Tell me who I have to be
To get some reciprocity
'Cause no one loves you more than me
And no one ever will
No matter how I think we grow
You always seem to let me know
It ain't workin'
It ain't workin'
And when I've tried to walk away
You hurt yourself to make me stay
This is crazy
This is crazy
Care for me, care for me
I know you care for me
There for me, there for me
Said you'd be there for me
Cry for me, cry for me
You said you'd die for me
Give to me, give to me
Why won't you live for me? Oh
Oh, you, you, you, you
Where were you when I needed you?
No matter how I think we grow
You always seem to let me know
It ain't workin'
It ain't workin'
And when I've tried to walk away
You hurt yourself to make me stay
This is crazy
This is crazy
Writer(s): Gary E. Grice, Marvin Hamlisch, Lamont Hawkins, Corey Woods, Marilyn Bergman, Lauryn N. Hill, Dennis David Coles, Robert F. Diggs, Alan Bergman, Russell T. Jones, Jason S. Hunter, Clifford Smith
