Lauryn Hill featuring Mary J. Blige | I Used To Love Him

From Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (1998) - Track 09 - Featuring Mary J. Blige. Lyrics:

Now I don't, I used to love him,
Now I don't, now I don't

Lauryn (Mary in background):

As I look at what I've done
The type of life that I've lived
How many things I pray the father will forgive
One situation involved a young man
He was the ocean and I was the sand
He stole my heart like a thief in the night
Dulled my senses and blurred my sight
And I used to love him

Chorus:
I used to love him, (but) now I don't
Now I don't
I used to love him, (but) now I don't
Now I don't

Mary (Lauryn in background):
I chose the road of passion and pain
Sacrificed too much and waited in vain
Gave up my power ceased being queen
Addicted to love like the drug of a fiend

Lauryn:
See torn and confused wasted and used
Mary:
Reached the crossroad which path would I choose
Lauryn:
Stuck and frustrated I waited, debated
Mary:
For something to happen that just wouldn't fated
Lauryn:
Thought what I wanted was something I needed
Mary:
When momma said no I just should have heeded
Lauryn:
Misled I bled till the poison was gone
Mary:
And out of the darkness arrived the sweet dawn

Chorus:
Now I don't
I used to love him, (but) now I don't
Now I don't
I used to love him, (but) now I don't
Now I don't

Lauryn:
Father you saved me and showed me that life
Was much more than being some foolish man's wife
Mary:
Showed me that love was respect and devotion
Greater than planets and deeper than any ocean

Lauryn:
See my soul was weary but now it's replenished
Mary:
Content because that part of my life is finished

Lauryn:
I see him sometimes in the look in his eye
Mary:
Is one of a man whose lost treasures untold
Lauryn:
But my heart is gold see I took back my soul
Mary:
And totally let my creator control
Lauryn & Mary:
The life which was his (x4) to begin with...

Chorus:
Now I don't
I used to love him, now I don't
Now I don't
I used to love him, now I don't
Now I don't
(repeated till end)