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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
Vocals
Mikkel S. Eriksen
Mikkel S. Eriksen
All Instruments
Ron Fair
Ron Fair
String Conductor
Tor Erik Hermansen
Tor Erik Hermansen
All Instruments
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
Songwriter
Tor Erik Hermansen
Tor Erik Hermansen
Songwriter
Mikkel S. Eriksen
Mikkel S. Eriksen
Composer
Shaffer Smith
Shaffer Smith
Songwriter
Ron Fair
Ron Fair
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Stargate
Stargate
Producer
Ne-Yo
Ne-Yo
Co-Producer
Brian Gardner
Brian Gardner
Mastering Engineer
Chris 'TEK' O'Ryan
Chris 'TEK' O'Ryan
Additional Engineer
Dave Pensado
Dave Pensado
Mixing Engineer
Jaycen Joshua
Jaycen Joshua
Mixing Engineer
Kendu Isaacs
Kendu Isaacs
Recording Engineer
Mikkel S. Eriksen
Mikkel S. Eriksen
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

Beautiful, horrible, magical, terrible Reason to laugh and smile, reason to cry yourself To sleep at night, start a fight Makeup, breakup, wrong or right Heaven for all it's worth can equally be held right here on earth And no one really knows (No) Anything about it But everybody needs it We can't live without it And that's the way it goes Darkest day, brightest night Just some other things you might hear If you ask what love feels like And it feels like joy And it feels like pain And it feels like sunshine Feels like rain And excuse the dying Reason to live And if you don't know That's what love is, love is, oh Gentle kiss, sweet caress Kiss the base of your neck Argue until my head hurts I can't remember what you said Out, screaming loud Don't know what we're screaming 'bout So confusing, yes, it's true But if it wasn't there what would we do? And no one really knows (No) Anything about it But everybody needs it We can't live without it And that's the way it goes Oh, darkest day, brightest night Just some other things you might hear If you ask what love feels like And it feels like joy And it feels like pain And it feels like sunshine Feels like rain And excuse the dying Reason to live And if you don't know That's what love is, love is, oh That's love (The only thing that can bring you up or break you down) That's love (Beneath the sun up in your sky or the darkest cloud) Darkest cloud That's love (And we need it) That's love (And we need it) That's love Oh, ask anybody how it feels And it feels like joy And it feels like pain And it feels like sunshine Feels like rain And excuse the dying Reason to live And if you don't know That's what love is, love is And it feels like joy (Joy) And it feels like pain (Pain) And it feels like sunshine Feels like rain And excuse the dying (Oh) Reason to live (Oh) And if you don't know That's what love is, love is That's it
Writer(s): Tor Erik Hermansen, Shaffer Smith, Mary J. Blige, Mikkel Eriksen Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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