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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Janet Jackson
Vocals
Jimmy Jam
All Instruments
Terry Lewis
All Instruments
Alex Richbourg
Programming
War
Sampled Artist
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Rene Elizondo Jr.
Songwriter
Terry Lewis
Songwriter
James Harris
Songwriter
Harold Brown
Songwriter
Lee Oskar
Songwriter
Howard Scott
Songwriter
Charles Miller
Songwriter
B.B. Dickerson
Songwriter
Janet Jackson
Songwriter
Lonnie Jordan
Songwriter
Papa Dee Allen
Songwriter
Jimmy Jam
Vocal Arranger
Alex Richbourg
Percussion Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Janet Jackson
Producer
Jimmy Jam
Producer
Terry Lewis
Producer
Steve Hodge
Mixing Engineer
Xavier Smith
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
Here I am in your face, telling truths and not your old lies
Seems to me that you care and I know that you're running out of time
See you can't get away, I'll be here forever and again
Whispering in your ear, do believe 'cause you know you cannot win
Spent most your life pretending not to be
The one you are but who you choose to see
Learned to survive in your fictitious world
Does what they think of you determine your worth?
If special's what you feel when you're with them
Taken away you feel less than again
That's right, you gotta mean what you say, you gotta say what you mean
Trying to please everyone, sacrifice your own needs
Check in the mirror my friend, no lies will be told then
Pointing the finger again, you can't blame nobody but you
You gotta mean what you say, you gotta say what you mean
Trying to please everyone, sacrifice your own needs
Check in the mirror my friend, no lies will be told then
Pointing the finger again, you can't blame nobody but you
There's a feeling inside, no, you cannot change it right away
Gotta make a try and with time it will start to go away
I'll be there when you need that one to sit and cry to
'Cause I'm the you you forgot, the only one you know you cannot lie to
Bitter you'll be if you don't change your ways
When you hate you you hate everyone that day
Unleash this scared child that you've grown into
You cannot run for you can't hide from you, can't hide from you
That's right, you gotta mean what you say, you gotta say what you mean
Trying to please everyone, sacrifice your own needs
Check in the mirror my friend, no lies will be told then
Pointing the finger again, you can't blame nobody but you
You gotta mean what you say, you gotta say what you mean
Trying to please everyone, sacrifice your own needs
Check in the mirror my friend, no lies will be told then
Pointing the finger again, you can't blame nobody but you
You gotta mean what you say, you gotta say what you mean
Trying to please everyone, sacrifice your own needs
Check in the mirror my friend, no lies will be told then
Pointing the finger again, you can't blame nobody but you
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You can't blame nobody but you
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You can't blame nobody but you
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You can't blame nobody
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Oh that's right
You gotta mean what you say, you gotta say what you mean
Trying to please everyone, sacrifice your own needs
Check in the mirror my friend, no lies will be told then
Pointing the finger again, you can't blame nobody but you
You gotta mean what you say, you gotta say what you mean
Trying to please everyone, sacrifice your own needs
Check in the mirror my friend, no lies will be told then
Pointing the finger again, you can't blame nobody but you
You can't blame nobody but you
You can't blame nobody but you
You gotta mean what you say, you gotta say what you mean
Trying to please everyone, sacrifice your own needs
Check in the mirror my friend, no lies will be told then
Pointing the finger again, you can't blame nobody but you
Writer(s): J Jackson, Steven Michael Marsden, K Blair, O Edwards
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