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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Vocals
Jimmy Jam
Jimmy Jam
All Instruments
Terry Lewis
Terry Lewis
All Instruments
Alex Richbourg
Alex Richbourg
Programming
War
War
Sampled Artist
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Rene Elizondo Jr.
Rene Elizondo Jr.
Songwriter
Terry Lewis
Terry Lewis
Songwriter
James Harris
James Harris
Songwriter
Harold Brown
Harold Brown
Songwriter
Lee Oskar
Lee Oskar
Songwriter
Howard Scott
Howard Scott
Songwriter
Charles Miller
Charles Miller
Songwriter
B.B. Dickerson
B.B. Dickerson
Songwriter
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Songwriter
Lonnie Jordan
Lonnie Jordan
Songwriter
Papa Dee Allen
Papa Dee Allen
Songwriter
Jimmy Jam
Jimmy Jam
Vocal Arranger
Alex Richbourg
Alex Richbourg
Percussion Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Producer
Jimmy Jam
Jimmy Jam
Producer
Terry Lewis
Terry Lewis
Producer
Steve Hodge
Steve Hodge
Mixing Engineer
Xavier Smith
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 E-C-N-E-I-C-S-N-O-C You can't blame nobody but you E-C-N-E-I-C-S-N-O-C You can't blame nobody but you E-C-N-E-I-C-S-N-O-C You can't blame nobody E-C-N-E-I-C-S-N-O-C 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 Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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