Tell Him
Lauryn Hill
Yo, he-he, tell him um, (huuu)
It's like, uhh, you know, uhh
Sweet, sweet, sweet
Tell him
Uhh
Mmm-m-m-m
Let me be patient, let me be kind
Make me unselfish without being blind
Though I may suffer, I'll envy it not
And endure what comes (daah)
'Cause he's all that I got (uuu) tell him (aha)
Tell him I need him (yeah)
Tell him I love him (tell him who it hit)
And it'll be alright (it'll be alright)
And tell him (tell him)
Tell him I need him (be alright)
Tell him I love him (tell him I love him)
It'll be alright (be alright)
Now I may have faith (I may have faith) to make mountains fall
(To make mountains fall)
But if I lack love, then I am nothin' at all
I can give away (I can give away) everything I possess
But left without love then I have no happiness
I know I'm imperfect (I know I'm imperfect), and not without sin
(Not without sin, nah)
But now that I'm older, all childish things end (ohh)
And tell him (tell him)
Tell him I need him (tell him I need him)
Tell him I love him (ha-ah)
And it'll be alright (it'll be alright)
Tell him (tell him)
Tell him I need him (tell him)
Tell him I love him (tell him) (be alright)
It'll be alright (be alright)
Oh, yeah
[Bridge]
I'll never be jealous (I'll never be jealous)
And I won't be too proud (houu)
'Cause love is not boastful (noo)
Oooh and love is not loud
Tell him I need him (tell him I need him)
Tell him I love him (tell him I love him)
Everything is gonna (everything), is gonna be (everything) alright
Ya-eee-ya-eee-ya-eee-ya-eee-ya-eee-ya-eee-ya-eee-ya-eee
Uuu-you-uu (uuu)
Yeah, yeah, oh, yeah
Uuu-you-uu (uuu)
Ah-ah-ah
Now I may have wisdom (I may have wisdom)
And knowledge on earth
But if I speak wrong, ooh, then what is it worth? (what is it worth?)
See what we now know is nothing compared
To the love that was shown when our lives were spared (uuh)
And tell him (tell him)
Tell him I need him (tell him I need him)
Tell him I love him (love him)
And it'll be alright (it'll be alright)
Oh-oh-oh
Tell him (tell him)
Tell him I need him (I need you)
Tell him I love him (be alright)
Be alright (be alright)
Oh-oh-oh (it's gonna be alright)
Tell oh-oh him (it's gonna be alright, in the morning) (tell him)
Tell him I need him, oh (be alright)
It'll be alright (it's gonna be alright)
Oh-oh-oh, yeah, yeah (I need you)
When the, when the evening comes, oh
In the night time
In the morning
In the evening baby tell him
Tell him