Lyrics Precious - Esperanza Spalding

Precious

Love me or leave me But please
Don’t deceive me And say you
Love me how I am You love the way
I fit some ideal
Not the real woman
You’ve yet to understand
See love ain’t all heaven
And I am no angel
But I do the best I can
You always wanted
Something more from my body
And said you needed
Something more from my loving
But all you got was me And that’s all that I can be
I’m sorry if it let you down
Now it’s no nice excuse
But all the magic was used
Up on trying to uphold
Some kind of tame
Flattering persona
That soon enough
Was getting real old
It takes more than pressure
To change rock to diamond
Now all you have is sand
Slipping through your fingers
You always wanted
Something more from my body
And said you needed
Something more from my loving
But all you got was me And that’s all that I can be
I’m sorry if it let you down
But I’m not gonna sit around
And waste
My precious divine energy
Trying to explain
And being ashamed of things
You think are wrong with me
I’m not gonna sit around
And waste
My precious divine energy
Trying to explain
And being ashamed
Of what you think
Is wrong with me Set you up You say I set you up Like I was different
Than what I am Offering you now
And drug your heart around
Did you forget about
All of the love
And the acceptance
That you promised me too?
You always wanted
Something more from my body
And said you needed
Something more from my loving
But all you got was me And that’s all that I can be
I’m sorry if it let you down
You always wanted
Something more from my body
And said you needed
Something more from my loving
But all you got was me And that’s all that I can be
I’m sorry if it let you down
But I’m not gonna sit around
And waste
My precious divine energy
Trying to explain
And being ashamed of things
You think are wrong with me Me, I’m not gonna sit around
And waste
My precious divine energy
Trying to explain
And being ashamed
Of what you think is wrong
With melt let you down