Breakdown - Intellectual

(Mo' Thugs Remix)

MARIAH CAREY featuring Bone thugs-n-harmony

[Birds chirping.]

Layzie:

Over, over. Don't break down yet, it's over

Over, over

Krazie:

Steady breakin' me on down

Mariah:

Oooh

Krazie:

Break, breakdown. Steady breakin' me on down

Mariah:

You called yesterday to basically say that you care for me, but that you're

Just not in love

Immediately, I pretended to be feeling similarly, and led you to believe I was

O.K. to just walk away from the one thing that's unyeilding and sacred to me

Mariah:

Well, I guess I'm trying to be, nonchalant about it, and I'm going to extremes

To prove I'm fine without you, but in reality I'm slowly losing my mind

Underneath the disguise of a smile. Gradually, I'm dying inside. Friends ask me

How I feel, and I lie convincingly, 'cause I don't want to reveal the fact that

I'm suffering, so I wear my disguise 'til I go home at night, and turn down all

The lights, and then I break down and cry

Mariah:

So what do you do when somebody you're so devoted to suddenly just stops loving

You? And it seems they haven't got a clue of the pain that rejection is putting

You through. Do you cling to your pride and sing "I will survive?" [Krayzie:

Gotta get control and roll, roll, roll on.] Do you lash out and say, "How dare

You leave this way?" Do you hold on in vain as they just slip away?

Mariah:

Well, I guess I'm trying to be, nonchalant [Krazie: Break, breakdown. Steady

Breakin' me on down.] about it, and I'm going to extremes to prove I'm fine

Without you, but in reality I'm slowly losing my mind underneath the disguise of a

Smile. Gradually, I'm dying inside. Friends ask me how I feel, and I lie

Convincingly, 'cause I don't want to reveal the fact that I'm suffering, so I

Wear my disguise 'til I go home at night, and turn down all the lights, and

Then I break down and cry

Wish:

Gonna break ya down, down, down, only if ya let it [Don't let it.]. Everyday

Crazy situations rockin' my mind tryin' to break me down, but I won't let it

Forget it. If ya feel the same way that I do, then let me help y'all, all

Singin' tunes, sayin' "It's all right, it's all right, it's all right, yeah."

Hopin' for the sun, but it looks like rain, P.O.D'ed, but it's still the same

Came far, but it's been a long road. Trouble's gonna come but we gotta stay

Strong. Hold on

Krayzie:

Aw, yeah, I often feel the pressures, y'all, but nevertheless Krayzie won't

Fall. It's over. It's endin' here [here]. I said it's over. It's endin' here

[here], so I'll be on my way, and maybe we can meet up in the future one day

But for now I'm bailin', bailin'. Bailin', baby, gotta get up, can't take no

More. I'm headed for the door, come and take a look into a thug humble eye

Tell me: if we lived a lie, would our souls unite?

Layzie:

Every new day is a test for me, so I just pray the Lord for Him to bless me

Please. There's struggles I'm goin' through lately, breaks me down, set me

Free. Let me be. Let me be. Who else do I have to rely on? Whose shoulder can a

Thug go cry on? Can I get my vibe on? While you look into my eyes, you won't

Underestimate, and this soldier story, I'm'a tell you right now I'm fed up

Wrong if I let my lead bust? Pac said keep your head up. Don't let this world

Get the best of you, I'm a stress you through it, if it's over, over, over

Don't breakdown yet, it's over

Mariah:

Well, I guess I'm trying to be, nonchalant about it, and I'm going to extremes

To prove I'm fine without you, but in reality I'm slowly losing my mind

Underneath the guise of a smile. Gradually, I'm dying inside. Friends ask me

How I feel, and I lie convincingly, 'cause I don't want to reveal the fact that

I'm suffering, so I wear my disguise 'til I go home at night, and turn down all

The lights, and then I break down and cry