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Krayzie:Break break down,Steady breakin me on down, break break down,Steady breakin me on down,Break break down, steady breakin me on down,Break break down, steady breakin me on down.Mariah:You called yesterday to basicallly sayThat you care for me,But that you're just not in loveImmediately I pretendedTo be feeling similarlyAnd led you to believe it was o.kTo just walk away from the one thingThat's unyielding and sacred to meChorus:Well I guess I'm trying to beNonchalant about itAnd I'm going to extremes to proveI'm fine without youBut in reality I'm slowly losing my mindUnderneath a disguise of a smileGradually I'm dying insideFriends ask me how I feelAnd I lie convincinglyCause I don't want to revealThe fact that I'm sufferingSo I wear my disguiseTill I go home at nightAnd turn down all the lightsAnd then I break down and cryMariah:So what do you doWhen somebody you're devoted toSuddenly just stops loving youAnd it seems they haven't got a clueOf the pain that rejection is putting you throughDo you cling to your prideAnd sing "I will survive"Do you lash out and say "How dare you leave this way?"Do you hold on in vain as they just slip awayWell I guess I'm trying to beNonchalant about itAnd I'm going to extremes to proveI'm fine without youBut in reality I'm slowly losing my mindUnderneath the disguise of a smileGradually I'm dying insideFriends ask me how I feelAnd I lie convincinglyCause I don't want to revealThe fact that I'm sufferingSo I wear my disguiseTill I go home at nightAnd turn down all the lightsAnd then I break down and cryKrayzie:Break break down,Steady breakin me on down, break break down,Steady breakin me on down,Break break down, steady breakin me on down,Break break down, steady breakin me on down.Wish:Better break it downOr if for your ladyEverday the situation is on my mindTryin' to break me downBut I won't let itForget it ( forget it)Krayzie:I'll be feelin' like it gonna break me downTurnin' me aroundStressin' me outI'm thinkin' it gonna get outAnd let me release some stress ( stress )Wish:Don't ever wanna feel no pain ( pain )Hoping for the sunBut it looks like rain ( rain, rain, rain )Oh, I just wanna maintainKrayzie:Yeah, I'm feelin' prescious, yoBut never the lessKrayzie won't fallSober, is headin near ( near )Well I guess I'm trying to beNonchalant about itAnd I'm going to extremes to proveI'm fine without youBut in reality I'm slowly losing my mindUnderneath the guise of a smileGradually I'm dying insideFriends ask me how I feelAnd I lie convincinglyCause I don't want to revealThe fact that I'm sufferingSo I wear my disguiseTill I go home at nightAnd turn down all the lightsAnd then I break down and cryWell I guess I'm trying to beNonchalant about itAnd I'm going to extremes to proveI'm fine without youBut in reality I'm slowly losing my mindUnderneath the guise of a smileGradually I'm dying insideFriends ask me how I feelAnd I lie convincinglyCause I don't want to revealThe fact that I'm sufferingSo I wear my disguiseTill I go home at nightAnd turn down all the lightsAnd then I break down and cry
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