Mary J. Blige - Work in Progress (Growing Pains) lyrics

Look in my eyes tell me what you see
Do you see perfection in me?
To you, do I look complete?
Now take one more look past my celebrity
That's where you'll find the real me
To you, do I still look complete?

I got every material thing I could ever need
(Hm-m)
I got the love from my fans that adore me
(yeah yeah yeah) and I'm grateful
(And I thank you so very much)
But my love for myself is
Lacking a little bit (Just a little bit)
I can admit that I'm working on me (M-m-m)
Staying faithful (And what I'm tryna say is)

Just like you, sometimes I get down
(I get down)
Sometimes I just wanna cry (I just wanna cry)
Sometimes I get depressed
And just like me, tryin' to be complete
(Tryin' to be complete, oh)
Just understand we're all just
A work in progress

Life can be difficult
No one promised that it would be
(No one promised it would be
Sunshine all the time)
Sunshine all the time, easy
Some pain is guaranteed
But it ain't impossible (Not impossible)
You can find the joy, you see
Took me a while but I did finally
Open your eyes and you will
See I'm just like you

Just like you, sometimes I get down
(Get down, oh)
Sometimes I just wanna cry (Just wanna cry)
Sometimes I get depressed (So depressed)
And just like me, tryin' to be complete
(Tryin' to be complete)
Just understand we're all just
A work in progress (Oh)

Anybody knowing what it is to struggle (Oh)
Never ever running in the face of trouble
(Oh yeah)
Say "I'm with you" (I'm with you)
"I feel you" (I feel you)
"I'm with you" just like you
Sometimes I fall, but don't we all?
Baby, I feel your pain we're all the same
We're all the same, oh, I am just like you

Just like you, sometimes I get down
Sometimes I just wanna cry
Sometimes I get depressed oh, just like me
(Just like me) , tryin' to be complete
(Tryin' to be complete)
Just understand we're all just
A work in progress
(Just understand we're all a
Work in progress) just like you
(yeah, yeah, yeah) , sometimes I get down
(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah, oh)
Sometimes I just wanna cry
Sometimes I get depressed
(Can you feel me? Can you hear me?)
And just like me, tryin' to be complete
(I am, I am, I'm just like you)
Just understand we're all just
A work in progress (A work in progress)