It could all be so simple But you'd rather make it hard Loving you is like a battle And we both end up with scars Tell me, who I have to be To get some reciprocity No one loves you more than me And no one ever will Is this just a silly game That forces you to act this way? Forces you to scream my name Then pretend that you can't stay Tell me, who I have to be To get some reciprocity See no one loves you more than me And no one ever will No matter how I think we grow You always seem to let me know It ain't workin', It ain't workin' (no, it ain't workin') And when I try to walk away You'd hurt yourself to make me stay This is crazy, this is crazy (this is crazy, uh-huh!) I keep letting you back in How can I explain myself? As painful as this thing has been I just can't be with no one else See I know what we've got to do You let go, and I'll let go too 'Cause no one's hurt me more than you And no one ever will No matter how I think we grow You always seem to let me know It ain't workin', It ain't workin' (it ain't workin'!) And when I try to walk away You'd hurt yourself to make me stay This is crazy, this is crazy Care for me, care for me! I know you care for me! There for me, there for me! Said you'd be there for me! Cry for me, cry for me! You said you'd die for me! Give to me, give to me! Why won't you live for me?! Care for me, care for me! I know you care for me! There for me, there for me! Said you'd be there for me! Cry for me, cry for me! You said you'd die for me! Give to me, give to me! Why won't you live for me?! Care for me, care for me! I know you care for me! There for me, there for me! Said you'd be there for me! Cry for me, cry for me! You said you'd die for me! Give to me, give to me! Why won't you live for me?! Care for me, care for me! I know you care for me! There for me, there for me! Said you'd be there for me! Give to me, give to me! Why won't you live for me?! Cry for me, cry for me! You said you'd die for me!
It could all be so simple But you'd rather make it hard Loving you is like a battle And we both end up with scars Tell me, who I have to be To get some reciprocity No one loves you more than me And no one ever will Is this just a silly game That forces you to act this way? Forces you to scream my name Then pretend that you can't stay Tell me, who I have to be To get some reciprocity See no one loves you more than me And no one ever will No matter how I think we grow You always seem to let me know It ain't workin', It ain't workin' (no, it ain't workin') And when I try to walk away You'd hurt yourself to make me stay This is crazy, this is crazy (this is crazy, uh-huh!) I keep letting you back in How can I explain myself? As painful as this thing has been I just can't be with no one else See I know what we've got to do You let go, and I'll let go too 'Cause no one's hurt me more than you And no one ever will No matter how I think we grow You always seem to let me know It ain't workin', It ain't workin' (it ain't workin'!) And when I try to walk away You'd hurt yourself to make me stay This is crazy, this is crazy Care for me, care for me! I know you care for me! There for me, there for me! Said you'd be there for me! Cry for me, cry for me! You said you'd die for me! Give to me, give to me! Why won't you live for me?! Care for me, care for me! I know you care for me! There for me, there for me! Said you'd be there for me! Cry for me, cry for me! You said you'd die for me! Give to me, give to me! Why won't you live for me?! Care for me, care for me! I know you care for me! There for me, there for me! Said you'd be there for me! Cry for me, cry for me! You said you'd die for me! Give to me, give to me! Why won't you live for me?! Care for me, care for me! I know you care for me! There for me, there for me! Said you'd be there for me! Give to me, give to me! Why won't you live for me?! Cry for me, cry for me! You said you'd die for me!
O tema utiliza um sample de “Can It Be All So Simple” da Wu‑Tang Clan, o que garante créditos de composição adicionais a esses artistas.
Foi lançada em 14 de dezembro de 1998 como o segundo single de *The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill* pela Ruffhouse e Columbia.
No Top 40 da Billboard Hot 100, alcançou o sétimo lugar e atingiu o quinto lugar no single chart britânico.
Recebeu o prêmio Best R&B/Soul Single – Female no Soul Train Music Awards de 2000.
Em junho de 2026, a CBS News a incluiu na lista de 250 canções americanas essenciais dos últimos 250 anos.
A faixa inspirou a escrita de filmes como *Love & Basketball* (2000) e *Sinners* (2025) e já foi sampleada por artistas como Drake (“Nice For What”) e Cardi B (“Be Careful”), além de ter sido interpretada ao vivo por Beyoncé e Kelly Clarkson.
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