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Ex-Factor Lyrics

Artist: Lauryn Hill
Album: Ex-Factor

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
No one loves you more than me
And no one ever will

Hook:
No matter how I think we grow
You always seem to let me know
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

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 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

Repeat Hook

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
(Repeat)

Comments/Interpretations
by Faith on 5/12/2008 2:11am i love dis song
by avon on 5/15/2008 8:12pm fuck my exxxxx this song is great tho
by user on 5/16/2008 5:57pm wow this song is old but still speaks to me
by Nicole on 5/19/2008 6:00pm This is a true song. I lOve this song
by Jay on 5/20/2008 5:00pm I love you Nicole Im sorry.
by Sam on 5/26/2008 11:48pm This song will always and forever will be a classic and she needs to continue making songs
by lucy on 5/27/2008 2:43pm true every word of it.
by Stephanie <3 on 5/27/2008 6:39pm I love this song so much it got me hooked!
by broken heart on 5/28/2008 4:47am it makes u fall down a cry your heart out!!!!
by Missyelody on 5/28/2008 3:55pm So emotional song. I do love this song!
by KEITH on 5/30/2008 3:33pm WOW DOSENT THIS JUST BRING BACK MEMORIES OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE AT THE TIME THIS CAME OUT??
by Loan on 6/4/2008 12:29am hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrtin :(
by mind blower on 6/4/2008 9:31pm this is the theme song of my love life.. its just so true. go on girl sing it..
by alvn on 6/5/2008 4:41am just lived the same
by Mac on 6/6/2008 1:05pm thanks Lauryn...fa helpin wit tha healin...
by shanell on 6/9/2008 9:10pm i love this song so much it speaks the truth 100 percent
by MICHEL LIMARDO on 6/10/2008 12:01am THIS SONG MAKES ME CRY EVERY TIME I LISTEN TO IT. SPECIALLY WHEN AT THE END LAURYN GOES "WHERE WENT YOU, WHEN I NEEDED YOU".... THINK ABOUT IT FAB.
by Dolly on 6/10/2008 5:22pm I feel like this song is made for me...i used to listen to it and cry cos i was goin through so much crap at that time...she actually helped me say enough is enough. Thanks Lauryn!!
by Alize on 6/12/2008 11:47pm the words in this song are so deep--its really an amazing song
by Donna on 6/15/2008 11:30pm oh isn't it the truth lauryn! This song has helped me cry my eyes out over lost love...it heals and makes me realize i am not alone out there in the struggle to find true love.
by M on 6/16/2008 12:49pm Dean, you'll come back to me
by ERICA on 6/18/2008 8:58pm WHERE WERE U WHEN I NEEDED U?
by C.J4rmSouthAfrica on 7/9/2008 1:19pm Love this song so much! thanx 2 wyclef jean 4 being the insipering it lol
by miss. right on 7/13/2008 7:49pm Was always one of my favorite songs... it seems 2 relate 2 my life so much right now. It seem like the lettn go part is what's right but it also seem so wrong. I jus want complete happiness with Him. I Love yoU...
by rachael delauder on 7/16/2008 3:03pm damn lauryn go girl
by Fhopeboy on 7/17/2008 3:45am I miss you Alex. Why do you have to make it so hard?
by BabyBrit on 7/18/2008 1:21am thanks lauryn so much this song truly speaks to me. i am goin through a situation like this right and just by listening to this song i am learning that everything will work out for the best. It's just that i now have realized that letting go will most likely be the best for the both of us. Nothing has changed wit us. but now it can. Thanks girl so much for the help.
by Mthuthuzeli Lufele on 7/21/2008 7:18am I wish i could rescue Lauryn wherever she is cause she is one hell of a woman i respect as an Mc and a Vocalist.shame i miss you Lauryn
by jay on 7/21/2008 9:39am i know my ex will come back.... 'See I know what we got to do You let go and I'll let go too'
by andrea<3 on 7/21/2008 11:36pm i love you kyle! we'll make it.... <3
by Lashay on 7/22/2008 7:36am This song has so much feeling...
by survivor786 on 7/22/2008 4:01pm so much depth and truth to this song! Lauryn must be busy with her four kids and her fifth on the way even though it would be nice for her to continue singing. Her songs will live on forever and we should be grateful for the songs she has given to us already. Thank you.
by darius on 7/24/2008 8:48pm i love this song also like everybody else and this song help me through a lot thanks lauryn love your song and please keep making them
by Roxy on 7/28/2008 2:52pm Lauryn, just to let u know dat dis song helped me a lot. I have to admit that I cried a lot. But it gives sum support... Thank you!
by TJ on 7/28/2008 6:07pm Dam yo this songs say a hell of alot like now i know wat my girl was going thru wen i was actin like a ass and i was doing wat this song was saying dam im an ass
by Heather-jade on 8/7/2008 6:15pm this song is so raw. describes the tug of war true love forces us to play... knowing this is what makes it possible to not give up- but if only he knew that. much <3 ms.hill
by chachi on 8/7/2008 10:45pm yup . this song is so true . im a singer , and though I know ill never be like lauren , singing this song makes me better . she's an amazing artist .
by chachi on 8/7/2008 10:45pm yup . this song is so true . im a singer , and though I know ill never be like lauren , singing this song makes me better both emotionally and vocally . she's an amazing artist .
by Chandonn on 8/8/2008 10:56pm I love you boom! u will always be my boo you boomtastic fella u!
by tha soulforsale on 8/12/2008 8:58am derretedor!
by patoCarlo on 8/12/2008 9:43pm por la xuxa esta cancion me la dedico una mina toi echo pico y yo la amo...
by GiG on 8/13/2008 1:16pm THE LYRICS R SLIGHLY WRONG
by dlee on 8/28/2008 7:56pm I don't care how old this song is, it still speaks! Instabt classic, we miss you Lauryn...
by ms pretty pink princess on 8/30/2008 12:08pm i luv this song so much.....i mean this song speaks to me...im going through something rite now with the ex i still love him and he loves me but we jus gotta let go....thanks lauryn all your songs have meaning...
by kaypea on 9/3/2008 4:29pm i LOVE this song...
by Shawdayii BayBee on 9/4/2008 5:55pm This song is so tru i luv it 2 death
by LOSTLOVE209 on 9/6/2008 12:45am DAMN THIS SONG TOUCHES MY HEART... DAMN IVE CRIED TO THIS SONG SO MANY TIMES.
by ImME on 9/7/2008 12:34am This song brings nack so many memories good and bad
by TRISHA on 9/9/2008 10:23pm MAN I LUV THIS SONG THIS SHITT IS WAT IT IS MAN I SWEAR I LISTEN 2 THIS SONG OVA AND OVA...MAN LAURYN YU DID GOOD ON THIS 1 I DNT CARE HOW OLD THIS SONG IS THIS IS STILL MA SHITT I CAN REALTE TUH THIS !
by white girl on 9/10/2008 2:46am I LOVE THIS SONG ITS THE BEST WAY 2 EXPRESS THE EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS WITH THE EX,THE BEST HANDS DOWN!...
by BTD on 9/14/2008 3:36pm CLASSIC... NEFF SAID
by Re on 9/15/2008 4:54pm this song is the absolute truth! Like everything about is so real.
by patrice on 9/26/2008 4:20pm this song is the shyt!!!! lauren come back!!!
by sandacious on 9/27/2008 3:39pm this songs speaks so much to me
by Axel on 9/27/2008 9:57pm Lauryn kills it
by Stephanie For Eddie on 9/30/2008 3:29pm This song is sooo for the ex.. he will realize..
by cocoxchanelx0x0 on 10/5/2008 7:13pm i luvv this song it mayy be old but it means a lot lauryn hill is the best lyricist i know by FARR. this song speaks to me.
by Sofie on 10/9/2008 12:48am Every line on this song I can relate to... I cry when I hear it... I even found myself quotin sum to my ex w/out realizn it... :(
by myspace.com/JussDifferent on 10/14/2008 12:42pm best song eva. .
by ej on 10/15/2008 7:05pm this song earlier 2day created a lil tear, n i sure aint a cryer lol. im really thinkin of gettin sum of the lyrics tattooed- easy
by nikki on 10/15/2008 8:18pm This is exactly how I feel between my ex and I. this song is amazing.
by Addison on 10/19/2008 7:31pm She speaks to me on so many levels, men are so ARHHGG.... Love the words and the song! So love Lauryn Hill!
by Nana on 10/25/2008 10:06am This song iz da bomb it helps me in my old boo dats y i let him go
by @nthos on 10/26/2008 10:14am un sogno la voce, l'interpretazione, il testo. Grandiosa...
by Kriola on 10/26/2008 11:08pm Classic song ; Damn Love
by missy on 10/27/2008 9:08pm TO EJ...what in this song would you possibly tattoo on yourself? i have tattoos all over and still don't get it. this is one of my favorite songs-it's just an odd thing to try to capture permenantly on your body. please think it through before you put something there you want covered up in a few months...
by nicole on 10/29/2008 12:53am eff you jay
by Sarah on 11/10/2008 9:30am This is exactly my story.... with my love: The one!
by sam on 11/10/2008 7:00pm i love thiss sooonnnnggg
by Taj on 11/13/2008 9:12am Dats so me & you right now D ^^
by Tanae on 11/15/2008 2:42pm I love this song too! I cry evrytime i hear it!!! And even tho I know what she's sayin it's still so hard to do....I like the lyrics enough to tat them too! I feel you ej
by V on 11/18/2008 1:38pm Best song hands down when its time to let go...Beautiful song while I was in high school and now years later has so much meaning to my story...This book is now closed!!
by Carlos Martinez on 11/19/2008 2:02pm This is for my baby mammma Jessica Munoz
by Mad Chronic on 11/20/2008 8:11pm This is exactly what i'm going thru right now!! and i told my girl or ex girl that this was the theme song to our relationship. She's never heard the song... go figure. Amazing song by probably one of the best singers of this generation!!!
by sean ice on 12/7/2008 4:24pm cool flavour screw my ex though i cant seem to really forget about her
by rosyyyy on 12/12/2008 5:23pm So for my babydaddy =]
by blueyed_princess on 12/13/2008 3:48am this song is hella true
by vif on 12/16/2008 11:37am damn it....this song is under my skin...!!!
by deeee on 12/17/2008 5:18pm wow! relates with so much of my darn life "And when I try to walk away You'd hurt yourself to make me stay"
by me on 12/18/2008 10:59pm tree come back to me please
by dorothy on 12/26/2008 7:55pm just beautiful
by Toni on 12/30/2008 12:06pm Yo damn One a Lauryns Classics I love dis song!!
by ok98 on 1/4/2009 7:38pm its ok
by TJBISHOP on 1/5/2009 1:39pm Lauryn girl you need to come back out,Jasmine Sullivan really reminds me of you,but she's not you. This is my favorite song in the world still to this day.
by TiSalvatore on 1/7/2009 1:59pm this song is great! Gorgeous melody. Lauryn hill's voice was blessed
by corey v on 1/8/2009 8:19pm painful.
by cHUcKS on 1/10/2009 12:54pm DIS SONG IS DA cKUT FUR REALS BUMPIN ALL DAY GETT WIDDIT
by adri on 1/19/2009 2:51pm Def for Terrell We gne get shyt right..... Love u..
by Melle on 1/27/2009 9:24am whoa this song is like my life story right now....
by missing Lauryn on 1/29/2009 7:52pm We miss you dearly Lauryn! your fans need you. You inspire so many of us; your music has healed so many wounds. I LOVE YOU MS.HILL
by charliegirl on 2/1/2009 9:10pm Good song for letting go and good song for a relationship that started as friendship but emotions get in the way....Clavoclavo
by j on 2/3/2009 12:13am to my love... i miss you.. i hope you come back...
by niecey on 2/9/2009 1:00pm ttttuuunneee i feel every word
by Krizzle on 2/11/2009 8:58am I just get thrilled listening to her sing this song, it touched me...gives me strength everytime ... I love this Song!!
by zyquana on 2/11/2009 12:21pm i like the whole song because not only is it different but it is also something that i can relate to. This song makes m eseat an kwonder sometimes an dat times case she had to be really going through alot of things because she knew what she was talking about. I searched high and i searched low just to bofind this song not only to see who wrote it but to get the lyrics i love to sing and singing a song ii can relate to is something that is special. When i did find the song and the title i had googled it juist soo i can copny the lyrics downn so that i can practice this song. I love lauren hill so so so much!!!!!
by dezi-dez on 2/20/2009 10:13am my life storyput this song on repeat with my girlsss
by :) on 2/28/2009 2:09pm i love this song
by zoe on 3/1/2009 10:11am great touching song.. touches me deeply whenever i listen to it
by jazz on 3/2/2009 6:56am lived through this EXACT thing. made me feel soo much better(:
by KooJ1994 on 3/3/2009 9:26pm reciprocity! that wat she says. idk wat she was saying dere!
by heart broken on 3/10/2009 5:36pm this is what im going through
by jamaica2new zealand on 3/15/2009 3:43pm jah bles to lauren. no man can take her down without a fight!
by ballet on 3/21/2009 9:34pm this is such a great song and i just love the lyrics. i wish that lauryn hill will come back with an album that will speak to all souls.
by MGM on 3/26/2009 12:31pm 'where are you when we need you NOW l.boogie?wherever you are, we are proud for you raising such a beautiful family and for your music.PLEASE don't let us go. M
by ladi B on 3/31/2009 10:23pm beautiful song..always have loved; always will. soo much meaning to it.
by hurting on 4/3/2009 9:40am one of the most beautiful songs ever made - carries so much truth and meaning. makes me cry
by soul-lady on 4/8/2009 1:03pm just a beautiful song with beautiful lyrics no other words. . .
by Angel-dust on 4/14/2009 3:48pm A certain sum1 told me 2 listen to this song and when i did i couldnt stop crying coz its so true yet very painful bt like they say the truth hurts...great song lauryn
by lebogang on 4/28/2009 9:01am I love this song very much and I dedicate it to my ex Trevor
by Nai on 4/29/2009 10:15pm this song is sooo beautiful. it describes me and my ex perfectly. i don't know what will happen between us...this song totally makes me cry
by friggenval on 5/3/2009 12:49pm aaah this song is amazing <3
by silvia on 5/4/2009 11:01pm i feel this way right now :[[
by smexi.ed on 5/5/2009 9:48pm i sooo fuking love this ima tell "the ex" to listen to this...woaaahhhh !!! iloveitsoo muchh
by i love this on 5/11/2009 10:32pm thats explains me
by porsha on 5/11/2009 10:33pm i love dis song. extactly how i felt a couple of days ago
by thehardtruth on 5/18/2009 8:30pm This song is exactly what I go thru with my ex. Gosh.
by Ronnie on 5/20/2009 6:45am Yeah im definitely feeling this one
by Ronnie on 5/20/2009 10:22pm "See i know what we got to do you let go, and ill let go too" this ones crazy.
by STH on 5/24/2009 7:34pm me encanta esta cancion!!!!
by ARiEL on 5/26/2009 7:41pm FRESHHH ASS SONG !!! AND IT WILL ALWAYS BE !
by a on 5/30/2009 3:23pm i did send this to my ex... she says it better that i can
by rerebad on 6/15/2009 7:58pm well lauryn said no one has ever hurt u as bad as me andno one ever will... she was RIGHT!that's the worst pain i've ever felt from my ex :(
by Isabella on 6/15/2009 10:04pm Reminds me of my exxx...cuz no matter how much weve been through and how much pain hes put me through i just cant be with anyone else.
by Quay on 6/28/2009 10:59am Beautiful song, sung from the heart and touching to so many! I absolutely love LH she is one of the most inspirational female artist of my time.
by Sikd t frm dyt on 7/7/2009 5:32pm Damn i love dis song. It real. Dis song is 4 jamal. I love u mal
by padma on 7/13/2009 1:02am classic song. no one could've said it better. it's time to let go... this is a song i turn to whenever i need someone to console me. actually this whole album is extremely soulful and always relieves my pain. such a shame lauryn hill fell off so suddenly.
by Nette on 7/17/2009 11:03am This whole album just touches my heart.
by sassy girl on 7/21/2009 11:12pm i love dis song because every word in this song spakes about my ex and i and also the tings he would do to make me stay with him i am so happy he is out of my life alth i find my self thinking about him sumtime. but i have move on and find a new love so all i'm doing is seein where dis relationship goes.
by xxcandyxx on 7/29/2009 9:55am at the moment i am experiencing the hardest things with m man i have ever had i my life and i think this song speaks but ppl get sometimes get too influenced by songs especially wen they r hurting but love does hurt one way or the other and it aint easy its not meant to be easy sometimes letting go isnt the answer
by exdriven on 8/1/2009 3:09pm love this song explains my relationship to the fullest.
by joy on 8/7/2009 1:42pm this song is so beautiful
by mahalie on 8/9/2009 3:20am this song is so deep deep and 100% true....beautiful song
by Lavette on 8/16/2009 10:47am I will always love this song as long as I live because she jus sang my exact feelings in a song.
by Nickeyma on 8/22/2009 7:16pm ilOve this sOng buht iht brings me tO tears in certain situatiOns
by KRiSSy on 8/25/2009 7:53pm this sonqz soo deep n i fuqqin luv it
by :)pink on 9/2/2009 12:28pm When I first got here, I mean USA this was the first song that somebody very special showed to me!
by patty on 9/3/2009 4:56pm i love this song it is so powerful
by Jessica Lopez on 9/4/2009 5:47pm i LOve LOve LOve this song. I LOve Lauryn Hill this song is deep and so powerful. This is my FAVORITE SONG from all songs that are out there.
by SpArX""!!0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0 on 9/13/2009 6:15pm This is some deep lyrics, why does every one always have someone they fell so badly for but treated you like shit? Guess it's just a lesson we all have to learn...
by purple kisses on 9/22/2009 3:10pm this song is the shit, i sang it at my b-friend's bday party after we broke up and he started crying you know we made back up that night LOL
by Taylor on 9/24/2009 7:51pm I love this song, its like explains everything i feel....
by Angela on 9/28/2009 1:55pm it hurts to listen to this song and I can not listen to it without crying to it. My baby daddy has been in and out of the picture since the day I found out i was pregnant (1 months and i am not 5months) and I keep letting him back in. & in the end we both do end up with scars and everytime I try to leave and forget he comes back, long enough to be there and then leaves again truly screaming my name. I listen to song to look for courage and strengh and know that I am not alone in this and me and my little girl will be fine. Thanks Lauryn!
by C.G. aka Tree on 10/1/2009 12:15am Lauryn Hill explained my situation completely in this jam...I'll keep it on repeat n bump it outside this fools houze ha ha maybe he'll finally agree that we're meant to b. awwwwww...
by LuvNemotion17 on 10/12/2009 4:34pm LAURYN girl you gotta come back! I remember my mom playin the miseducation cd when i was a little girl watchin her use your words to get thru her heartbreak... now here i am being taught & healed with those same words. Music needs you. Thank you!
by Amy on 10/22/2009 1:42am Lauryn, we miss u!!! this song is da truth!
by nina on 10/28/2009 10:36pm This song expresses all the pain you feel when you love somebody so much it just destroys you. I always cry when I hear it because its song about us, me and the men I love even though I know he is not worth it...
by sidath fall on 11/6/2009 3:42am this song make me crazy i would like to traduct it in my language wolof i love this song lauryn hill i'm senegaleseman and i think one i will meet you god bless
by NiKKi on 11/8/2009 5:32pm i loveeeee this song :( -;*it bring bak memories !
by Missin My Ex on 11/10/2009 9:00am A good song, most definite, but when u are trying to get ya ex back and she wants u to hear this song - lets just say its not as good of a song any longer. I just ask all that read this to say a prayer that we can work it out.
by hard2moveon on 11/12/2009 12:10pm This song makes me feel worst then before. Its very true though. Just in the mind state where truth isdifficult to accept

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