Listen to I Keep by Jill Scott

I Keep

Jill Scott

R&B/Soul

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Credits

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Andre Harris

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Some of them

Wanna break you down

Steal your crown

Use and abuse you

[Verse 2]

Some of them

Smile in your face

'Cause they heard it some place

You got more than they're used to

[Verse 3]

Some of them

Want to steal your love

Oh, 'cause they're jealous of

How you're livin' and givin'

[Verse 4]

I keep

Movin' forward

Pressin' onward

Strivin' further

[Verse 5]

I keep

Keep on laughin'

Keep in livin'

Keep on lovin', yeah

[Verse 6]

I keep

Keep on dreamin'

Keep on achievin'

Keep on believin'

[Verse 7]

I keep

I keep smilin' when I come through

And I cry when I need to

[Verse 8]

Some of them

Oh, they stab you

In your back

'Cause love, they lack

[Verse 9]

Some of them

Won't even try

To see the good of self

Lovin', I

[Verse 10]

I keep

Movin' forward

Pressin' onward

Strivin' further

[Verse 11]

I keep

Keep on laughin'

Keep on livin'

Keep on lovin', yeah

Keep on dreamin'

Keep on achievin'

Keep on believin'

[Verse 12]

I keep

Hey

Oh-oh-oh-oh, ooh, I keep on

Keep on livin'

Keep on learnin'

Keep on smilin', oh yeah

I keep

Keep on laughin'

Keep on livin'

Keep on lovin', yeah

[Verse 13]

I keep

Keep on dreamin'

Keep on believin'

Keep on achievin'

[Verse 14]

I keep

I keep smilin' when I come through

And I cry when I need to

Oh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

I keep on

Keep on, keepin' on

Yeah-ay-ay-ay-hey-hey

[Verse 15]

I keep

[Verse 16]

I am a boisterous river

I am a mountain story

I am a quiet pealing

I am a fragrant flower

[Verse 17]

I am a moonlit evening

I am a peaceful nod

I am a riotous thinking

I am a wealth unfathomed

[Verse 18]

And if you don't

Recognize

My presence

I am here

[Verse 19]

And if you don't

Recognize

Me

I am here

[Verse 20]

I am a source of power

I am excited journey

I am a rock of patience

I am a whisper singing

[Verse 21]

I am unbrighted freedom

I am the thoughtful thinking

I am a love unfettered

I am the great orgasm

[Verse 22]

And if you don't

Recognize

My presence

I am here

[Verse 23]

And if you don't

Recognize

My presence

Oh, I am here

[Verse 24]

Ah, ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah

[Verse 25]

And even here

You don't

Recognize me

I'm still here

[Verse 26]

And he made

If you don't

Recognize me

[Verse 27]

And even if

You don't recognize me

I'm still here

[Verse 28]

And even if you don't

Recognize me

I am, oh, I'm still here

[Verse 29]

Even if you don't recognize me

I'm here

I'm here

I'm here

Written by: Andre Harris, Jill Scott, Vidal Davis