E=MC²

E=MC² was released on April 15, 2008, three years after the enormous success of its predecessor, The Emancipation Of Mimi. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart after selling 463,000 copies — the biggest opening week sales of Mariah's career — and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on July 8, 2008. “This album is so much about fun and freedom and just the continuation of me feeling emancipated. It's sort of like emancipation equals Mariah Carey times two. This is me, 100 percent. Having fun, just being real,“ Mariah explained. “People ask me all the time, ‘How do you stay relevant, how do you stay current, how do you make music that people continue to respond to?’ You just keep being real, keep being you. Stay true to who you are from the beginning.“

“Touch My Body,” produced by Mariah, Tricky and The-Dream, was released as the album's lead single on March 24, 2008. The song became Mariah's eighteenth number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making her the solo artist with the most number-one songs in US history — surpassing the record previously held by Elvis Presley. “I really can never put myself in the category of people who have not only revolutionized music but also changed the world,” Mariah told The Associated Press. “That's a completely different era and time. I'm just feeling really happy and grateful.” “Touch My Body” spent two weeks atop the Hot 100 chart and was certified 3x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on September 26, 2022.

Mariah premiered two of the album tracks prior to its release: she performed the song “Migrate” (produced with Nate “Danja” Hills and featuring T-Pain) on March 15 on Saturday Night Live, and “I'm That Chick” (produced with Stargate) on March 24 on MTV's The Hills premiere. The album also saw her collaborating with Swizz Beatz, Scott Storch, James Poyser and Toomp, among others.

On April 21, 2008, “Bye Bye” impacted radio as the album's second single. “A lot of people get emotional when they listen to ‘Bye Bye’ and I know they are the ones who have really experienced loss in their lives. It's interesting because they listen to it, they get emotional, they almost can't handle it and then they ask me for a copy of it, because it's therapeutic for them,” Mariah explained. “I really wanted it to be universal. Yes, there are very personal things in terms of my experience that are in there, but every line is left open so that people can interpret it and have it for their own healing process.” “Bye Bye” peaked at number nineteen on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Mariah's thirtieth Top 20 on the chart.

“I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time” was released as the third single on July 1, 2008, peaking at number fifty-eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. “This is one of the last songs I wrote for this album,” Mariah explained in 2008. “I thought, ‘Let me just make this a carefree record.’ It's kind of a party record to me. It's just like not caring too much about anything else that's going on except you living in the moment.”

The album's fourth and final single was “I Stay In Love,” released on October 28, 2008. “I wrote it with Bryan-Michael Cox, and it's one of those sad love songs that everybody likes to sing when they are still holding on to someone that they miss,” Mariah told BET. “It's just about someone who keeps coming back to that one person that they can't let go of.”

Tracklist

Releases

Original Release

There were three different editions of E=MC² in the United States: the standard edition, housed in a jewel-case; the deluxe edition, housed in an exclusive digipack with a bonus fold-out poster and an iPod skin, and a “green” edition sold exclusively by US retailer Wal-Mart, printed on biodegradable paper and packaged with plantable seeds. The album was also issued on 12" vinyl.

The UK edition of E=MC² contains fifteen songs, including the bonus track “Heat,” and was available on both the standard and deluxe editions. Japan got an additional bonus track: “4Real4Real.”

Special Editions

The E=MC² Adventure Box was released in November 2008. This limited edition 4-disc set includes the E=MC² album, The Adventures Of Mimi 2-DVD set and an extra interactive disc, as well as a bonus keychain and poster.

Vinyl Reissues

E=MC² was re-released on vinyl on January 22, 2021, in two variants: standard black vinyl and a limited edition lavender vinyl. Amazon Music issued a new variant in 2024, this time in fluorescent pink vinyl.

Singles

Lyrics

Migrate

Bounce bounce bounce bounce
Keep it movin' bounce hey
Keep it movin' bounce hey
Keep it movin' bounce hey
Keep it movin' bounce hey

Once again nothin' jumpin' up in your place
Sick of your berry buzzin' all in my face
Way too much to tolerate
Time to roll, y'all know I gots to migrate
Speed dial connecting me to Rae Rae “hey”
Click in Shawnte and Mae Mae “hey”
“Treat it as a holiday” cause he's a wrap
Y'all know I gots to migrate

So I'm on my way home
Cause my jeans, yeah they fit but it might benefit
Me to throw somethin' on
To feature my hips accentuate my tits
And steal the show

Soon as we walk through the door
Fellas be grabbin' at us like “yo”
Tryin' to get us goin' off that patrón
We sippin' grigio, slow
If your neck and your wrist coordinate
Hair braided or faded ok…
We can move this back to my place
It's time to migrate

From my car into the club, we migrate
From the bar to VIP, we migrate
From the party to the after party, migrate
After party to hotel, migrate

As we proceed getting buzzed the envious ones
Hatin' but they can't take they eyes off us
But we don't see none of that
They playin' my jam and the floor is packed
So y'all need to migrate up out the door
We're clickin' glasses compliments of the club
We raise their status so you know they show us love
Everywhere we go they gon' flock
Them boys migrate to where it's hot

Soon as we walk through the door
Fellas be grabbin' at us like “yo”
Tryin' to get us goin' off that patrón
We sippin' grigio, slow
If you're inked up thuggin' that swag I like
Face, body and Lamborghini outside
Obviously boy you qualify
Otherwise migrate, bye

From my car into the club, we migrate
From the bar to VIP, we migrate
From the party to the after party, migrate
After party to hotel, migrate

T-Pain:
This is where it begins and ends at the very same time
Teddy Pain the main man of the hour
Got a flow that'll deflect yo tire
Got stacks plus I'm back with Mariah
We stay down like four flats on a Cadillac
Packed to the back with full phat girls
If you feel like doin' a dance
I'm gonna pull up my pants
Come on back, girl
But I gotta migrate to bar
From the bar to the floor
From the floor to the car
From the car to the crib
Then back to the club
We can migrate in and
Mini coupe sittin' on dubs
Whatcha waitin' on
I can't stand in one place
I'm on that Platinum Patrón
And I hate when I don't get it my way
So don't wait for me to buy drinks or you gon' dehydrate
It's time to migrate
Soon as I walk through the door
They know I'm from the 850
I need three bottles of that Patrón
I can make the Chevrolet grease up slow
If your ass and your titties coordinate
Shawty, shawty, look it ain't OK
We can move this back to my place
Shawty best believe, it's time to migrate

Soon as we walk through the door
Fellas be grabbin' at us like “yo”
Tryin' to get us goin' off the patrón…
We sippin grigio, slow
If you're inked up thuggin' that swag I like (You got that swag I like)
Face, body and Lamborghini outside
Obviously boy you qualify
Otherwise migrate… Bye
Keep it movin' bounce hey
Keep it movin' bounce hey
Keep it movin' bounce hey
Keep it movin' bounce hey


Written by Mariah Carey, Nathaniel Hills, Balewa Muhammad, T-Pain.
Produced by Nate “Danja” Hills and Mariah Carey.

Touch My Body

I know that you been waiting for it, I'm waiting too
In my imagination I be all up on you
I know you got that fever for me 102°
And boy I know I feel the same
My temperature's through the roof

If there's a camera up in here
Then it's gon' leave with me when I do, I do
If there's a camera up in here
Then I best not catch this flick on YouTube, YouTube
Cause if you run your mouth and brag about this secret rendezvous
I will hunt you down
Cause they be all up in my business like a Wendy interview
But this is private 'tween you and I

Touch my body, put me on the floor
Wrestle me around, play with me some more
Touch my body, throw me on the bed
I just wanna make you feel like you never did
Touch my body, let me wrap my thighs
All around your waist, just a little taste
Touch my body, know you like my curves
Come on and give me what I deserve
And touch my body

Boy you can put me on you like a brand new white tee
I'll hug your body tighter than my favorite jeans
I want you to caress me like a tropical breeze
And float away with you in my Caribbean seas

If there's a camera up in here
Then it's gon' leave with me when I do, I do
If there's a camera up in here
Then I best not catch this flick on YouTube, YouTube
Cause if you run your mouth and brag about this secret rendezvous
I will hunt you down
Cause they be all up in my business like a Wendy interview
But this is private 'tween you and I

Touch my body, put me on the floor
Wrestle me around, play with me some more
Touch my body, throw me on the bed
I just wanna make you feel like you never did
Touch my body, let me wrap my thighs
All around your waist, just a little taste
Touch my body, know you like my curves
Come on and give me what I deserve
And touch my body

Imma treat you like a teddy bear
You won't wanna go nowhere
In the lap of luxury
Laying intertwined with me
You won't want for nothin' boy
I will give you plenty joy

Touch my body, put me on the floor (Throw me on the floor)
Wrestle me around, play with me some more
Touch my body, throw me on the bed
I just wanna make you feel like you never did
Touch my body, let me wrap my thighs (Let me wrap my thighs around your waist)
All around your waist, just a little taste (For just a little taste)
Touch my body, know you like my curves (I know you like that)
Come on and give me what I deserve (Give me what I deserve baby)
And touch my body
Touch my body (Every little way you like to touch my body baby)
Touch my body (Hey hey ooh ooh baby, oh ooh ooh touch my body)
Touch my body (Oh… come on and give me what I deserve)
Touch my body (Oh, ooh ooh)
Touch my body


Written by Mariah Carey, Christopher Stewart, Terius Nash, Crystal Johnson.
Produced by C. “Tricky” Stewart, Terius “The-Dream” Nash and Mariah Carey.

Cruise Control

Can't get him outta my mind
Can't explain it but it's somethin' bout him makin' me hot
Like a motor revvin' over and over, it don't stop
He cruised beside me now I'm flyin', driving
Through yellow lights
I'm ignorin' every sign of caution that they provide
Drivers education 101 slipped out of my mind
I need me a caddy with some cruise control
No no no

I've been told so many sagas
He brings the drama, six baby mamas
But uh oh, I can't resist him
Just want to kiss him
I need cruise control

Might need to go slow, I don't know
Why I ease up on the brake every time I see his face
I'm outta control I… I don't know
How to stay up in my lane
Every day and night he's cruisin through my brain

Wherever I go he be cruisin'
Turn to the right ooh he so smooth with it
Deep down inside don't want to lose him
He already know I'm willin' to go
Gotta get on cruise control

C-R-U-I-S-E control
C-R-U-I-S-E control
C-R-U-I-S-E control
C-R-U-I-S-E control

Can't nobody, can't nobody tell me nothin' when he comes into view
Cause he's the flyest ting when he be cruisin' on me avenue
When tha door open
De gals pon de block they be hopin'
To rob tha clock me say no man
Step up step up bottle broken
Think I'm jokin'…?

I've been told so many sagas
He brings the drama, six baby mamas
But uh oh, I can't resist him
Just want to kiss him I need cruise control

Might need to go slow, I don't know
Why I ease up on the brake every time I see his face
I'm outta control I… I don't know
How to stay up in me lane
Every day and night he's cruisin through my brain

Wherever I go he be cruisin'
Turn to the right ooh he so smooth with it
Deep down inside don't want to lose him
He already know I'm willin' to go
Gotta get on cruise control

Damian Marley:
You put your hand in cruise control and you deny me if you want
And you will starve yourself of love if you don't speed and break the law
You can't get no speeding ticket on the highway to my heart
And it might be a rocky road and you can exit if you want
Why you always look at life just like a pessimist
You already like a wife up in my premises
And right ya now you cruise control it is my nemesis
Just come again and stop and start just like a genesis

Mariah:
Might need to go slow, I don't know
Why I ease up on the brake every time I see his face
I'm outta control I… I don't know
How to stay up in my lane
Every day and night he's cruisin' through my brain

Wherever I go he be cruisin'
Turn to the right oh he so smooth with it
Deep down inside don't want to lose him
He already know I'm willin' to go
Gotta get on cruise control


Written by Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, Crystal Johnson, Damian Marley.
Produced by Jermaine Dupri and Mariah Carey. Co-produced by Manuel Seal.

I Stay In Love

Why do I stay, why do I stay in love
Why do I stay, why do I stay in love
Oh baby
Baby I stay in love with you

Dying inside cause I can't stand it
Make up break up can't take this madness
We don't even really know why
All I know is baby I try and try
So hard to keep our love alive
If you don't know me at this point
Then I highly doubt you ever will
I really need you to give me
That unconditional love I used to feel
It's a mistake if we just erase it
From our hearts and minds I know

We said let go but I kept on hangin' on
Inside I know it's over you're really gone
It's killing me cause it ain't nothing that I can do
Baby I stay in love with you
And I keep on telling myself
That you'll come back around
And I try to front like ‘Oh well’
Each time you let me down
See I can't get over you now, no matter what I do
But baby baby, I stay in love with you

Why do I stay, why do I stay in love
Baby I stay in love with you

It cuts so deep it hurts down to my soul
My friends tell me I ain't the same no more
We still need each other when we stumble and fall
How we gon' act like what we had ain't nothing at all now
Hey, what I wanna do is ride shotgun next to you
With the top down like we used to
Hit the block proud in the SU
We both know our heart is breakin'
Can we learn from our mistakes
I can't last one moment alone and although I know

We said let go but I kept on hangin' on
Inside I know it's over you're really gone
It's killing me cause it ain't nothing that I can do
Baby I stay in love with you
And I keep on telling myself
That you'll come back around
And I try to front like ‘Oh well’
Each time you let me down
See I can't get over you now, no matter what I do
But baby baby, I stay in love with you

We said let go but I kept on hangin' on
Inside I know it's over you're really gone
It's killing me cause there ain't nothing that I can do
Baby I stay in love with you
And I keep on telling myself
That you'll come back around
And I try to front like ‘Oh well’
Each time you let me down
See I can't get over you now, no matter what I do
But baby baby baby, I stay in love with you (I stay in love)

Love
I stay
Love (Baby I stay in love with you)
I stay in love


Written by Mariah Carey, Bryan-Michael Cox, Adonis Shropshire, Kendrick Dean.
Produced by Bryan-Michael Cox and Mariah Carey.

Side Effects

Young Jeezy:
It's MC and YJ, another hit
We lookin' fly takin' off, show us where the runway
On any given Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
They try to confuse me
I never let 'em use me

Mariah:
I was a girl you were “the man”
I was too young to understand
I was naive I just believed everything that you told me
Said you were strong, protecting me
Then I found out that you were weak
Keeping me there under your thumb
Cause you were scared that I'd become much
More than you could handle
Shining like a chandelier
That decorated every room
Inside the private hell we built
And I dealt with it
Like a kid I wished I could fly away
But instead I

Kept my tears inside
Cause I knew if I started I'd keep cryin'
For the rest of my life with you
I finally built up the strength
To walk away don't regret it
But I still live with the side effects

Wakin' up scared some nights
Still dreaming 'bout the violent times
Still a little protective 'bout the people that I let inside
Still a little defensive thinking
Folks be tryin' to run my life
Still a little depressed inside I fake a smile
And deal with the side effects

Side effects
Side effects
Side effects

Vacant inside, no one was there
Couldn't be real, had to keep quiet
Once in a while put up a fight
It's just too much night after night
After a while I would just lie
You was dead wrong said you was right
Did what I could just to survive
Couldn't believe this was my life
Flickering like a candle
Doing my best to handle
Sleeping with the enemy aware that he was smothering
Every last part of me
So I broke away and finally found the strength to breathe

Kept my tears inside
Cause I knew if I started I'd keep cryin'
For the rest of my life with you
I finally built up the strength (Finally got the strength)
To walk away don't regret it
But I still live with the side effects

Wakin' up scared some nights
Still dreaming 'bout the violent times
Still a little protective 'bout the people that I let inside
Still a little defensive thinking
Folks be tryin' to run my life
Still a little depressed inside I fake a smile
And deal with the side effects

Side effects
Side effects
Side effects

Young Jeezy:
Magnifico, or should I say magnificent
Ain't nothing worth your happiness
And I ain't caring who you're with
Misery loves company
So we ain't tryin' to hang with y'all
Hurt you if you let 'em in
Gotta keep your circle small
They keep tryin' to play 'pology
I tell 'em I ain't bowlin' though
Think they want me outta here
Tell 'em I ain't goin' though
Side effects be drowsiness
Loneliness, how is this
I think the call it hateration
What can you prescribe for this?

Mariah:
Forgive but I can't forget
Everyday I deal with this
I live with the side effects
But I ain' gon' let them get the best of me
Forgive but I can't forget (I forgive)
Everyday I deal with this (But I can't forget)
I live with the side effects
But I ain' gon' let them get the best of me

Kept my tears inside
Cause I knew if I started I'd keep cryin'
For the rest of my life with you
I finally built up the strength (The strength to walk away)
To walk away don't regret it
But I still live with the side effects

Wakin' up scared some nights
Still dreaming 'bout the violent times (Said I still wake up)
Still a little protective 'bout the people that I let inside (Crying)
Still a little defensive thinking
Folks be tryin' to run my life
Still a little depressed inside I fake a smile
And deal with the side effects

Side effects
Side effects
Side effects


Written by Mariah Carey, Scott Storch, Crystal Johnson, Jay Jenkins.
Produced by Scott Storch and Mariah Carey.

I'm That Chick

Take this seriously
Like Pac all eyes on me
That's right you are intrigued (I'm that chick you like)
You know this what it be
I'm like the lottery
Hot Bentley with the keys (Take me for a ride)

Ride in the sky let's fly high
Boy I got you caught up inside of my haze
And you're gonna be gone for days

I'm like that oooweee
You're fiendin' to blaze up and taste me
Got flavor like ice cream
Cause I'm that chick you like
And you know you need this man
And you know I got this man
Gonna be your everything
I'm that chick you like

La da da ooowee
I'm that chick you like (Uh huh)
La da da ooowee
I'm that chick you like (Uh huh)

I do'z it naturally
Hypnotize like Biggie
But you ain't havin' dreams (I'm that chick you like)
Nah you ain't seeing things
Or hallucinating
I brings that levity (Take me for a ride)

Ride in the sky let's fly high
Boy I got you caught up inside of my haze
And you're gonna be gone for days

I'm like that ooowee
You're fiendin' to blaze up and taste me
Got flavor like ice cream
Cause I'm that chick you like
And you know you need this man
And you know I got this man
Gonna be your everything
I'm that chick you like

La da da ooowee
I'm that chick you like (Uh huh)
La da da ooowee
I'm that chick you like (Uh huh)

Boy just relax and unwind
Pull me in and breathe, once you do
There ain't no rules it's up to you (Ain't no rules it's time)
Just keep on kissin' me
Hold on and baby we can party all night through the night
All right

I'm like that ooowee
You're fiendin' to blaze up and taste me
Got flavor like ice cream
Cause I'm that chick you like
And you know you need this man
And you know I got this man
Gonna be your everything
I'm that chick you like (Every, every thing you like)

La da da ooowee (Hey, I'm like that ooowee)
I'm that chick you like (I'm like that uptown haze)
La da da ooowee (Them real thugs blaze, We'll touch the sky)
Cause I'm that chick you like
Uh huh…


Written by Mariah Carey, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansem, Johnta Austin, Rod Temperton.
Produced by Stargate and Mariah Carey.

Love Story

Ay bay bay it won't end won't end won't end
(Repeat)

This is my love story…
Boy meets girl and looks in her eyes
Time stands still and two hearts catch fire
Off they go roller coaster ride
Up and down and around twisted all out their minds
And then his friends
Said “it's too soon to settle down”
And then her friends
Said “he's a playa slow it down”
They couldn't be who they were cause it just seemed like
Love wasn't on their side

But this isn't just another love story
Together we'll make history
I know because it's just too real
There'll be no end to our love story
And this ain't gon' end up
Like that Casablanca movie… No
This ain't no fairy tale or fiction this is truly
Ours for all eternity
There'll be no end to our love story baby

And there'll be no end
There's no end to our love story
Ay bay bay it won't end won't end won't end
(Repeat)
And there'll be no end
There's no end to our love story

Chapter two when they meet up again
Second time around see but they're just friends
But the feeling's still strong and it's been too long
To be trippin' like they ain't been missing
They on the phone like
Ay bay bay let's meet up today
I gots bout an hour or two
Ya might as well come thru
We can make it like it was
Just the two of us
Back up on that roller coaster
Like we been supposed to cause

This isn't just another love story
Together we'll make history
I know because it's destiny
There'll be no end to our love story
And this ain't gon' end up
Like that Casablanca movie… No
This ain't no fairy tale or fiction this is truly
Ours for all eternity
There'll be no end to our love story baby

Just when it seemed like all the odds
Were stacked against them
They came back stronger than before
Matter fact then some
Stronger than pride lookin' like them
Lookin' like her lookin' like him
Stronger than hate and the whole world too
Lookin' like me lookin' like you

This isn't just another love story
Together we'll make history
I know because it's destiny
There'll be no end to our love story
And this ain't gon' end up
Like that Casablanca movie… No
This ain't no fairy tale or fiction this is truly
Ours for all eternity
There'll be no end to our love story baby

Ay bay bay it won't end won't end won't end


Written by Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, Johnta Austin.
Produced by Jermaine Dupri and Mariah Carey. Co-produced by Manuel Seal.

I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time

I'll be lovin' you long time
I… I'll be lovin' I'll be lovin' I'll be lovin' I'll be lovin'
I'll be lovin' I'll be lovin' I'll be lovin' you
(Repeat)

You ain't even gotta worry
About a thing I gotcha babe
And ain't nobody takin' me away
It's not a game I'm here to stay
See our love is stronger than any drug
Addictive just can't get enough
And everytime I'm with you I want some more
Just close the door and let's explore each other

Long as I know you got me
I'll be loving you long time (As I can breathe)
I'll be loving you long time (Eternally)
There's no stopping you and me
I'll be loving you long time (As I can breathe)
I'll be loving you long time (Eternally)

Don't care what no one has to say
They don't understand us like we do
I need you near me night and day
Together there ain't nothin' we can't do
Scoop me up and we can go
To that little spot where no one knows
Spend a little time just us alone
You can caress my body and never let go

Long as I know you got me
I'll be loving you long time (As I can breathe)
I'll be loving you long time (Eternally)
There's no stopping you and me
I'll be loving you long time (As I can breathe)
I'll be loving you long time (Eternally)

Don't want another ain't gon' never be another
Can't nobody do what you do to me
Don't want another ain't gon' never be another
Can't nobody do what you do to me
Don't want another ain't gon' never be another
Can't nobody do what you do to me
I'll be loving you long as I can breathe

Long as I know you got me
I'll be loving you long time (As I can breathe)
I'll be loving you long time (Eternally)
There's no stopping you and me
I'll be loving you long time (As I can breathe)
I'll be loving you long time (Eternally)


Written by Mariah Carey, Aldrin Davis, Crystal Johnson, Mark DeBarge, Etterlene Jordan.
Produced by Toomp and Mariah Carey.

Last Kiss

Feels so empty inside since our last kiss goodbye
Picture you in my mind and I can't seem to rationalize
The way we let it end
It just don't make no sense
This can't be happening
I need you back again

Everybody asking questions
Like we're some kind of obsession
For the millionth time asking I'm like
“Uhh, just let it rest”
Can I get a minute to breathe
They're like “Nope!
What's up with you and so & so?”

But in my heart I know this
Ain't gon' be our last kiss
It's too big we just can't quit
What you think this is?
Our love will always exist
Aww listen to me
Boy you know we trill
So stop frontin'
What we got is still sumthin' sumthin'
Oh, this feeling is too good to miss
And ain't no kiss gon' ever be our last kiss

You said you'd never leave me so I'll keep believing
That eventually
We gon' kiss away the hurt do it like it were
And wake up how we used to be
Never let it go get it right
Bring it back home stay for life
Call it what you want it's in your eyes
We gon' make it through this I'll prove it
Somethin' bout our love will not fade away
Always everlasting and

In my heart I know this
Ain't gon' be our last kiss
It's too big we just can't quit
What you think this is
Our love will always exist
Aww listen to me
Boy you know we trill
So stop frontin'
What we got is still sumthin' sumthin'
Oh, this feelin' is too good to miss
And ain't no kiss gon' ever be our last kiss

Whoo ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Whoo ooh ooh oo oo oo oh

But in my heart I know this
Ain't gon' be our last kiss
It's too big we just can't quit
What you think this is?
Our love will always exist aww listen to me
Boy you know we trill
So stop frontin'
What we got is still sumthin' sumthin'
Oh this feeling is too good to miss
And ain't no kiss gon' ever be our last kiss

(Chorus repeat)


Written by Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, Johnta Austin.
Produced by Jermaine Dupri and Mariah Carey. Co-produced by Manuel Seal.

Thanx 4 Nothin'

Thanx 4 nothin'
You were just playin' a game
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
(Repeat)

“I can't even know what to say”
I've been hurt I've been played
And I'm so shamed
I can't even cry it's that deep
You just lie and you cheat
Like it's nothing

See you said that you loved me too
And so I trusted you
But I guess that subconsciously I knew
But I didn't wanna face the truth
That I was only being used
And you were just frontin'
Ay boy thanx 4 nothin'

I never knew enough about you babe
And I guess I only have myself to blame
Now I'm broken-hearted and shattering
But you were just playin' a game
Nothing anyone could do to convince me babe
I was living in a lie just a masquerade
Now I only know that I'll never be the same
But you were just playing a game

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
(Repeat)

Thanx 4 nothin'
You were just playin' a game

Everyday and everynight I stay by the phone
Never go no place so just in case you call I'll be home
Seems like all I do is think about our pseudo romance
While you're somewhere burnin' diesel
In the streets havin' laughs

Somebody say you know what I'm going thru
You been left with nothin'
Too much you can't count on one hand
Sing it 3,4,5,6
7 days a week you're drowning in tears
He was so insincere
Now you're laying up in bed
Every nite singing
Ay boy thanx 4 nothin'

I never knew enough about you babe
And I guess I only have myself to blame
Now I'm broken-hearted and shattering
But you were just playing a game
No, nothing anyone could do to convince me babe
I was living in a lie just a masquerade
Now I only know that I'll never be the same
But you were just playing a game
So thanx 4 nothin'
You was just frontin'
So thanx 4 nothin'


Written by Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal.
Produced by Jermaine Dupri and Mariah Carey. Co-produced by Manuel Seal.

O.O.C.

It's forever forever
Forever forever
It's forever forever
Forever forever
It's forever… It's forever
It's forever… It's forever
It's forever… It's forever
It's forever… It's forever

Baby, no matter how long it be
We never lose that chemistry
And it's the strongest thing I've ever experienced
So sorry, whatever happened to empathy
I know y'all motherfuckers feel like we
When you're messin' with the one true lover
That make you O.O.C.

Even though I been gone for a minute
It's wrong I admit it
Your love's so addictive that
I get so O.O.C.
Out of control baby
Although we've both moved on to another
Still long for each other
It's wrong but eternally
I get so O.O.C.
And that's just the way it be

It's forever forever
Forever forever
It's forever forever
Forever forever
It's forever… it's forever
It's forever… It's forever
It's forever… It's forever
It's forever… It's forever

Baby every time you touch me
Still get that electricity
And after all this time it don't even make no sense
So scusa mi
Te quiero mucho papi
Je ne sais pas mais c'est la vie
When you're messin' with the one true lover
That make you O.O.C.

Even though I been gone for a minute
It's wrong I admit it
Your love's so addictive that
I get so O.O.C. (I get so)
Out of control baby (I get so)
Although we've both moved on to another (Still long)
Still long for each other, it's wrong but eternally
I get so O.O.C. (I get so)
And that's just the way it be

It's forever forever
Forever forever
It's forever forever
Forever forever
It's forever… it's forever
It's forever… It's forever
It's forever… It's forever
It's forever… It's forever
It's forever… it's forever
It's forever… it's forever
It's forever… it's forever
It's forever… it's forever

You out of control?
I'm out of control
Bounce on, bounce on
Just bounce on, just bounce on c'mon…

Even though I been gone for a minute (Even though I been gone)
It's wrong I admit it (It's wrong)
Your love's so addictive that
I get so O.O.C.
Out of control baby
Although we've both moved on to another (Still long)
Still long for each other, it's wrong but eternally
I get so O.O.C. (I…)
And that's just the way it be (It's forever…)

Even though I been gone for a minute (Hey)
It's wrong I admit it
Your love's so addictive that
I get so O.O.C. (I get so…)
Out of control baby (It's forever…)
Although we've both moved on to another
Still long for each other, it's wrong but eternally
I get so O.O.C.
And that's just the way it be


Written by Mariah Carey, Kendrick Dean, Shawntae Harris.
Produced by Swizz Beatz and Mariah Carey.

For The Record

For the record, you ought to know
You wasn't thinking when you let me go
But whatever that's how it goes
Win some you lose some and others you hold in your heart
Why it gets so hard, tears you all apart
Even though you try to let go no, no, no
Suddenly you're here
And it's all surreal
And I don't know what the deal

Cause when I'm looking in your eyes
Feels like the first time
Give me one good reason why
We can't just press rewind
I don't want to spend my life
Thinking what it could've been like
If we had another try
One time
Like back in the day
That look on your face
Feels like the first time

Them other regularities they can't compete with MC
The whole entire world can tell
That you love yourself some me ☺
People see you now asking all about me and
How they always thought we were so “perfect” together
Let's rewrite the end
Start over again
It's gonna go better now

Cause when I'm looking in your eyes
Feels like the first time
Give me one good reason why
We can't just press rewind
I don't want to spend my life
Thinking what it could've been like
If we had another try
One time
Like back in the day
That look on your face
Feels like the first time

For the record…
“You'll always be a part of me” no matter what you do
And for the record…
Can't nobody say I didn't give “My all” to you
And for the record…
I told you “Underneath the stars” that you “Belong” to me
And for the record…
It's obvious that we just “Can't let go” of us “Honey”

Cause when I'm looking in your eyes
Feels like the first time
Give me one good reason why (Just give me one good reason)
We can't just press rewind (Why can't we just press rewind)
I don't want to spend my life (Don't wanna spend my life)
Thinking what it could've been like (We just need another try)
If we had another try
One time
Like back in the day
That look on your face
Feels like the first time (Feels like you boy)

Cause when I'm looking in your eyes
Feels like the first time
Give me one good reason why
We can't just press rewind
I don't want to spend my life
Thinking what it could've been like
If we had another try
One time
Like back in the days
That look on your face
Feels like the first time

Just for the record baby
Now you know


Written by Mariah Carey, Bryan-Michael Cox, Adonis Shropshire.
Produced by Bryan-Michael Cox and Mariah Carey.

Bye Bye

This is for my people who just lost somebody
Your best friend, your baby, your man or your lady
Put your hand way up hi
We will never say bye (No, no, no)
Mamas, daddys, sisters, brothers, friends and cousins
This is for my people who lost their grandmothers
Lift your head to the sky
Cause we will never say bye

As a child there were them times
I didn't get it but you kept me in line
I didn't know why you didn't show up sometimes
On Sunday mornings and I missed you
But I'm glad we talked through
All them grown folk things
Separation brings
You never let me know it
You never let it show
Because you loved me and obviously
There's so much more left to say
If you were with me today face to face

Never knew I could hurt like this
And everyday life rolls on I
Wish I could talk to you for a while
Miss you but I try not to cry
As time goes by

And it's true that you've reached a better place
Still I'd give the world to see your face
And be right here next to you
But it's like you're gone too soon
Now the hardest thing to do is say bye bye

Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye
Bye bye

And you never got a chance to see how good I've done
And you never got to see me back at number one
I wish that you were here to celebrate together
I wish that we could spend the holidays together
I remember when you used to tuck me in at night
With the teddy bear you gave me that I held so tight
I thought you were so strong you'd make it through whatever
It's so hard to accept the fact you're gone forever

I never knew I could hurt like this
And everyday life rolls on I
Wish I could talk to you for a while
Miss you but I try not to cry
As time goes by

And it's true that you've reached a better place
Still I'd give the world to see your face
And be right here next to you
But it's like you're gone too soon
Now the hardest thing to do
Is say bye bye

Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye (The hardest thing to say)
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye
Bye bye

This is for my peoples who just lost somebody
Your best friend, your baby, your man or your lady
Put your hand way up hi
We will never say bye (No, no, no)
Mamas, daddys, sisters, brothers, friends and cousins
This is for my peoples who lost they grandmothers
Lift your head to the sky
Cause we will never say bye
Bye

Never knew I could hurt like this (I never knew it)
And everyday life rolls on I (Every day of my life I wish)
Wish I could talk to you for a while (I wish)
Miss you but I try not to cry (I wish, I wish)
As time goes by

And it's true that you've reached a better place
Still I'd give the world to see your face
And be right here next to you
But it's like you're gone too soon
Now the hardest thing to do
Is say bye bye

Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye (If I could say bye bye, bye bye, bye bye)
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye (So come on somebody)
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye (Say it with me, wave your hands up hi)
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye (Cause this is for my peoples who just lost somebody)
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye (So this is for everybody)
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye (Just keep your head to the sky)
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye (Cause we will never say bye bye)


Written by Mariah Carey, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansem, Johnta Austin.
Produced by Stargate and Mariah Carey.

I Wish You Well

When glory days turn to stormy nights
You must have been so petrified
— Didn't you? Didn't you feel so cold
You against the world in a losing fight
Captive of your demons inside
So you sought an enemy
— I'm not your enemy, He lives in you, you know it's true
Like times before to mock ignorantly
— But the Lord said love your enemy so just…
Take heed to the word it's time
Check proverbs 19:29 don't cry

I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well

I truly wanted solidarity
Still wearing my blinders back then
— So much I didn't see
I weep for what I dreamed we all could be
I'll keep you in prayer till the end
Still bruised still walk on eggshells
Same frightened child hide to protect myself
— Can't believe I still need to protect myself from you
But you can't manipulate me like before
Examine 1 john 4:4
And I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well
— Be strong in the Lord and the power of His might

If my shows of gratitude are minuscule
Inside your mind, sorry
There's only so much I can do
I love you and I did all that I could

Maybe when you're cursing me
You don't feel incomplete
But we've all made mistakes
Felt the guilt and self-hate
I know you've been there for plenty
Maybe still got love for me
But let him without sin cast the first stone brethren
But who remains standing then
Not you not I see Phillipians 4:9
— Put it into practice and the God of peace
Will be with you

So I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well
— He who the son sets free is free indeed

No weapon formed against me
Shall prosper
Surely God is my salvation
I will trust and not be afraid
The Lord the Lord, is my salvation
I will trust in Him
Yes, I know that I know that I know that I know
But I have had God's help to this very day
And so I stand here and testify to small and great alike
So the more you curse me the more you're blessing me
The word said it
Love your enemies
Do good to those who curse you
Pray for those who mistreat you
Psalms 129:2
They have greatly oppressed me from my youth
But they have not gained victory over me
— in Jesus' name
I wish you well
— He that keeps his mind state on the Lord
— He will keep them in perfect peace


Written by Mariah Carey, James Poyser, Mary Ann Tatum.
Produced by James Poyser and Mariah Carey.

Heat

They said I couldn't come no harder
Can't sleep on this heat, don't bother
They said I couldn't, they said I couldn't
Can't sleep on this heat, don't bother

I see you with your favorite dress on again
I guess you thought that you looked slick but I already peeped
You got your tag tucked in, strugglin'
Tryin' to look cute in your best friend's boots
But they don't hardly fit
Why you back again
Tryin' to steal my man
I told you once before but you don't hear me
I ain't who you think I'm is
I will snatch off all this ish

You think I won't come out these heels and make it clear, ho? (I ain't the one)
You think I won't fuck up my hair and take it, bitch? (I ain't the one)
Keep your hands off of my boo
Ain't no tellin' what I'll do
What makes you think you fly enough to take my man (Sure ain't the one)
(Sure ain't the one)
(I ain't the one)

All these J.O.'s want what's mine
But they done lost they minds
They on him like the ice-cream man
Night and day
Why I gotta fight to keep 'em all away
They cravin' but they know they can't have none
Obsessin' but they messin' with the wrong one
I ain't who you think I'm is
I will snatch off all this ish

You think I won't come out these heels and make it clear, ho? (I ain't the one)
You think I won't fuck up my hair and take it, bitch? (I ain't the one)
Keep your hands off of my boo (Off my boo)
Ain't no tellin' what I'll do (What I'm gonna do)
What makes you think you fly enough to take my man (I ain't the one)

They said I couldn't come no harder
Can't sleep on this heat, don't bother
They said I couldn't get no harder
Can't sleep on this heat, don't bother
They said I couldn't come no harder
Can't sleep on this heat, don't bother
They said I couldn't, they said I couldn't
Can't sleep on this heat, don't bother

You think I won't come out these heels and make it clear, ho? (You think I won't? I ain't the one)
You think I won't fuck up my hair and take it, bitch? (I ain't the one)
Keep your hands off of my boo (Off my boo)
Ain't no tellin' what I'll do
What makes you think you fly enough to take my man (I ain't the one)

(Sure ain't the one)
(Sure ain't the one)

If you mess with my man
Imma be the one to break it to ya
Sure ain't the one
No, no
Sure ain't the one
Sure ain't the one
Sure ain't the one


Written by Mariah Carey, William Adams, Keith Harris, Crystal Johnson, John Fletcher, Jalil Hutchins, Lawrence Smith, Randy Muller.
Produced by Will.I.Am and Mariah Carey.

4Real4Real

It's 4 real, 4 real
4 real, 4 real
4 real, 4 real
It's 4 real, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real
Its 4 real, 4 real

Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real

Sometimes you be blowing with my mind
If you were mine
I'd take my time with you
But on the low I'm shy
Though I front like I'm
So next level fly
With them other guys

Really I wanna reach out and just touch you
If you could only realize how much I'd like to
Come up knocking at your door
Give a girl the heave-hoe
And give a demonstration of what it's like

When it's 4 real, 4 real
Hundred percent 4 real
Hotter than cable TV
Like something out of your dreams
It's 4real, 4real
A million percent the deal
So I'll just keep doing me
And eventually you'll see
I'm 4 real, 4 real

Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real (Baby I'm 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real (Baby I'm 4 real, 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real (Baby it's 4 real, 4 real, 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real

Oh, my friends say I'm wasting my time on you
Tryin' to dissuade me with schemes
Wanna make you less than you seem
But I'm not that one
To listen to dumb chicks that wanna be
Where I'm gonna be

Really I wanna reach out and just touch you
If you could only realize how much I'd like to
Lay myself down next to you
Fall asleep watching cartoons
And wake you up with something good
Cause it's real

When it's 4 real, 4 real
Hundred percent 4 real
Hotter than cable TV
Like something out of your dreams
It's 4real, 4real
A million percent the deal
So I'll just keep doing me
And eventually you'll see
I'm 4 real, 4 real

Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real (Baby I'm 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real (Baby I'm 4 real, 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real (Baby it's 4 real, 4 real, 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real

Da Brat:
This ain't for play, for play
I been trynna figure it out
How to come at you off tay day
It's morning
And I wanna Shirley Murdock ya like As We Lay, lay
But on the low I'm shy like MJ
I don't know what to say, say, say
But I know who I wanna do, do, do
I'm 4 real, 4 real, that's you, you, you
You ain't never met nobody like me, me, me
I don't need Comcast inside, unlike TV
Let me demonstrate how it's supposed to be
Cause it's something you can't imagine, like outta ya dreams
Obviously people gon' hate on me
They don't want me to date on you
They don't want you with a paid woman
But they can't deny
That I'm a rida since day one

When it's 4 real, 4 real
Hundred percent 4 real (4 real, 4 real)
Hotter than cable TV
Like something out of your dreams
It's 4real, 4real
A million percent the deal (More than a million)
So I'll just keep doing me
And eventually you'll see
I'm 4 real, 4 real

Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real (Baby I'm 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real (Baby I'm 4 real, 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real (Baby it's 4 real, 4 real, 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real

Baby when it's 4 real, 4 real
Hundred percent 4 real
Hotter than cable TV (Hotter than, hotter than)
Like something out of your dreams (Her and her and her best friend)
It's 4real, 4real
A million percent the deal
So I'll just keep doing me (So I'll keep on being me)
And eventually you'll see
I'm 4 real, 4 real

Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real (Baby I'm 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real (Baby I'm 4 real, 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real (Baby it's 4 real, 4 real, 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real


Written by Mariah Carey, Bryan-Michael Cox, Adonis Shropshire, Shawntae Harris.
Produced by Bryan-Michael Cox and Mariah Carey.