Track Title:               You
Album Title:               The Velvet Rope
Prime Artist:              Janet Jackson    (J. Damita Jo J.)


Producer:                  James Harris III (Jimmy Jam)
Producer:                  Terry Lewis
Producer:                  Janet Jackson    (J. Damita Jo J.)

Written by:                Harold Brown
Written by:                Howard Scott
Written by:                Morris Dickerson
Written by:                Leroy Jordan

Written by:                Rene Elizondo, Jr.
Written by:                Charles Miller
Written by:                Sylvester Allen     (Thomas A.?)
Written by:                Lee Oskar Levitin

Written by:                James Harris III (Jimmy Jam)
Written by:                Terry Lewis
Written by:                Janet Jackson    (J. Damita Jo J.)
Samples from:              The Cisco Kid

Lyrics:
Here I am in your face
Tellin' truths and not your old lies
Seems to me that you care
And I know that you're runnin' outta time
See ya can't get away
I'll be here forever and again
Whisperin' in your ear
Do believe 'cause you know you cannot win
Spent most your life pretending not to e
The one you are but who you choose to see
Learned to survive in you fictitious world
Does what they think of you determine your worth
If special's what you feel when you're with them
Taken away, you feel less than again
That's right
You gotta mean what you say
You gotta say what you mean
Tryin' to please everyone
Sacrifice your own needs
Check in the mirror my friend
No lies will be told then
Pointin' the finger again
You can't blame nobody but you
You gotta mean what you say
You gotta say what you mean
Tryin' to please everyone
Sacrifice your own needs
Check in the mirror my friend
No lies will be told then
Pointin' the finger again
You can't blame nobody but you
There's a feelin' inside
No you cannot change it right away
Gotta make a try
And with time it'll start to go away
I'll be here when you need
That one to sit and cry to
'Cause I'm the you you forgot
The only one you know you cannot lie to
Bitter you'll be if you don't change your ways
When you hate you, you hate everyone that day
Unleash this sacred child that you've grown into
You cannot run for you can't hide from you
Can't hide from you
That's right
You gotta mean what you say
You gotta say what you mean
Tryin' to please everyone
Sacrifice your own needs
Check in the mirror my friend
No lies will be told then
Pointin' the finger again
You can't blame nobody but you
You gotta mean what you say
You gotta say what you mean
Tryin' to please everyone
Sacrifice your own needs
Check in the mirror my friend
No lies will be told then
Pointin' the finger again
You can't blame nobody but you