Lirik dan Chord Lagu Ex-Factor dari Lauryn Hill

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Lauryn Hill adalah musisi sekaligus aktris yang melantunkan lagu R&B bertajuk "Ex-Factor".

Dirilis pada 1998, lagu ini menjadi singel kedua dari album solonya The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.

Majalah musik asal Amerika Serikat, Spin menobatkan lagu ini sebagai salah satu lagu terbaik 1999.

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Im Not OK - H.E.R

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Ex-Factor" dari Lauryn Hill:

Abm                 Gb
It could all be so simple (Ba-ba-ba-baby, baby, baby)
Abm                     Gb
But you'd rather make it hard (Huh, uh)
Abm                       Gb
Loving you is like a battle (It's like a battle)
Abm                        Gb
And we both end up with scars

[Pre-Chorus]
Abm                      Gb
Tell me who I have to be (Who I have to be)
Abm              Gb
      To get some reciprocity
Abm            Gb
    See, no one loves you more than me (More than me)
Abm                       Gb
And no one ever will (No one ever will, yeah)

[Verse 2]
Abm               Gb
Is this just a silly game (Silly game)
Abm                Gb
That forces you to act this way? (To act this way)
Abm            Gb
Forces you to scream my name
Abm               Gb
Then pretend that you can't stay (Yeah)

[Ulangi Pre-Chorus]

[Chorus]
Bbm                                      Db
No matter how I think we grow
                 Ebm
You always seem to let me know
Abm                                                        Ebm
It ain't working (It ain't working, no), it ain't working
                Bbm 
And when I try to walk away
Am                        Abm
You'd hurt yourself to make me stay
                 B                                 Ebm
This is crazy, this is crazy (Oh, this is crazy, uh-huh)

[Verse 3]
Abm                        Gb
I keep letting you back in (You back in)
Abm                     Gb
How can I explain myself? (I don't understand why)
Abm                     Gb
As painful as this thing has been
Abm                          Gb
I just can't be with no one else

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Abm                           Gb
See I know what we've got to do (Yeah)
Abm                                     Gb
You let go (You let go), and I'll let go too (And I'll let go)
Abm                     Gb
Cause no one's hurt me more than you (No one's hurt me more than you)
Abm                 Gb
And no one ever will

[Kembali ke Chorus]

[Breakdown]
           Abm
(Care) Care for me, care for me

I know you care for me
               Ebm
(There) There for me, there for me

Said you'd be there for me
         Abm
(Cry) Cry for me, cry for me

You said you'd die for me
           Ebm
(Give) Give to me, give to me

Why won't you live for me?
               Abm
(Care) Care for me, care for me
                            G
You said you'd care for me
          Ebm
(There) There for me, there for me

Said you'd be there for me
             Abm
(Cry) Cry for me, cry for me
                             G
You said you'd die for me
             Ebm      
(Give) Give to me, give to me

Why won't you live for me?
               Abm
(Care) Care for me, care for me

You said you'd care for me
          Ebm
(There) There for me, there for me

Said you'd be there for me
           Ebm
(Cry) Cry for me, cry for me

You said you'd die for me

[Outro]
                                       Abm            Ebm
(Da, da, da, d-da, d-da) Where were you
                                      Abm              Ebm
(Da, da, da, d-da, d-da) When I needed you?
                                    Abm                 Ebm
(Da, da, da, d-da, d-da) Where were you?
                                        Abm          G         Ebm
(Da, da, da, d-da, d-da) You, you, you, you, you
                                         B                       Ebm
(Da, da, da, d-da, d-da) You, do, do, do, do, do, do, do

(Da, da, da, d-da, d-da) Do, do, do, do, do, do

(Da, da, da, d-da, d-da)