Track 4: "Us Girlz" (Covenant)

Mary J. Blige / Faith Evans Mid-Tempo Hip-Hop Soul

Verse 1: We were young and we were running Didn't know what we were building yet California nights and crazy dreams Three women with no safety net We started something called Us Girls Didn't know how far that name would go Just knew when I was with my people Something in me said This is how you grow

Pre-Chorus: You weren't just my friends You were my foundation When I had nothing but a vision And a prayer You showed up anyway Every single season That's not friendship That's a covenant That's rare

Chorus: You were the wind beneath everything Every time I tried to fly You were already there Holding me up Before I even knew I needed the air I couldn't tell my story Without telling yours Because every door I walked through You helped me find the door My wind My covenant My everything That's what you are

Verse 2: We walked into Nashville Like we owned the room Four Black women And a girl with a voice That could move the moon Met Clive Davis Sat with Prince All of it because we believed In each other first Before the world believed in us Before we had proof

Pre-Chorus: You never asked me to be perfect You just asked me to be real When I was hiding behind Natalie You still knew how Leslie feels Through the building and the burning Through the marriage and the end You held space for who I really was My partners My sisters My friends

Chorus: You were the wind beneath everything Every time I tried to fly You were already there Holding me up Before I even knew I needed the air I couldn't tell my story Without telling yours Because every door I walked through You helped me find the door My wind My covenant My everything That's what you are

Bridge: The book has your names in it Because the story doesn't work without you The veterans got served Because you showed up The Fellowship is rising Because thirty years ago Three girls made a promise In the dark And kept it Us Girls We always were We always will be Us Girls

Final Chorus: You were the wind beneath everything Every time I tried to fly You were already there Holding me up Before I even knew I needed the air I couldn't tell my story Without telling yours Because every door I walked through You helped me find the door My wind My covenant My everything That's what you are That's what you'll always be My wind My covenant

Outro: Thirty years Us Girls Still building Still covenant Still wind I love you both This one's for you