Lauryn Hill - Interlude 2 (MTV Unplugged) lyrics

Can I get some of that tea? Some of that tea... I know I sound raspy, but that's, hey, I used to go on tour, you know, and I'd be a prisoner. I used to be a prisoner on tour, cause I would go on tour, and tour you're supposed to enjoy and have a good time, but I'd be this prisoner in a hotel, you know, drinking tea and, you know, telling the children, you know, "Mommy has to sleep" cause I wanted to maintain this, you know, immaculate sounding voice, but that's not realistic. You know, reality is, sometimes I stay up late, and this is what I sound like when I wake up the next day, and you know, it's a voice. You know, and to me, the more I, uh, I focus less on myself the more I realize I can be used to spread a message.Cause when I'm, I used to be so, oh my God, if I sound harsh and raspy I can't go out there. And that's a lie, you know, I just sound like a singer with a lot of stuff in her throat. So... I told the people at MTV that they got to light me better. If not people are going to keep saying, "who's that boy on stage, who's that little boy?" Okay, we just finishing tuning. Okay, let's see what's up