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Artist: Ariana Grande
Track: needy

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If you take too long to hit me back
I can't promise you how I'll react
But all I can say
Is at least I'll wait for you
Lately I've been on a roller coaster
Tryna get a hold of my emotions
But all that I know
Is I need you close

And I'ma scream and shout for what I love
Passionate but I don't give no fucks
I admit that I'm a lil' messed up
But I can hide it when I'm all dressed up
I'm obsessive and I love too hard
Good at overthinking with my heart
How you even think it got this far?
This far

And I can be needy
Way too damn needy
I can be needy
Tell me how good it feels to be needed
I can be needy
So hard to please me
I know it feels so good to be needed

Sorry if I'm up and down a lot (yeah)
Sorry that I think I'm not enough
And sorry if I say sorry way too much
You can go ahead and call me selfish (selfish)
But after all this damage I can't help it (help it)
But what you can trust, is I need your touch

I'ma scream and shout for what I love
Passionate but I don't give no fucks
I admit that I'm a lil' messed up
But I can hide it when I'm all dressed up
I'm obsessive and I love too hard
Good at overthinking with my heart
How you even think it got this far?
This far

And I can be needy
Way too damn needy
I can be needy
Tell me how good it feels to be needed
I can be needy
So hard to please me
I know it feels so good to be needed
Full Lyrics and Meaning
Genius Meanings
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Genius Hebrew Translations - תרגום לעברית – Ariana Grande - needy (תרגום לעברית)
המקור בשפה האנגלית כאן The original version in English here
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Genius Deutsche Übersetzungen – Ariana Grande - needy (Deutsche Übersetzung)
[Deutscher Songtext zu „needy“] / [Strophe 1] / Wenn du zu lange brauchst um mir zurück zu schreiben / Kann ich dir nicht versprechen, wie ich reagieren werde / Aber alles was ich
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Genius Russian Translations (Русские переводы) – Ariana Grande - needy (Русский перевод)
[Перевод песни Ariana Grande — «needy»] / [Куплет 1] / Если будешь слишком долго не отвечать мне / Я не смогу обещать тебе, как отреагирую / Но всё, что я могу сказать, это то, что
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