Ooooooaaahh, ooohh yea
  Oooooh, aaliyah
  Every once in awhile
  I see her smile
  It turns my day around
  Girl with those eyes
  Could stare through the lies
  And see what your heart was saying
    [CHORUS:]
  Think of Aaliyah
  Laugh, don't cry
  I know
  She'd want it that way
  Hey yea
  When ya think of Aaliyah
  Laugh, don't cry
  I know
  She'd want it that way
    Ooooooh
  Friend of a friend
  Friend 'til the end
  That's the kind of girl she was
    Taken away
  So young
  Taken away
  Without a warning, oh
    [CHORUS:]
  (Think of Aaliyah, oooh)
  Laugh, don't cry
  (I know)
  She'd want it that way
  (Hey yeah)
    (When ya') think of Aaliyah, (oooh)
  Laugh , don't cry
  (I know)
  She'd want it that way
    Whoa
  I know you, (I know )
  And your here, (and your here)
  In every day we live, (day that we live, day we live)
  I know her, (I know her)
  And she's here, (and I know that she's still here)
  I can feel her when she sings, (ooohhh)
    [2ND CHORUS:]
  Aaliyah, (Aaliyah)
  Where are you now
  (Are you far away from here)
  (Far away), far away
  I don't think so,(I tell you I don't think so)
  I think your here
  Yea
  Taking our tears away,
  [Shawn] Taking our tears (away)
    (Think of Aaliyah)
  (Laugh, don't cry)
  (I know )
  (She'd want it that way), she'd want it that way, (hey yea)
  (When you think of Aaliyah)
  (Laugh, don't cry) yeah, don't cry, don't cry
  (I know)
  (She'd want it that way), she'd want it that way
  (Well I know)
  She'd want it that, (want it that way)
  (Aaliyah)
  (Aaliyah)
  (Aaliyah)
  I know
  She'd want it that way
  (Aaliyah)
  (Aaliyah)
  (Aaliyah)
  I know
  She'd want it that way
  (Aaliyah)