It seems like all our friends
Abruptly fell in love
And she was in the dust
Darling, life was streaming past
In the back room of the bar
In the backseat of my car
I'm the ending, she's the start
I'm sure that your heart's in the right place
I'm sure that you break more than I make
My mother says you're up your own arse
Like a stagehand at puppet show
If this is my last night with you
Hold me like I'm more than just a friend
Give me a memory I can use
Take me by the hand while we do
What lovers do
It matters how this ends
'Cause what if I never love again?
We could've had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside of your hand
And you played it to the beat
Everybody loves the things you do
From the way you talk to the way you move
Everybody here is watching you
'Cause you feel like home, you're like a dream come true
I had good intentions
And the highest hopes
But I know right now
It probably doesn't even show
Hello from the other side
I must've called a thousand times
To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done
But when I call, you never seem to be home
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love, both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a newborn baby, it just happens every day
I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
Sold in the market down in New Orleans
Scarred old slaver knows he's doing alright
Hear him whip the women just around midnight
I reach for me but I'm not there
It's so lonely but who cares
It's fine, it's okay
I'll die anyway
I hate the way my brain is wired
Can't trust my mind, it's such a liar
I can't be your midnight love
When your silver is my gold
I can't be your second best
Close but not your favorite
I keep going back for more
Where there's nothing from before
I can't stop staring at my face
My summer tan has begun to fade
Is this real or is this fake?
A creepy dream I can't escape
You put your hands under my shirt
Undid my bra and said these words
"Darling, you're so pretty, it hurts"
Y'all say I've changed, really though? How so?
Got all this bread, I'm still sourdough (sour tho')
Live by the gun, get bodied, or it's hella time in that cell
It was hella times where I failed
When I had to double back from them Ls
Bet he don't double back when he tell
'Cause it ain't no comin' back when you tell
Not to mention, I learned
How to turn resentment and hurt to an unquenchable thirst
In the simplest terms, it's revenge of the nerd
In every sense of the word
And I waited so patiently
If you could take off, don't wait for me
No days off, grind faithfully
I keep thankin' God for savin' me
Been so many timеs God tested me
Thеy only see the answers I got right
You weren't with me on the cold block nights
Now you front row for the spotlight
Now the diamonds in the Audemars bright
Jets overseas for a far flight
Now you see me standin' in the lights
But you never saw my sacrifice
Or all the nights I had to struggle to survive
Had to lose it all to win the fight
You wanna touch my body, I say you're not allowed
You wanna handle me, but I'm a bit too much
So a lot of this pain isn't healin'
No escapin' it, this anger is spillin'
Almost like recreatin' the feelin'
Of 911 when the second plane hit the buildin'
Bam, bam, bam! Hit after hit though
Rocks in my wrist, so I call 'em the Flintstones
It's the end of the month and the weekend
I'ma spend this check, everything on me
I'ma tip myself, I'ma spend it on myself
I'ma drop it like it's pouring, I'ma pour it on myself
Tell me what I wanna hear, I don't care
Whether you mean it or you don't, boy, I'm outta here
Say I'm mean, c'est la vie, like I don't share
You know I mean what I say, I'm loud and clear
You said it was over, you said it was over
But your clothes say different on my bedroom floor
You know I love it when the music's loud
But come on, strip that down for me, baby
Now there's a lot of people in the crowd
But only you can dance with me
But your love, it hit me hard, girl
Yeah, you're bad for my health
I love the cards that I've been dealt
Do you feel the same as well?
It's inevitable everything that's good comes to an end
It's impossible to know if after this we can still be friends, yeah
I know you're saying you don't wanna hurt me
Well maybe you should show a little mercy
Lovin' the way that she's turning you on
Switching the lanes like a Bugatti Sport
Nothing but luck that she got me involved, yeah
Flipping that body, go head, I go tails
I got dreams and I got time
But that ain't enough to get me by
So I stack it up, man, I gotta work for it
Yeah, I got money on my mind
We used to be lovin', touchin', kissin', f-
Like our lives depend on it
How we did get to lyin', cryin', always fightin'
Like our lives depend on it
I won't run the lights unless you're close behind
Really want to get there, let's be safe tonight
'Cause we both been drinking
Key unlocks the door, take you on the floor
Ra ra Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on
There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear
Threw it in my face, I'm on another flight
Girl at home, I ain't been living right
The little arguments always start the fight
I had to get away so I'm with you tonight
They publish the headlines and say the wrong things
Y'all treat your Lord and Savior like renters' insurance, you know what I mean?
I've been duckin' my friends, I've been stuck on my ends
Memories about people all in my head
First come to mind is my mama buyin' me Jordans
Are we really made equal? 'Cause everybody got plans
How I'm 'posed to act when my morals ain't respected?
How you 'posed to act when your feelings ain't protected?
I'm cashin' checks just to get some neck and some necklaces
What's next? War and turbulence, prayin' on this plane
Success, got a taste of it, never was the same
And you know he only love you when your pants off
I showed you light, I showed you grown man talk
All roads that lead to you as integral to me as arteries
That pump the blood that flows straight to the heart of me
I don't mean to show it on my face, babe
And I don't mean to wear it on my sleeve
But when we messed around
Suddenly my heart's what I've found
Boo, what you tryna prove? Can we just talk about it?
Got nothin' left to lose but you still walk around it
And I'm the one who chooses to still wonder 'bout you
I think I know the truth, but sometimes I doubt it
If I could build a man
Like, really build a man
He'd be smart enough to read my mind
When I'm hard to understand
Keeping me up like insomnia
But when we're done, I'm back in my car
We fit together but we're better apart
I been knowing you for long enough
Damn, I need you right now
You can take your time, don't have to rush
This might take us a while, yeah
I left all the doors unlocked and you said you're on your way
When you get here don't just say a word, got no time to play
Let me tell you how I'm feelin'
If you're a man, be a man, I'ma give you the world
You gon' have to wait a little
You gon' have to show me that you know my love is strong
