[Verse 1] Michael Connelly reminded me with Echo Park Of days of hoppin' on the metro, when they let those spark Back when I collected retro art And since then many a dearly departed God bless they heart God bless they hearts Harder living in Kane Where the sun and the rain became one in the same I took it as a lesson I was still learnin' I'm still the will of the '84 torch burnin' I been through heartbreaks to breakups to makeups to broke again Not back again, my soul on the rope again Took the jacket off and saw blood on my sleeves When you wear your heart there, this the puddle it leaves (I don't need love) It's the rebuttal of thieves And chicks with crooks like you, so what'll it be? She steal your heart, now she runnin' the streets Don't need the pain, man, troublin' me
[Hook] I don't need love I don't I don't need love Need love, need love I don't need love I don't need love I don't need love Need love
[Verse 2] While Kanye was chasing spaceships all over the nation I was at the gravesite, face on the pavement Left College Dropout, first flight racing From Scranton, Pennsylvania on a prop plane praying Heart 'bout to pop out my chest in Pittsburgh Paranoid in first class, heard a voice, "Whisper" (Real talk) Just touched back in LAX And my phone starts buzzin' to 1000 texts Out the gate and runnin' like I'm motorless I Still Love You explained if you don't know the rest I would say that's when love became an issue Anybody treated me good, that's when I diss you A certain chick who caught the bad end of the stick And through thin and thick I still miss you I've trashed every girl I've had since Warm heart, cold mind is absent Imagine I don't need love anymore I need pressure Pain, my veins feelin' so electric Blue in the skin, choosin' my sin 'Til the same sins doin' me in I don't need love
[Hook] I don't need love I don't I don't need love Need love, need love I don't need love I don't need love I don't need love Need love