I claim to be a man of faith, I told her from the start a shame to say she has my heart and still I won't depart my art, it got me 'tween a rock and a brick wall and my journey to her's feelin like a game of Pitfall and all she wanna do is study english, law and history and I'm a mystery, a life with me's like a gypsy but I ain't Nipsey, I can't Hussle in the West cause the South is in my chest, and I don't wanna fly it's nest Lord, I'm young, gifted and black thanks for that, but help me sift through the facts, please with her on my team I'm feelin like a King findin' comfort in her Heat and we just want a couple rings but the thing? the throne's in my old Kentucky home and it need me more than us, I can feel it in our tone we ain't ready for the leap, maybe one day we'll be grown and step outside our comfort zone
[Kno]
You the apple of my eye before the seed was planted Proceed to vanish before I could even see the damage Beneath a sea of Zanax She provide the X, I provide the Y But why did she concede to panic? The plea that she demanded To her it seemed so even-handed I seen no advantage and so I'm screamin damnit Wish you could see Atlanta Wish you could see your Nana Wish you could see that I believed that we should be together But I did not protect you Cus I did not correct her I learned a lesson that I guess I didn't earn your presence Concern was ever-present If I could turn back the hands of time I'd return to find her on the 11th The day she seen the premise That if she left the clinic premises without your essence She'd relieve her stresses See we agreed that it's a woman's preference But if she loved me she'd have second-guessed it And now I keep sayin