Me
(专辑: When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold - 2008)
Yeah, the
child in the
mirror was homely So he learned early on how to switch into low key Little person, observant and accurate Grew the
skills to argue And the
passion to back it with Kick over the
blocks just to rebuild em Mom and pop used to pop, sound familiar? Daddy had to leave, but Mama kept hurting So he stepped up to help be an anchor and a
burden And right around the
same time Started noticing girls, but they wouldn't pay him any mind And if they ever did, he got nervous You should of seen him practice on his hand for his first kiss Even though he was too young to hunt and gather Hungry puppy had to learn how to front and swagger It didn't matter, it was all self-esteem At sixteen, you only needed one on your team And mom and dad was never getting back together So he was on some baby, "We gonna make it last forever" Basically married right out of high school Five years of getting high and fighting at a
drive-thru When he hit twenty-one, they made a
son But on his twenty-second birthday, the
relationship was done Now he's got a
best friend instead of a
wife But he feels like he stole the
best years of her life After that, it was one codependent to the
next A
lotta love, a
lotta hate and a
little bit of great sex Self-learning in between the
self-loathing Strangled in a
cycle, can't feel yourself choking Some of them would overlap, some of them would double-back None of 'em deserved to be exposed to all the
trouble that he posed Strike one? Not even out of fear He don't even do rough sex, you bite him and he's out of here Make no mistake he puts the
man in manipulate And he's attracted to the
women that reciprocate Y'all can kick karma 'til it's getting late Until Mama's little drama is the
topic of the
big debate And now a
days the
confidence is off the
page Cause women are attracted to that clown on the
stage He's only in town for a
handful of hours But Rapunzel wanna come down And dance in the
flowers Wanna make her smile? Wanna make her laugh? Wanna make up for the
mistakes in the
past? Wanna act like he doesn't know better If payback's a
bitch he'll be in debt forever Insecure, impatient Temporary gratification, self-validation That's what its made of it's all true And it's the
only reason that he's even talking to you Who? You can try to fix my broken wings You can know all the
words to the
songs I
sing But you don't need to know what's wrong with me Unless you think you gonna come home with me You can try to fix my broken wings You can know all the
words to the
songs I
sing But you don't need to know what's wrong with me Unless you think you gonna come home with me (Come here) You can try to fix my broken wings You can know all the
words to the
songs I
sing But you don't need to know what's wrong with me Unless you think you gonna come home with me