I met a man walking home the other day The brother told me Wish I could do it all over again 'Cause now I see Don't love you back Don't love you back Don't love you back Don't love you back Don't love you back Tryna stay focused on tomorrow Live within my mean, paying portions, I don't borrow So I gave my whole life to it Could've put a knife through it, should've been the life moving Had the pa**ion as a kid, rapping was the pa**ion Craft the magic with a pen I guess my burden was the verbiage sponsored links Writing verses, never learning and burn the purpose till it's perfect Sometimes I wish I never heard finessing, bar code flowing Hit the studio with Chris My moms understand, my daughter's too young Maybe momma's too dumb Really just surviving, my head above the water, I guess it's all just timing Feeling all seems nice till you lose everything and reevaluate your life I met a man walking home the other day The brother told me Wish I could do it all over again 'Cause now I see Don't love you back Don't love you back Don't love you back Don't love you back Don't love you back Love all, trust a few Put my heart in every verse, soul in everything I do Lost friends over time Hard growing up with folks to leave 'em all behind Yeah, never being home My daughter's getting big, I feel I'll never see her grow That's the sacrifice I make, tryna tell a story, hope the sacrifice repays
I mean nobody ever told me, learnt on my own 'cause nobody ever showed me At home they talking about I made it now I feel boxed in, hoping that I'll make it out I'm not from Harlem, I'm not from Compton I'm from Oklahoma City rotten, tryna get it popping Tryna please everybody, I never do enough, yo, I'm never good at nothing I met a man walking home the other day The brother told me Wish I could do it all over again 'Cause now I see Don't love you back Don't love you back Don't love you back Don't love you back Don't love you back They saying love don't cost Tryna get a refund from the love that you bought Everything happens for a reason They're all just happy dreams, happy when you sleeping Spent life tryna blow 'Cause struggle's real life and hip hop is just a show One time for Kris Kross, pissed off 'cause when you gone All they do is play a song Somebody said I'm dope, my homies said no They support me but they don't Probably wouldn't talk if I didn't rap We hardly ever talk, what kind of friendship is that? Wish I had the heart to tell 'em, believe in me, give me my flowers while I can smell 'em One time for Kris Kross, pissed off 'cause when you gone All they do is play a song Don't love you back Don't love you back Don't love you back Don't love you back Don't love you back