Boi-1da - Love For You lyrics

[Produced by Boi-1da] [Intro: Joe Budden] Just gotta get these thoughts off real quick See I'm a thinker, it's like thinking sh** It's when you got.. You sittin' there reflectin', thinkin' sh** I peep it though [Verse 1: Joe Budden] Look, you liked me better before you knew my history Before you knew who I was That's when reachin' our potential felt likely Nobody like me Besides see if I stop bein' who I am I'm straight to it, who I might be But you gotta look inside each song That's where I proved it was really in sight all along Bear it all so the privacy gone Grab the pen, sit down and write these wrongs Just how I right these wrongs, but look You liked me better when I spoke usin' censorship Before you knew I was really insensitive That was back when it was you and me Then curiosity k**ed you, you had to Google me Now I won't call the headlines a liar Some are true and some are false, that's for y'all to decipher But look, on rare occasions some of what they say'll bother me I liked it better when the 'Net was still a novelty Cause now people who ain't found themselves Get an outlet, yet don't know how they sound themselves They like me better when I'm silent and don't have an opinion Pretendin' to blend in like I'm a minion Say if Joe keep talkin' that sh**, he'll get him shot But if rappers can't tie my shoes, how can I not? Thought I had my city's support, I couldn't believe Jersey City liked me better when I couldn't leave I take it back, that ain't set in stone They moreso had weapons drawn cause I left alone I liked it better when I had nothin' to lose The days when I felt like I had somethin' to prove sh**, even for me that's unusual If you don't give a f** then who you gotta prove it to? Just the world that I was born in You gotta learn to form wins against the storm wind They like me better when I f**in' never call again Without it, they don't know what type of box I belong up in They like me better without reality television Guess they didn't need to witness the hell I was livin' In my shoes, you too would seal a fate Poppin' 20 pills a day, somebody gon' feel a way And so these hoes just to pa** time After the past time, they don't even pa** my mind You liked me better way before you got lied to But that don't really matter when you want me inside you Your friends sayin' leave, they don't know that you tried to You can't speak to them, I'm the n***a you cry to I liked it better when nobody ever heard of me 'Fore pop had to get that knee surgery Guess that effected his bladder So when Jackie called me nothin' else really mattered Was scared, sounded frantic, i ain't want no parts of that Said the ambulance came, might be a heart attack Was leavin' work nearly cryin' on the phone I'm in rush hour traffic, just seen you dyin' alone Look, I just pictured all the places that we never went All the texts that were never sent All the words we never spoke Time we never shared, rewind so we can repair Such an inspiration, all the holes that you dug through Then you got released, God was watchin' above you I'm thinkin' you healin', I don't wanna disrupt you So I'm right back to never tellin' you that I love you And I don't wanna act that way If I take somethin' for granted, I don't wanna give it back that way Forreal, that's how sh** get lost, let me chill I like it better when I'm not talkin' over my thoughts, now listen [Hook: Emanny + Joe Budden] I've done been down, been down, it's all for you How you feelin' out there? And I don't wanna get in your way How everybody doin', alright? Get you somethin' to drink And I don't wanna get in your way Get you somethin' to smoke, get you somethin' to light up Whatever your vice is, we here though This love is all for you That sh** don't be for everybody, man This love is all for you [Verse 2: Joe Budden] Now the singers wanna rap, the rappers wanna sing Personally I liked it better back when rappin' was a thing Cause now if you wanna get the high notes When that hook come, you gotta hit the high notes The label wanna sell singles I'm sellin' a story and that'll just taint the message Bad marriage, we ain't got the same objective Still I'm here cause real n***as in the game respect it Look, they like it better when I let 'em live rent free I never knew that once it stopped we'd be enemies And though I come off as heartless, n***a In spite of yourself, got love for you regardless, n***a Now listen, I liked you better when you wasn't in the spotlight Was too addicted to it, said some sh** was not right So when you work so much I couldn't complain 'Til I learnt she was gateway escapin' from the pain The strippers talk to me like I'm their therapist That scares the good girls away, don't know the hell I get Whatever thoughts you contrive, I can't help you with But you've been tossin' it for a year and I derail the sh** I'm self made, I don't do what I'm told The type that needs free reign, to be out of control Forreal, cause when that's gone I'm lost, let me chill I like it better when I'm not talkin' over my thoughts, word [Hook: Emanny + Joe Budden] I've done been down, been down, it's all for you Y'all don't understand me I don't think they get it though And I don't wanna get in your way Don't know why you don't apply like, our experiences and sh** And I don't wanna get in your way To like, my experiences with other people Said his love is all for you This love is all for you