Josh M. & Ben S. - This Was All For H.E.R lyrics

[Verse] It all started 'round the age of 12 I was the age of 12 I was left in a daze by the days from before the bells Hadn't yet known life, I was innocent to her spells But though the clock tries to tell time, it's definitely the time that tells We were riding 'round when Jeremiah had turned on the radio Hot 107.9, Katy Perry was playing, for You see, Jeremiah likes pop and I've popped him but it's his ears And mine hadn't had genre preference so whatever way it goes After Katy Perry played the next phase of my life It was local favorites and her voice was oh-so-nice Even Jeremiah gave it up for the real, but all on my mind Was a Wile E. Coyote blueprint of how I'd make her my wife Moriah turned 'round to find me with slack jaw, I asked her Where I could go to find more of this angel on wax Y'all see, Moriah's the music guru in the family And she told me "YouTube," I got home and locked myself in my room Of course, I had to let Jeremiah in so he could sleep But I went to sleep and all in my dreams was me dancing with shawty Moving her body like none you've ever seen Never ever never seen This ish was love, I mean, it must've had to be Went to school, was still drooling Her name was all I knew and her frame was all I'm doodling Wanted to be french poodling But I wasn't her only fan, though I was her only stan But have the school knew her so I would play it cool and that's the plan Started learning love songs and singing with her in mind Come to find I had myself a decent pair of pipes Performing for friends, no family I'm thinking family would judge Cause I idly sang one song in church and they told me, "don't cuss" I came across this contest for singing a hit you know If they dug your vibe, you could find yourself in the video Made my entry with haste, found out 'bout it on the last day And I still ain't heard a reply, not even to this day But I was dissatisfied singing of someone else's love And my English teachers always told me in cla** I ain't s** So I picked up a pencil and paper and wrote a couple poems And I don't know if you can feel a draft but, well, they were rough But enough was enough, so I persevered, kept it up Took what I could but left enough for another brother to follow You follow me? Tough-to-swallow soliloquy willing, but back to the scene I was starting to ball like Rondo or 'Ronto To wreck like raptors and, in this chapter, decided That I would no longer fight it I had a pair of pipes and I needed to shine the light, I Had a pair of pipes and the sparks had to be ignited I would put out one tape and you'd never hear me use my gift Ever again I would never meet my love, the hope was violent On my soul when I crushed it Penned the tape and recorded Unfortunately, I rushed it So it s**ed and it wasn't that much of nothing But during the process, I met Ben and Jacob And it's us three to this day, well, plus Dave And the 3rd grade crew but they don't count, you see I found out Ben and Jacob loved her as much as me And even though we couldn't all have her we bonded so naturally These two dudes taught me much about music as I've taught you Thought I'd take the time to thank 'em, so: Y'all rock, dudes Got to thinking, told Ben I wasn't digging my tape And as it turns out, his pops was a roll-n-rock guru So Ben had the equipment to make a hot new CD, if you'd seen me, you'd be screaming, cheering loud, too Ben sent me some beats and I thought of her when I wrote And we ended up making an EP dedicated to our muse During this time, I learned that all rap music Used to be about the love we had for this very same songstress Every track was a love song, every beat of the heart But soon it all fell apart, and she was replaced by long checks Then finally, I sent her the poems and I actually met her Still hadn't known her name, in fact Heart skipped a beat then it stopped Asked her for an autograph, and then a dance, and then her name Lips locked and she whispered her name: Hip hop