Bands (Ba-ba-Bando on da beat) Off-top… yeah… yeah… yea… BANDO-FLOW… READY, SET, GO! I been trying not to lose myself… (lose myself) Everybody say they love you till you really need some help… Then they disappear I got pain I never talk about, Shit I keep inside Everybody wants the real me, But don't wanna see what's behind my eyes u don't love me, that's ok that's ok, I still get down on my knees and pray, I pray. Maybe one day all this shit gon' change, gon' change, Maybe real love find its way back again someday. Ain't no love, ain't no trust, I don't know what to believe, Every time I open up, somebody takes a piece of me. Real love got old, real love died, So I put my heart on ice just to keep that bitch alive Just to keep that bitch alive… Move, lil' bitch, get out my way, Miss me with that hate, hoe, I ain't got shit to say. You mad? Well, I'm glad—go and do something positive, Take care of your kids, get your shit together, bitch. (Damn!) Everybody chasing looks, everybody chasing validation, Fake ass, fake love, fake conversations. Everybody got a mask, everybody got an angle, Everybody screaming "real" but ain't nobody wanna handle Accountability—nah, everybody dodging that, Pointing at the next motherfucker like, "I'm not that." I ain't saying I'm perfect, I got demons of my own, But I learned that throwing blame ain't gon' fix what you broke. Babies raising babies, shit is getting vicious, Everybody talking loud, ain't nobody fucking listening. Blind leading blind, tell me where the hell we headed? World losing its mind and somehow I'm expected To smile through the bullshit, act like everything's okay, When half the people love you only when you got something to give away. So I keep my circle small, keep my heart behind a gate, 'Cause the minute you get vulnerable, they mistake it for weakness (Yeah…Ba-ba-Bando) Tried N I tried… Yeah, I fucking tried… Gave my heart too many times, Now I barely recognize the guy inside… Inside…inside Y'all don't love me, that's okay, that's okay, I still get down on my knees and pray, I pray. Maybe one day all this shit gon' change, gon' change, Maybe real love find its way back again someday. Ain't no love, ain't no trust, I don't know what to believe, Every time I open up, somebody takes a piece of me. Real love got old, real love died, So I put my heart on ice just to keep that bitch alive. Never ever thought I'd say I don't believe in love, But every time I gave my heart, somebody fucked it up. They tell you "trust me," then they show you why you shouldn't, Say they really understand you when they never really could. "How much you gonna tax me?" Bitch, please, what the fuck? If the only thing you bring is your body, that's not love. Don't try to manipulate me just to get what you want, I done learned every little trick, every game, every stunt. You act like you ain't the problem— That's the fucking problem. No accountability, but somehow I'm the one that's toxic. Everybody wants forgiveness, nobody wanna change, Everybody wants the sunshine, nobody wanna stand in rain. And I ain't chasing no bitch, I ain't begging for attention, If you leave, then leave—I'm not forcing your affection. I'd rather sleep alone with peace inside my chest Than lay beside somebody who don't love me at their best. (Fuck it…) Maybe I'm too guarded… Maybe life made me this way… Y'all don't love me, that's okay… (That's okay…) I still get down on my knees and pray… (Lord, I pray…) Maybe one day all this shit gon' change… (Please change…) Maybe I can feel real love again someday… Ain't no love… ain't no trust… I don't know what to believe… Every time I open up… Somebody takes a piece of me… Who do I blame for all this pain? Who do I blame for all this rain? Who do I blame for going insane? Who do I blame for not being the same? I buried so much shit inside, But that shit never really died. Thought I put it in the grave, Then it came back late at night. Pride sitting on my shoulder, pain sitting in my chest, I'm a man, so I learned to hide whatever hurt me best. Ten toes on the ground even when my legs shake, I done smiled through situations that could've made my heart break. (Ba-ba-Bando..It's only me on my team) Sometimes I wanna scream, Sometimes I wanna disappear, Sometimes I need somebody just to tell me, "I'm here." But I don't say that shit— 'Cause vulnerability gets weaponized, So I swallow every tear and put the pain into these lines. That's why this shit sounds different, I ain't rapping—I'm bleeding. Every word came from a place That I never let you see in So I talk to God when nobody else answers, Ask Him why the good hearts always seem to get damaged. They tell me "catch the signs," But how the fuck I catch 'em when I'm walking through the darkness Trying to find where the path went? Jesus Christ, (Jesus) is and is about the only one I trust.(And Do) (Ba-Ba-Bando7) Palm Beach raised I've been gritty since a jit, Life aint Shit Bitch remember the name. (Ba-Ba-BANDO-BANDO!)
