Baby, write this down, take a little note to remind you in case you didn't know, Tell yourself I love you and I don't want you to go, write this down. Take my words, read 'em every day, keep 'em close by, don't you let 'em fade away, So you'll remember

How long can this go on Tell me what is wrong And maybe there's a way That we can work it out There must be some kind of way That we can make it right But I, I just can't do it all Without you, without you Hey you, wake up, get yourself together

Don't second guess yourself Straight up They say the government mislead the youth, youth, youth (Tell 'em when you went to the park and everybody came back and) And welfare don't mean well for you, you, you, you (What about when you tried to do a side

Show yourself Lose yourself You're not as safe as far as I can tell And I can tell Only you can save yourself Soon this will all be a distant memory Or could this dream be real at all? Stars align

I’ll take care of you 'Cause I’ve loved and I’ve lost Know you’ve been hurt by someone else I can tell by the way you carry yourself If you let me, here’s what I’ll do I’ve had mine, you’ve had yours, we both know I've loved and I've lost I’ve asked

Under the weight of living The weight of living The weight of living, the weight of living You're under the weight of living You are under the weight of living Do you like the person you've become, or (Tell yourself this is how it's going to be) All that

Loving you is complicated I place blame when you still Place shame when you steal Feel like you ain't shit Feel like you don't feel, confidence in yourself Breakin' on marble floors Watchin' anonymous strangers tellin' me that I'm yours But you ain't

You're just a fool Just a fool To believe you can change the world Don't listen to them when they say Or do you tell yourself Love is alive What'cha gonna do with the thirty six cents Sticky with coke on your floorboard When a woman on the street is

I've paid for your mistakes Your time is borrowed No, no more sorrow Your time has come to be replaced Thieves and hypocrites! Your time has come to be replaced! Are you lost In your lies? Do you tell yourself "I don't realize"?

Take a look around the world Don't tell your man what you don't do right Not tell him all the things that make you cry But check yourself for your own shit / shame And don't be making love like it's always You see such bad things happening There are many