Where were you the night I called home? It felt real strange when no one answered the phone You told me, you'd never do me wrong, do me wrong But you can't explain why you stayed out all night long Was it something I said to you? What did I do to make you wanna leave? We tried our best, the very best our love could do Darling, there's nothing left for me to do I care, oh, I care for you Darling, I care for you, oh, I love you We told each other lies and we always tried Appealing to the softness just to survive I'm taking all I'm gonna take from you girl This love affair is tearing me apart Oh, you say over and over you're sorry All the while you're just laughing It's time for you to leave, yeah This is not the way I wanted our love to be Darling I care for you, you know I can't forget you girl no, no You, you, darling I care for you, I care for you girl Well you, I care, I can't, can't forget you, girl, no, no no I really care, yeah, yeah, for you, girl I think of all the times we spent together, girl Oh, we had so much fun, yes You don't know what you meant to me And how you made me feel Oh, the pain inside hurts so much girl You see I wanna say, baby Can I say, baby? I love you, no I care

Care, yes I do You know I care You know I care Uh, beautiful Black child, let's have a conversation Let's skip the contemplation Let's talk more about moderation and modern day shit Let's learn black love, take it back by the basis We ain't even gotta fake shit Beautiful black women, help me to make you stronger Help me to make me stronger Help though it takes me as long as clock on The wall to get my act right and me call her Help me to make you better, help me I'll take you farther All these insecurities play on your mind currently Dealt with pain durably And here I come inside of the bathroom Makin' it worse, blamin' you for the pain hurtin' me We need God urgently Lately I've workin' your feelings while on my workin' spree Lately I've been hurtin' your feelings meanwhile it's hurtin' me Maybe I've been all in my feelings, tryna get back to you Lately I've been mindin' my bidness, tryna get back at you Help me more to understand It's traumas in my past that make me talk loud and lash at you Sorry for the times my attitude mix with the status too We've been smokin' weed and gettin' drunk, and mixin' batter too Fuck all that status, I'm tryna get back the bag with you Beautiful Black mothers, you raised so many of us They built abortion clinics by your house to take you from us Beautiful Black fathers, I know your back against the wall You goin' hard but don't you let these people take you from us We thuggin' hard, niggas die in the summer Who gon' supply for our sons? Who gon' supply for our daughters? We can't leave it to section eight to provide like a father We can't leave our kids with these people decidin' the order Last time I checked nigga, we was decidin' the culture Last time I checked nigga, that's what decided the order Last time I checked nigga, we was controllin' the trend Same one that got white kids Tik-Tokin' and woah'ing again People been stealin' from us in blind sight White people payin' Black blogs to damage us And self-damage us on online sites Shade Room, y'all ain't hidin', twenty million followers So Black folk, you gotta be more positive Even though you're investors are white guys named Bryce Robins Is it worth exploitin' the Black culture For the measly a hunnid thousand dollars? Look Angelica, it ain't worth it You a Black queen that push your scene above the surface And we love you for that active drive and purpose But it's time you take that hunnid thou' reverse it Work it back into our communities, rehabilitate the unity Young Black women shinin', don't be confused by my lines Before you they up and tryna take 'em And reconfuse as some hatred, listen My Black child I'm sayin' this 'cause I love you But love ain't come with the lessons That's gon' leave life all above you The police gon' hate up on you, the government's never for you But you can rise all above it, as long as you keep your lovin' I say this just 'cause I care And I care for you, for you And I'm there for you, I'm there for you And I care for you, for you And I'm there for you, I'm there for you I was never good at school but smart enough to see the signs Behind the fuckery and lies of the system and how they try The grand plan is to separate us, tear us down, conquer divide The main plan was to have a Black man silenced And though of course we used our voice to override it They influenced us by usin' niggas Our color to talk 'bout drugs and violence inside 'em They made Black women talk more sex and less what they mind is 80's all the the 90's, like who the fuck is behind this? You awake to remind us, I equate to remind you Business they told you mind you, listen you ain't find your Self inside of this war, the devil dive in your door My Black, skinned, Christians, know the devil pry at your more My beautiful Black daughters, the ones who lash out in class Out of anger, that anger the fact they had no fuckin' fathers Or the ones they had, would touch their daughters We never knew 'cause they was quiet in school No one supports so many affection only came From fuck niggas that love in portions Or some older cats that never made love to f*ck, they forced it But it's the way that love was taught to you, shawty Nobody taught it, you gotta know that ain't your fault You tryna tear your mind comparin' yourself To someone who's brought up in family genes That means mother, father is present on family tree That mean you don't take all the blame 'cause they wasn't there That just means you a Black queen, who's life wasn't fair But God give unfair to the favorites None heirs to the hatred Tests that bring you faith when it's unclear what the fate is People talk 'bout your untamed hair, hey it's my favorite Dark skinned and light skinned Love you for what your shade is, it's Black Unapologetic and Afrocentric With enough curve and ass For me to not have to mention all of my apprehension With natural hair, you're fierce, they told you had to have extensions That was cappin' past the fiction Shawty you a whole ninth inning, championship When you battin' that shit'll past the fences You know I'm past attentive, let's make some last decisions My Black child I'm sayin' this 'cause I love you But love ain't come with the lessons That's gon' leave life all above you The police gon' hate up on you, the government's never for you But you can rise all above it, as long as you keep your lovin' I say this just 'cause I care And I care for you, for you And I'm there for you, I'm there for you And I care for you, for you And I'm there for you, I'm there for you

Hear me out Day follows day Light turns to Clay in my hands How to explain, So pristine the pain Kindness made The cut so Clean I still care for you I still care for you I still care for you Hear me out Wanted me to be Less your lover Than a mirror Can't you see What you mean to me? (Even promises may bleed) I still care for you I still care fore you I still care for you The hours grow Heavy, And hollow, And cruel as a grave Open Me and You'll find Only bones Burned to glass. I still care for you I still care for you I still care for you