Self Love - Queen Naija & Big Sean

Just because I (love you), yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, (Just because I love you), yeah Peel in my second whip Stealing, putting second hand kills in my residence Healed all my brethren with a seal, we can't let you in Medicine I put the effort in to still burn at effigy Odorous, I'm sober, just as lil as they letting me Mama, wipe your tears, I'm fighting titans, can't invite you here Poetic license veering from the mic, my chest too tight to steer Chess lessons, bloodletting, flood when the night is clear I ain't give a fuck 'til my lungs had to fight for air Glaring, staring numb, therapist had a life to spare Snatched me by the eye said I'ma fight whether I like or not And she told me reasons why, but that's the private part Burnt the midnight lighter Killed the drive in me to tie the knot My game slop but if I name-dropped you, you still got my heart Driving off Squeezing off the E-brake these days I can't talk to god just for my knees sake Long conversations to be had Wrong places wrong times and Strong patience I must add Soul weighted don't mistake expatiations for some sadness A strong face, a long race I'm unafraid to come in last Quarter tank and ounce of gas and I'm driving And it's just because I (love you) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Look, I'm back at it glad bags and flat backs a pack rat A crass habit crash flashing scratch that im past rapping I'ma show off In a scar competition Flaunting close calls when you cook you can't regress back to the store bought I hope you keepin' me in mind I hope you shakin' I hope you still analyzin' hard as I made you As hard as I make it love that I'm armed with broad and it's brazen Arguing with mom cause I'm always gone when i stay here She said it's just because I love you That I see you out here poisoning yourself and want it for you And I love you better than i love myself my fruit is spoiled And it's not a game I put it in your name I kinda told you And I nodded and I took it to the bank and I deposit And I dropped it and I looked into the mirror said "oh Mavi" You coarser and you closer the rhythm that's inside And I warped you in the interest of design It's just because i love you Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye Clasp the windows to my soul Smoke thicken grab my mental by the throat Mind sifting tides shift it's still cement around my toes Saran wrap around my pack i can't trust get hand to hand served w a hand behind my back They prayed for us, ain't heard the answer but my glance is in the stash It's growing handsome by the stack i self aggrandized in the past but now the sun talking Not sure of where i'm going but i'm blunt walking In life or in this hood so keep a look for 911 callers I fund loss 'cause i'm from loss You gut me then it's no love lost You spun me into crumbles fingers numbing from the bloodloss I've endured The moral of my story is I'm impure The horror in my story is I've been through it and i still do it And my pencil is in earnest the difference tween u hearing the new records from my service The medicine I'm burning turned my breath into a furnace Whole face hot Shoulders hold weight till i break pace and can't stop So baby i could change your life, if you let me Tryna eat ain't really crave a bite since gained insight from desi So i stay inside away from light Hoping that your prayers reach Loathing that i can't breathe Croaking when i can't speak Was open with my grandscheme You was either with me or in my way plow through standees We sprouting now we plant seeds You plant love love will grow You plant fear fear a grow If you planted me then me would grow But i was branded negro I got slanted before relegated to preshow I started with wine then to the clear then to the nino Then to everclear and never steering without prerolls And I just had the presets to preceptor me bro I bleed presence And preach lessons All for free too And I offer free smoke to any nigga behind a #MeToo 'Cause tell my niggas: we ain't free until she free too Tell my niggas: we ain't free until she free too Tell my niggas: we ain't free until she free too And tell my sisters: we ain't free until they free too Tell my niggas: we ain't free until she free too Today free too, to... we... too

Could you remind me what it's like to be the one you love Could you remind me what it's like to find the one you love I've been fighting so hard Tryna do this self love But it never feels enough Oh it must be so fun To be the one To be in love Oh it's just my luck It will never be enough Oh it's just my luck It will never be enough Think too much run too quick Oh it will never be enough Think too much run too quick Maybe Maybe I was younger I'd have longer to figure this out But my time is gone now To let this go I gotta let love flow Oh it's just my luck It will never be enough Oh it's just my luck It will never be enough Think too much run too quick Oh it will never be enough Think too much run too quick Could you remind me what it's like to be the one you love You could be the one you love You could be the one Could you remind me what it's like to be the one you love You could be the one you love You could be the one Could you remind me what it's like to be the one you love Could you remind me what it's like to be the one you love Think too much run too quick Oh it will never be enough Think too much run too quick Oh it will never be enough Could you remind me what it's like to be the one you love You could be the one you love You could be the one

Oh, oh, oh, ooh Yeah, ayy, ayy It gets so hard to tell Who's really here for me Who's really down for me Or who just down for the ride So many issues of switchin' sides I just cannot identify My, heart has a funny way of lettin' people in I swear it's never my intentions Always missin' all the signs that God be givin' Never find out the truth until the endin' That they pretend (oh), that they pretend (oh, oh) Please don't pretend with me, yeah (yeah, yeah) Just keep it real with me, just keep it real (oh, ooh-ooh) Don't play pretend (ooh, ooh, ooh, oh) Don't play pretend Please don't pretend with me, yeah (oh, oh, oh) Just keep it real, just keep it real (oh, oh) They say that I'm weak, they say that I'm way too naive Always tryna see, see the good in everybody (see the good in everybody) You would probably think disappointments would've stopped me Love just keep on bleedin', I know that God still got me The reality hits, and I'm not to expect people to give what I give Or think how I think, all I know my love it could be too much for some of you To love the way I do Don't play pretend (no, no) Please don't pretend (no, no, oh) Please don't pretend with me, yeah Just keep it real with me, just keep it real (just keep it real with me, yeah) Don't play pretend (don't, no) Don't play pretend (don't, no) Please don't pretend with me, yeah Just keep it real with me, just keep it real I can't help it that my heart's so big Constantly let people in I love without a motive (love without a motive) I just givin' and I give (oh, ooh whoa, oh, oh) But I need somethin' tangible Somethin' I can hold onto A relationship I can feel Somethin' real (yeah, yeah), somethin' real (yeah), somethin' real Don't play pretend Don't play pretend (no, no) Please don't pretend with me (no, no, oh) Just keep it real with me, just keep it real Don't play pretend (don't) Please don't pretend (don't play) Please don't pretend with me, yeah (please don't pretend) Just keep it real, just keep it real (woo, ooh, don't play pretend, yeah) Don't play pretend (no, no) Don't play pretend (no, no) Please don't pretend with me, yeah Just keep it real with me, just keep it real

Lookin' in my rearview mirror and I see tears I see all my fears And what was I afraid of? Everything I'm made of It's why I'm here (oh) Many long sleepless nights Didn't feel I could survive Felt like I had broken wings, I couldn't fly Doubt and worry fill my mind Eyes blurry like I was blind And now I see that the struggle was beautiful Beautiful (beautiful) Beautiful, it was beautiful (beautiful) It was all meant for the good, it was for my good And I thought it was for my bad (for my bad) Tell me who in the world imagined that Every heartache and headache and mistake (oh) Leave you where I'm at (leave you where I'm at, oh) Now I'm lookin' out of my window (window) Free as a leaf when the wind blows (wind blows) Only happy tears on my pillow (pillow) I can see the sky, no more below us I got joy, I got strength I got peace and happiness I won't forget I remember the struggle was beautiful Beautiful (beautiful) Beautiful (beautiful) It was beautiful (beautiful) Beautiful, beautiful (beautiful) Beautiful (beautiful) It was beautiful (beautiful) Beautiful, I'm beautiful I'm beautiful, I'm beautiful (beautiful) I'm beautiful, I'm beautiful I'm beautiful, I'm beautiful I'm beautiful, I'm beautiful I'm beautiful, I'm beautiful I'm beautiful, I'm beautiful I'm beautiful, I'm beautiful

Troy Taylor, you the GOAT How can I ever win, if I keep on lettin' you back in over and over again? And how will I ever heal, if I keep allowin' you to control how I feel? You drainin' my energy, how the f- is you my protector but killin' me inside? 'Cause boy you stay killin' my vibe, why you wastin' my time? Can't lie I knew from the first time Tellin' me you mine I knew you had problems, I thought I could solve 'em But now I know for sure, you need something more Tried to give you everything I had in me and more You should go love yourself You should go get some help I'ma just love myself Maybe we both need help You should go love yourself (yourself) You should go get some help (help) I'd rather love myself (myself) Maybe we both need help Maybe we both need help The things that you say, they can ruin my day, I don't know why I let it Got me thinkin' that I am the problem but maybe it's you bein' careless You say I'm needy (oh), when I want affection (oh) You gon' f- around (oh), and miss out on your blessings (oh, oh) Yeah, you got the right plan but the wrong bi- Turn-turn me to a savage, shoot to kill and I won't miss (Keep on playin' with me) I gave you my heart and you just took advantage (took advantage) You took away the effort and you had it damaged (had it damaged) I'm the one to blame because I let it happen You projected all your issues on to me and Now I'm insecure, I need something more Tried to give you everything I had in me and more You should go love yourself (yourself) You should go get some help (help) I'ma just love myself (myself) Maybe we both need help You should go love yourself (yourself) You should go get some help (help) I'd rather love myself (ooh, whoa, oh-oh) Maybe we both need help I'd rather love myself 'Cause you don't know how to love me The way I wanna be loved And I can't make you into someone that I want you to be Your issues are too deep, 'cause your issues are way too deep Way too deep, way too deep Way too deep, way too deep