[Intro: gage]
Amy was also strangely into rap
And towards the end of her life told Salaam Remi "I can't help but keep writing gangster rap, like Wu-Tang sh*t"
Just so you know
This for you, Amy!
[Verse 1, 1st half: gage]
This what you wanted, ain't it?
The pain of crushin' and brushin' off all the pics we painted
Complain and say it was overrated and complicated
Then later contemplate and cut ties to the love we tainted
But sh*t, we almost made it
Time to burn rubber, you spurned a cold lover
Turns out you only learn to turn hate to more trouble
I fell for you the hardest
Blame the starving heart of an artist partially marred by cold remarks and taking charge
[Verse 1, 2nd half: gage]
When you leavin' me, its hard to let you go
But when I'm leavin' you, you never show how hard it is to be on your own
And it's 'cause you gave your heart on loan
You not tryna love, you tryna waste my time
Maybe I should find myself another guy
We've been on the rocks and we can't deny
But I think I crossed a line
[Hook: gage]
If you still care, then it didn’t mean a thing to me
But if you don’t, it was over ‘fore I did a thing
Don’t make me love him when I should be loving you
Don’t make me love him when I should be loving you
[Verse 2: Eli Arbor]
Ain't this what you wanted?
A relationship for you to flaunt and sh*t?
The way I painted you taught me to see my world was different
In the midst of commitment, we ignored eviction
From our homes built from stones that we threw
Eyes on the prize, kept my mind off of you
Mind in the sky, far underfoot
House into ash now we yearn under soot
And I'm nose-blind to the smell of your sh*t
But we was rosebuds when our petals was clipped
Now it's heavy brush strokes on the canvas
Your new man, gettin' tired of his antics
But sh*t, when I was with you I was thinkin' of her
Then you was thinkin' of him
My heart was startin' to heart
If you really had to know in the ether where my heart was at
Now I'm paintin' pictures of you hopin' I can draw you back
[Hook]