Repass

When I tell you I love you — I mean it.

Been out here fighting these curses and demons.

We ain’t loved in a minute…

But I’m still right here with it.

I’m sorry for the pain that I put you through,

I know I hurt you… yeah, you hurt me too.

But that ain’t love if it’s tit-for-tat,

Don’t move in spite — we deeper than that.

Love is pain —

A feeling I never wanna feel again.

But that same pain?

That love… it always finds a way back in.

Yeah, this life been testing me heavy…

They say pain makes you strong,

But it still don’t make you ready.

Lost too many, cried too much —

Still walking through the storm steady.

So when I say I love you — I mean it.

I don’t say it if I ain’t bleedin’.

My auntie didn’t make it…

My grandma used to spank me…

And granddad passed in his 80s.

I swear it felt like nobody ever loved me —

But my mama —

Even though she abandoned me.

Can’t talk to my family —

Ain’t no peace, just pain in the legacy.

No need to entertain the fuck shit —

They gossip and plot on the petty things.

Talkin’ like they speak truth

But all I hear is lies wrapped in envy.

Side-talkers and backstabbers,

Rattlin’ in they raps just to gain status.

Tatlin’ on the tracks, just for the clout —

But that clout’ll fade fast when the reaper come around.

Tryna build rep, off of fake respect —

’Til they say, “Damn… who was he with last?”

Now you didn’t make it…

And they only miss you at the repass

Yeah, this life been testing me heavy…

They say pain makes you strong,

But it still don’t make you ready.

Lost too many, cried too much —

Still walking through the storm steady.

So when I say I love you — I mean it.

I don’t say it if I ain’t bleedin’ it