Artist: Joe Budden f/ Asiah
Album:  All Love Lost
Song:   Love, I'm Good
Typed by: Nickolye16@aol.com 

[Intro: Asiah]
I know what love is
I've grown up in a household full of love
But I just know if I know what it is in regard to a relationship
Why is it so hard to find?
Because when you're in love in a relationship, you guys have to compromise
You guys have to, kind of, concede to one another
And I don't think I've ever really done that for anybody
I've tried {*laughs*}
I'm just not very successful at it
Umm... why DON'T I know what love is?
Cause I'm just not there, I dunno
Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever really find it

[Joe Budden]
And it go, to my dear dearly departed
Shit's becomin all that I feared, here's where it started
Seems that nothin's as it appears, swear it's retarded
No wonder I get speared by my peers, yeah I'm a target
It used to +Take a Nation of Millions+ for niggaz not to be
+AmeriKKKa's Most+, gave America hope
Back when the music had a message in it, we was rebels against it
The best was intended to lessen the gimmicks
But now, y'all made a mess of it, and somebody gotta address this shit
Rakim would never wear a dress and shit
I'm not a pessimist to say I ain't impressed with it
Your hearing bad, you think it's alive, now that's the death in it
When it was all about bars, wanted to wedding it
Surround yourself with bullshit, you'll be liable to step in it
Came in with one objective, gettin it further
Now I'm watchin my first love die, witnessin murder
When Common stopped lovin ol' girl, what was he tellin me?
Cold world, now she won't dig you without a melody
Love nerds, used to be into niggaz with felonies
We need a new +President+, where the fuck is Eric B?
Or did my wordplay confuse her?
Now I see her with Young Thug and Future like what did you niggaz do to her?
Now, my generalization is this generation
The imminent state of this gentrification, desensitization
I call her, she in +Marvin's Room+, e'rything is awkward now
She moved more to south, deserted her New Yorker crowd
Met her with a +Kane+, she changed, prefer to +Walk it Out+
Stopped eatin meat when she heard I worked in a +Slaughterhouse+
Now she's a new dame glued to the fame
She used to hate accessorizin, now she's wearin +2 Chainz+
Relationship too strained, I don't know who to blame
When I tell her "You've changed", she say "Who would be the same?"
She right, cause this ain't the way we knew each other
Or do I face the fact that maybe we outgrew each other?
It took a while but that's finally understood
She wouldn't change if she could, I SWEAR if this is love, I'm good

[Chorus: Joe Budden]
Uhh, uhh, e'rything's changed, I could see it clear in fact
Starin at these four walls, angry that they starin back
Took a while, now it's finally understood
Would we change it if we could? I SWEAR if this is love, I'm good

[Interlude: Asiah]
Why is it so hard to find?
When you find the RIGHT love - is it really that difficult?
Why is everybody so fucked up out here?
Going somewhere, just waiting for you
Why is it so hard to find?
Maybe we don't really notice

[Joe Budden]
Look, I can't get with you at all, our issue is tall
You tied to every nigga now that dribbles a ball
Did I miss a red flag? You wasn't fickle before
I can't even ridicule y'all, that'd be a bitter resolve
Wan' talk about our history
I feel like e'rything you say is contradictory whenever you come visit me
I look at you and see remembrance, remnants
Plenty resentments, it's not you but there's resemblance
We diss each other all out of fun, shit amuses me
You threaten e'ry girl that I'm with, that just confuses me
Say you want kids real soon, now that's abuse to me
And I just write about it in song, you're like a muse to me
I wanna ask you where you see yourself in five years
How you goin about that, like what's the verdict?
I wanna ask if you ever replay the past over
And if you do, when you finished is it worth it?
I wanna ask if we love each other so much
How do we cause each other so much pain?
Still in all in each others' lives we've remained without a claim
I know some'll call that clinically insane, how do we remedy the games?
Was once enemies and then that energy refrained
Wasn't meant to be, the synergy had us mentally drained
Minimally sprained, so relentlessly he aims
Despite when you said you could never depend on me again
Uhh, still we're here as if none of this had ever taken place
Are we checkin to see if someone's takin our place?
As we front like we're takin up space
I think currently the current we is makin our case
But for what? Would that just seal it again?
Did it all hurt so much? Do we wanna feel it again?
I doubt it, took a while, still nothin's understood
Would we change it if we could? I SWEAR if this is love, I'm good

[Chorus]

[Interlude: Asiah]
Love is that type of shit that makes you crazy
Kinda hits you, at the last minute
Man I keep thinkin it's supposed to
Just angry

[Joe Budden]
Look, I can see the pain in your eyes, I wanna fix it
But all your words are fuelin my pride so I'm dismissive
You think I wan' sit in this courtroom, talkin supervised?
Scrutinized by suit and ties? You a lie
You could cry, the conditions of you and I, I can't escape it
E'ry lie she told you over the years I'm face-to-face with
Now they've manifested, you overwhelmed and congested
But feelin neglected, I gotta respect it
I can't explain to your so young brain, since our first exchange
you've been kept from me; used against as weaponry
And as much as I hate her, I'd never downplay your mother like that
For you to judge her like that
Just a lesson later on that you'll discover like that
We not alone in this process, no it's others like that
But you spew these sly remarks like, "Why are we here?
Like why are you near? Like why do you care? How I dispair?"
I gotta eat that, see you got a grudge lil' nigga
We flesh and blood lil' nigga, no ifs ands or buts lil' nigga
You could think your dad is nuts, lil' nigga
I'm talkin to you cause you came out of my NUTS, lil' nigga
That's my stance on the matter, I won't budge lil' nigga
And I'll tell that to your mother and the judge lil' nigga
At our next court date, you gon' see that it's true
Funny, my condescendin ways, I kinda see 'em in you
Mannerisms when I'm annoyed, yep I'm seein that too
I'm smilin, admirin genes, I kinda think that it's cute
I was you 20 years ago when pop popped up but nothin like you
Sad how life'll recycle a cycle
You missin intel only a dad can give
Can't expect you to understand, this doesn't matter to a kid
And since, our situation's not understood
I would fix it if I could, I SWEAR if this is love, I'm good

[Chorus]

[Outro: Asiah]
I'm not really sure what love is
I know what they say it is in Corinthians
Love is patient, love is kind, et cetera, et cetera
I'm just not sure I agree with all that bullshit
Love is relative to whomever it stems from
If the seed is weak how could the love be strong?
Maybe we should all just stop looking and let it come find us
How can love not be prideful when that's all the giver of it knows?
Heh, how about I just don't fuckin know?
Maybe we'll all just keep fucking each other up
until somebody finally figures it out
Or we kill each other trying
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I don't know, we'll see