If I Loved Me Songtext
If I loved myself, I wouldn't put the habits above myself
I wouldn't dumb myself down around cats who don't want myself
Craft more than a craft, I can't pun myself
I'm a human fuckin' being, I got human fuckin' feelings
I ain't admit I was sad 'til like eighteen
And that's only 'cause like three rappers said I could
Well, if you young and you listenin', I said you could
If I loved me, I bet I would be the best I could
Know that I'm bigger than a habit, we all doin' backflips
To figure out the math, it ain't rocket science
I wouldn't dumb myself down around cats who don't want myself
Craft more than a craft, I can't pun myself
I'm a human fuckin' being, I got human fuckin' feelings
I ain't admit I was sad 'til like eighteen
And that's only 'cause like three rappers said I could
Well, if you young and you listenin', I said you could
If I loved me, I bet I would be the best I could
Know that I'm bigger than a habit, we all doin' backflips
To figure out the math, it ain't rocket science
We've got to triumph with compassion
But my passion ain't calm, tell 'em fashion they bombs, I'ma have to stay strong
Occupation of the land, occupation of the souls, occupation of the songs
They say America, if you don't love it, you can leave
But I can't exit this body, this soul, this time, this me
But I'm inundated with more than I can grieve
The skin I'm in burns from the lessons that I've learned, I ain't less than what I've earned
And I'm more than what I'm worth on the market, I'm purgin' the darkness
We here to (Love), we here to (Trust)
Is that too preachy? I don't give a fuck
Can't relate? You ain't lived enough
Ain't talkin' age, I'm talkin' pain, I'm talkin'
If we loved each other, we just wouldn't
'Stead we let violent do what just couldn't
How I'm supposed to stay on beat without a heart?
If I loved me, I'd do the work
That post ain't permission to not do the work
You post for permission to not do the work
If you loved me, you wouldn't do that
First we say it to our parents, then we say it to our girls, then we say it to the world But if we'd say it to ourselves, maybe we would have a shot
Wouldn't need to have a shot, wouldn't need to have an opp
Maybe we could be we and wouldn't need to have a prop
Maybe we could worry 'bout the tock of the clock 'stead of upticks in optics and profits
And not risk it all just for posturin'
Stop preachin', white boy
Nah, I'm just speakin', fam
For the first time in a long time, I ain't gaspin'
I'm breathin', fam
And I don't care if they believe it, man
'Cause I love me
So I wouldn't do that
But my passion ain't calm, tell 'em fashion they bombs, I'ma have to stay strong
Occupation of the land, occupation of the souls, occupation of the songs
They say America, if you don't love it, you can leave
But I can't exit this body, this soul, this time, this me
But I'm inundated with more than I can grieve
The skin I'm in burns from the lessons that I've learned, I ain't less than what I've earned
And I'm more than what I'm worth on the market, I'm purgin' the darkness
We here to (Love), we here to (Trust)
Is that too preachy? I don't give a fuck
Can't relate? You ain't lived enough
Ain't talkin' age, I'm talkin' pain, I'm talkin'
If we loved each other, we just wouldn't
'Stead we let violent do what just couldn't
How I'm supposed to stay on beat without a heart?
If I loved me, I'd do the work
That post ain't permission to not do the work
You post for permission to not do the work
If you loved me, you wouldn't do that
First we say it to our parents, then we say it to our girls, then we say it to the world But if we'd say it to ourselves, maybe we would have a shot
Wouldn't need to have a shot, wouldn't need to have an opp
Maybe we could be we and wouldn't need to have a prop
Maybe we could worry 'bout the tock of the clock 'stead of upticks in optics and profits
And not risk it all just for posturin'
Stop preachin', white boy
Nah, I'm just speakin', fam
For the first time in a long time, I ain't gaspin'
I'm breathin', fam
And I don't care if they believe it, man
'Cause I love me
So I wouldn't do that
