Know Better

I should've known, red flags were warning me I couldn't see all that, when the room was pitch I should've known, red flags were warning me I couldn't see all that, when the room was I should know better than to trust your ways Promise but don't ever wanna do what you say Really wanna leave but it's easier to stay Used to see forever now I'm lookin' for today All you do is play Gotta give you props I know you really love the stage But I don't do the games, cuz I been through the pain And I got all these bills so know I had to make some change Comin' off a couple Ls, oh you couldn't tell? Guess I'm doin' well, nigga almost fell Trippin' up the stairs, grippin' on the rail All I got is God, livin' on a prayer Didn't have a job, you was unaware Talkin to ya moms, started not to care All this depression and pressure to better myself Is a lot for somebody to bare I didn't question the lessons I dealt with I knew that my God had a blessing to spare I do my best and then He do the rest Then it's no need for stressin, it's outta my hair Feeling like I just got shot in the chest With a Glock, and a vest I did not even wear I'm just impressed at how could just jet After all the progression we made through the years No way I don't wanna be the only one to save this No way Make it my mission take you to auditions And I didn't say shit No way You don't even try to understand No way So I had to take you out of my plans I should know better than to trust your ways Promise but don't ever wanna do what you say Really wanna leave but it's easier to stay Used to see forever now I'm lookin' for today Havin' conversations with myself Gotta regulate my mental health Gotta keep it all the way a hunnid Because I can't open up to no one else Maybe meetin' someone new isn't what I'm supposed to do I'm tryna get poppin' off the tunes Yeah I got way too much to lose But fuck I'm too nice Meet a new girl and she like everything that I like She pretty as shit And she hit everything on my list so I know she my type We hit up the mall And we get to talkin' so much that we don't even pause I need to know where we planning on goin' Before I get over-involved We had the discussion I knew it was comin' She textin' me less, and it wasn't for nothin' I swear to my Father, it's gotta be somethin' And I shouldn't bother cuz I feel the dumbest I see her name on my phone And my heart skip a beat and it drop to my stomach Yeah I gave you fifty and you gave me nothin' Why couldn't you keep it a hunnid? No way I don't wanna be the only one to save this No way You made a promise and couldn't be honest And I'm outta patience No way You don't even try to understand No way So I had to take you out of my plans I should know better than to trust your ways Promise but don't ever wanna do what you say Really wanna leave but it's easier to stay Used to see forever now I'm lookin' for today So, you know, be thankful that You're able to do this You're able to really think about everything And dad brought up a good point earlier He was sayin', I don't know if he told you this But he was sayin' he's glad that things are happening The way that they're happening for you That it's incremental, and not like, BAM, all at once So that you can, as things happen, you can take it in Process it, and come up with what you wanna do next Like ok, instead of just, BAM, I'm in it, I'm in the limelight I done blew up real quick, and all this shit is comin' at me And woo woo woo, like The women, the music, you know, all of this stuff Always take time to think about things Why things are happening While they're happening