If You Want Love

Yeah, I just need some time, I'm tryna think straight I just need a moment in my own space Ask me how I'm doin', I'll say, "Okay" yeah But ain't that what we all say? Sometimes I think back to the old days The pointless conversations with the old me Back when my mama used to hold me I wish somebody woulda told me If you want love, you gon' have to go through the pain If you want love, you gon' have to learn how to change If you want trust, you gon' have to give some away If you want love, if you want love Yeah, as a kid I used to think life Is moving so slow, I watch it go by Look out the window on my bus ride I thought the world was so small through my closed eyes I've always tried to control things In the end, that's what controls me Maybe that's why I'm controllin' I wish somebody woulda told me If you want love, you gon' have to go through the pain If you want love, you gon' have to learn how to change If you want trust, you gon' have to give some away If you want love, if you want love The older I get, I feel like I'm always tryna save time Talkin' to the voices in my head, they make me think twice Tellin' me it doesn't mean it's wrong because it feels right I'm scared that one day I wake up and wonder where the time go Talk about the past like it's the present while I rock slow I'll sit in my living room and laugh with kids of my own Tell 'em If you want love, you gon' have to go through the pain If you want love, you gon' have to learn how to change (I wish somebody woulda told me) If you want trust, you gon' have to give some away If you want love, if you want love Want love If you want love, if you want love, hmm