How to Love

You had a lot of crooks trying to steal your heart Never really had luck, couldn't ever figure out How to love, how to love, mm You had a lot of moments that didn't last forever Now you in a corner trying put it together How to love, how to love For a second you were here, now you over there It's hard not to stare at the way you're moving your body Like you never had a love, never had a love When you was just a young'un, your looks were so precious But now you're grown up, so fly, it's like a blessing But you can't have a man look at you for five seconds Without you being insecure You never credit yourself, so when you got older It seems like you came back ten times over Now you're sitting here in this damn corner Looking through all your thoughts And looking over your shoulder See you had a lot of crooks trying to steal your heart Never really had luck, couldn't ever figure out How to love, how to love, mm You had a lot of moments that didn't last forever Now you in this corner tryning put it together How to love, how to love For a second you were here, now you over there It's hard not to stare at the way you're moving your body Like you never had a love, never had a love You had a lot of dreams that transform to visions The fact that you saw the world affected all your decisions But it wasn't your fault, wasn't in your intentions To be the one here talking to me, be the one listening But I admire your poppin' bottles and dippin' Just as much as you admire bartending and stripping Baby, so don't be mad, nobody else trippin' You see a lot of crooks, and crooks still crook See you had a lot of crooks trying to steal your heart Never really had luck, couldn't ever figure out How to love, how to love You had a lot of moments that didn't last forever Now you in this corner tryna put it together How to love, how to love See, I just want you to know that you deserve the best You're beautiful, you're beautiful Yeah, and I just want you to know You're far from the usual, far from the usual