Shallow (feat. Swoope)

There are so many things that I don't understand

Like why am I so lost if I have a captain?

I'm tossed back and forth by deceitful winds

And if it all falls, look within

I've been breaking hearts way too long

I did this from the start, now I'm all alone

So focus on the heart if you want a home

I can't settle for that cardboard box no more

Early Christmas morning at the table with my momma

Steam's coming off the coffee, we talking about the father

These are the conversations I cherish and I hold on to

She asked me, "Is there a girl in your life that you're fond of?"

Well, not yet, feels like I'm looking for the Lochness

I ain't even really got a prospect

I don't think I found what I want yet

But let me be blunt, no pothead

I'm going through a process to stop seeing women as objects

Cause the meaning of marriage is not sex

It's so much more, this ain't no beauty contest

When you play that game then somebody's always got next

If charm is deceiving and beauty's vain, then I bet

The standards that we judge most people with are nonsense

I put too much emphasis on my preferences

Dang, I'm feeling shallow just addressing this

Cause God loves me in spite of how much a mess I am is

And I'm writing off shorties whose bodies is less impressive like, dang

I'm caught up in this game again

She's asking if we're more than friends

Why is this happening?

I don't know if she the one

But I don't wanna lose her love

I'm caught up in this game again

She's asking if we're more than friends

Why is this happening?

I don't know if she the one

But I don't wanna lose her love

Cooling back in '01, high school mac was so fun

Making chicks my baby, then on to the next one, Jay-Z

'01 turned to '04, late night games at your dorm

Let's take a walk, your girls hating

We're just flirting, we ain't dating

'04 turned to '06, and you're so sick

Asking me, "Is that your chick?"

And I'm like, "Yes, finna put her in a white dress"

And you cry, I loved you, I ain't mean it, but I said it

Now I'm married with a trail of broken hearts and I regret it, dang

Should've treated you like you was God's daughter

Cause you was, but I got caught up, now I got karma

Comma, 2012 and now I got daughters

And I'd kill the dude that ever do them like I did you

Laundry list of names, that's too long to mention

But I'm the one need cleansing, I did my dirt

And then some pain was never intention

I pray for your forgiveness

Thank God He saved me from my sin but not the consequences, dang

I'm caught up in this game again

She's asking if we're more than friends

Why is this happening?

I don't know if she the one

But I don't wanna lose her love

I'm caught up in this game again

She's asking if we're more than friends

Why is this happening?

I don't know if she the one

But I don't wanna lose her love

There are so many things that I don't understand

Like why am I so lost if I have a captain

I'm tossed back and forth by deceitful winds

And if it all falls, look within

I've been breaking hearts way too long

I did this from the start, now I'm all alone

So focus on the heart if you want a home

I can't settle for that cardboard box no more

I'm caught up in this game again

She's asking if we're more than friends

Why is this happening?

I don't know if she the one

But I don't wanna lose her love

I'm caught up in this game again

She's asking if we're more than friends

Why is this happening?

I don't know if she the one

But I don't wanna lose her love

And all the boys said, and all the boys said, and all the boys again

All I really know is I don't know what I want

Caught up in this game again

And all the boys said, and all the boys said

All I really know is I don't know what I want