If You Want Love

I just need some time, I'm tryna think straight

I just need a moment in my own space

Ask me, how I'm doing, I say, okay

Yeah, but ain't that what we all say?

Sometimes, I think back to the old days

In the pointless conversations with the old me

Yeah, back when my momma 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

As a kid, I used to think life

Was moving so slow, I'd watch it go by

Look out the window of 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 controlling

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 trying to save time

Talking to the voices in my head that make me think twice

Telling me it doesn't mean it's wrong because it feels right

I'm scared that one day I wake up and wonder where'd the time go

Talk about the past like it's the present while I rock slow

I'll sit in the living room and laugh with kids of my own

And tell them

If you want love

You gon' have to go through the pain (I wish you woulda' told me)

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 (You gon' have to give)

If you want love (If you want love)

If you want love

If you want love