I walk through life with my heart on my sleeve

but y'all women just rip it apart then leave

don't let 'em tell you different, the shit is a game

her loss but my bad, I didn't know we were playing

don't ask why when you see the censored me

instead of the James that remains in your memory

he's no longer like that, and never will be

cuz honesty always gets me fucked up eventually

mon cheri, when I see you I hear Stevie

wonderful feelings erupt and seize me

I'm trying my best to control 'em, believe me

they came on so speedy it's almost creepy

back when I was young I talked to women deeply

where you see yourself at 60? what you wanna be?

then around 16 the conversation turned sexual

since then, been thinking with the head on my genitals

but here we are, ma, wishing upon a star

delving into ourselves, coming out with something raw

and I reach so far, now it's a matter of the heart

I kissed your stretchmarks, let you caress my scars

now the focus switch from sexual to chemical

attraction, passion, something everlasting

feelings that I had tucked away for so long

feelings that I thought were just about dead and gone

if you're feeling the same way, you ain't letting on

but then actions speak louder, no card, no flowers

but my phone stays ringing, still, I'm a doubter

at least once an hour's like I'm thinking about you

instinct in this predicament's to let you in

but conditioning in feminine ways tells me different

a woman is a devilish maze and I'm an instrument

made to be played, so I watch what I say

don't give up too much, gotta walk that fine line

between the loving touch and not giving too strong a sign

cuz yall ladies been fucked, wined, dined and left behind

screwed over blind until it's like you lost yall minds

and I'm sure I've been that punk more than once, fine

but with you I'm sincere, because you're one of a kind

but lines like that probably come a dozen a dime

and after all, who knows, you might be duping me

so I keep my feelings tucked like a nine

but keeping them concealed is a crime so I'm calling time

can't name the occasions I came in, guns blazing

trying to speed it up when I should have been patient

point taken, now I know to go slow

but practicing what I preach is a different situation

but I'm gonna try... but I shouldn't have to try...

but I... I guess what I'm saying is

I walk through life with my heart on my sleeve

but yall women just rip it apart then leave

don't let 'em tell you different, the shit is a game

her loss but my bad, I didn't know we were playing

don't ask why when you see me blowing in the breeze

the head games'll never get the better of me

I've always been like that and always will be

cuz honesty will bring me my love eventually.