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 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
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'll 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 '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
If you want trust,
you gon' have to
give some away
If you want love
If you want love
If you want love