Falling

You used to love me, put me under spell
Head over head, bored over heels
Huh, mad real
Bragged about you like Shante when she had a man
Stretched me in positions, had me feeling like a rubber band
Sound waves shut down the ceiling fan
Let me peel my petals back and expose who I am
Damn

In an instant, fell victim to a higher plan
Lifted off the astral scan
Vivid thoughts and patterns ran lost
Out of orbit, stumbled and fell up in a trance
Woke up, caught God painting a portrait of us holding hands
Profound thought for mortal man
Before a Polaroid ends
Decree my greater joy had to go to overstand

You used to touch me, make me rain over lovers rock
Public parks, wouldn't stop and care if other lovers watch
Under covers, explored my dark
Recount the tales of how I won the war for your heart
Call me the black Jonah, orgs on it
Back arched, throwing darts
Used to throw it back 'til you called the cops
You used to love me

You used to love me
In and out of love, falling
You said you loved me
You used to love me
In and out of love, falling

I used to daydream of wedding bells
Wanted you and no one else
Lost in your falsetto, had me high as hell

Used to pray we hit the numbers and be living well
Now you play mathematician and reduce me to my lowest self
Releasing stress via Duracell
While you sleeping on the sofa ready to reboot your mail

Used to jump to make love in the afternoon
Now I got an attitude
Try to keep the conversation casual
But ask me the time, swear to God I lose my mind
Start bringing up shit from '89
Plus I paint a mime

See me outside, housecoat and slippers
Livid, calling you all types of niggas
Pray nobody upload a picture

Another lover's feud, of course I'm blaming you
Where's your empress, your boo now?
Female dogs and garden tools
That fake woke sister with that wack shit on YouTube too
Now imagine myself with that other dude
Lord have mercy
Brother intense, better car, better politics
A bigger dictionary on that bookshelf you can't fuck with

A damn shame if peep how time changes
Used to claim we was made to make this love thing famous
Now we crazy deranged and Lord, no home training
War with more adrenaline than Power Rangers, yes
I let you hurt me yet another time
Writing yet another rhyme
Competing with Naruto for the saddest line

You used to love me
In and out of love, falling
You said you loved me
You used to love me
In and out of love, falling

This was probably the hardest song I had to write
In and out of love
I remember when Nina Simone sang
You have to learn when to leave the
Table when love's no longer being served
Falling
Catch me please