Love in the Time of Rap

[Verse 1: Time] We first met when I was 13 Playing basketball in the alley, she was flirting After she left, I ran up in the house I pulled out my notebook, I had to write it all out I wrote my first love poem, every line rhymed I wanted to read it to her, but her I couldn't find 16 now I'm tagging downtown I heard her voice in the alley she said don't make a sound I pulled out my notebook and gave her everything I wrote down They were all for her she cried and threw them to the ground We starting to make out under a coffee tooth moon I wanted to make love, she said pay your dues it's too soon She taught me to speak out she taught me to speak up She told me to record my thoughts and let them out the speakers We dated till I graduated then she wrecked my heart Cause she was cheating on me like down right A B select start [Hook: Chloe O] When you're around, I can be seen Only in ways, you mean to mean You open doors to limitless possibilities I am me expressed through creativity Without you I am deaf dumb blind and lost You are my color flavor my life's design Don't leave don't leave don't leave When you're around I can be seen Only in ways you mean to me [Verse 2: Time] I wanted to say I hated her I wanted to say fuck her But for some dumb reason I really still loved her She was a splinter that I couldn't take out Love's a synonym for breakdown when hate and fear make out On top of her I stacked insecurity and blame And said she was responsible for my lack of fame X marks the spot she dropped an anchor on our relationship Cannonball to my heart, she sunk our relationship Now my chest is like the ozone layer Is love gold plated lust or a Disney premiere? Suitcases swollen she's packing her bags again Love's a game, both lose pain wins I call up Common's pops and tell him my thoughts He said his son used to love her and that she was in my heart I realize we never separated cause she was part of me She's art she's my heart and creativity's the artery [Hook: Chloe O] When you're around, I can be seen Only in ways, you mean to mean You open doors to limitless possibilities I am me expressed through creativity Without you I am deaf dumb blind and lost You are my color flavor my life's design Don't leave don't leave don't leave When you're around I can be seen Only in ways you mean to me