Cojiba

[Verse 1] When I was 25, and she was like 20 A stolen moment in time was paradise to me She used to keep it shakin' like a pair of dice for me Never needed to question what she sacrificed for me She was caramel complected, with a body like heaven How many years was we together, probably like seven That Ethio Eritria Somali type lovin' Shoulda knew I would never find somebody like— Look on one Friday night session, a minor indiscretion Almost had me like what Usher sing 'bout in "True Confession" I was wishin' I could go back, make a minor adjustment But I knew that kind of throwback simply out of the question I knew love's not possession, wish I'd gotten a message Instead of blocking my blessing, now it's gotten depressing I gotta stop and address it, I ain't tryna stress it If I could get you back, I learned a valuable lesson Love [Verse 2] Had me thinkin' like Ayo, lightning is hard to capture twice When I was in my bachelor life and I was mad at life Thinking I could see serious rewards without the sacrifice I survived on beer and bad advice before I had a wife I remember, knew a Tanzanian Zanzibar Swahili girl The day we met, it was something from a Fellini film She passed my table at brunch and made my Bellini spill Then grabbed a napkin, I seen her arm was graffiti filled I said I like your sleeve, she said I love your music So much that sometimes it choke me up, I gotta fight to breathe Don't judge me like a book's cover because looks might deceive But if you'd like to sit and talk a while I'd like to leave I told her you need not repeat yourself as bad as you are We left and walked and talked 'bout everything that matter to her Like foreign policy, race gender equality, climate change Fashion, arts, the global economy 'Bout how the key part of a relationship is honesty and How her virtue was hard is something she can promise me, well I said I dig the fact you woke and you keep it a hundo But rushin' in like fools do is something I've never done so Since time is of the essence, if I enjoy your presence Over time I might be so inclined to let have some lessons I see it different 'cause my frequency is different You can't be under wing unless you equally as gifted That's yet to be determined, the jury's still pending What's the use of pretending, it could be a happen ending when I— [Outro] Ayo Shit crazy