If I Loved Me

[Verse] If I loved myself, I wouldn't put the habits above myself I wouldn't dumb myself down around cats who don't want myself Craft more than a craft, I can't pun myself I'm a human fuckin' being, I got human fuckin' feelings I ain't admit I was sad 'til like eighteen And that's only 'cause like three rappers said I could Well, if you young and you listenin', I said you could If I loved me, I bet I would be the best I could Know that I'm bigger than a habit, we all doin' backflips To figure out the math, it ain't rocket science We've got to triumph with compassion But my passion ain't calm, tell 'em fashion they bombs, I'ma have to stay strong Occupation of the land, occupation of the souls, occupation of the songs They say America, if you don't love it, you can leave But I can't exit this body, this soul, this time, this me But I'm inundated with more than I can grieve The skin I'm in burns from the lessons that I've learned, I ain't less than what I've earned And I'm more than what I'm worth on the market, I'm purgin' the darkness We here to (Love), we here to (Trust) Is that too preachy? I don't give a fuck Can't relate? You ain't lived enough Ain't talkin' age, I'm talkin' pain, I'm talkin' If we loved each other, we just wouldn't 'Stead we let violent do what just couldn't How I'm supposed to stay on beat without a heart? If I loved me, I'd do the work That post ain't permission to not do the work You post for permission to not do the work If you loved me, you wouldn't do that First we say it to our parents, then we say it to our girls, then we say it to the world But if we'd say it to ourselves, maybe we would have a shot Wouldn't need to have a shot, wouldn't need to have an opp Maybe we could be we and wouldn't need to have a prop Maybe we could worry 'bout the tock of the clock 'stead of upticks in optics and profits And not risk it all just for posturin' Stop preachin', white boy [Outro] Nah, I'm just speakin', fam For the first time in a long time, I ain't gaspin' I'm breathin', fam And I don't care if they believe it, man 'Cause I love me So I wouldn't do that