This Girl I Know

[Verse 1] I got a lover but it's complicated We've been off and on, trying to keep the fire warm But a brother jaded I've even moved up to Brooklyn so that we could bond Feel like I see her even less then when I lived away And suffocated by the city, she ain't ever home She in LA or any other place that ain't my arms Can't say she cheating because she was never mine alone I just think I'm better for her than the drug dealers and the lie tellers Yeah am I wise but I could be wrong Please don't let be I gave her time and a half while others get her free And I ain't one to compare but what I see Is her in a lesser form with anybody instead of me We on a different page, same play different stage Waited on the street to say hi, I must have missed the wave Await her call to come by [Chorus] I know this girl around town She cool, she cool, she cool She coming around, 'round When no one around, 'round She come through, come through, she come through We messing around, 'round Already for now, now We do, what we do, we do But we know that for now, now Is only for now, now We through, we through, we through But I still love her though [Verse 2] We've come a long way Even though she keep me at arm's length Over her head and she responds late I place the blame on all them clowns that she round Because intelligence ain't part of their style Smarten up, dumb it down Drop a jewel, rocking jewelry The way you move done parted the crowd And I know you did the knowledge before admitted to college So why you hanging round with this foolery The same lame's bragging how he bagged you dorm rooms Done tried to flip the mattress acting like he adore you Same bed, if it ain't all true Why am I here You know they lying through the locks and the beards Although I'm faded, I'm as sharp as they is 'Cause he ain't seen a barbershop in some years Don't mean that he the one to lead us when apocalypse near You know I'm right, you see the light in the days Final calling me I'll see you tonight aye [Chorus] I know this girl around town She cool, she cool, she cool She coming around, 'round When no one around, 'round She come through, come through, she come through We messing around, 'round Already for now, now We do, what we do, we do But we know that for now, now Is only for now, now We through, we through, we through But I still lover her though [Verse 3] You ever love somebody that didn't reciprocate it But they give you just enough to keep waiting Thinking maybe they might see you how you see them with patience Will come say when they quit faking on the heart that you gave them But do you give it for gift or for the feeling itself? If nothing's in it for you, would you still be willing to help I think my love know me more than I give credit for She made me greater even though I tell her that I'm better for her But she done heard it before and she gone hear it again It's plenty men that tried to holler in metaphor I'd love to talk to her but I talk through her We speak our minds, same time and so I let her off Am I the side piece or the main squeeze? Either way, I'm filled with pride when I hear her thank me So she can come and go as she please She leave me 'lone but not in moments of need Ain't only mine and maybe so it should be [Chorus] I know this girl around town She cool, she cool, she cool She coming around, 'round When no one around, 'round She come through, come through, she come through We messing around, 'round Already for now, now We do, what we do, we do But we know that for now, now Is only for now, now We through, we through, we through But I still lover her though