Manifest

[Verse]

You see I loved hard once, but the love wasn't returned

I found out the man I'd die for, he wasn't even concerned

And time it turned

He tried to burn me like a perm

Though my eyes saw the deception, my heart wouldn't let me learn

From some dumb woman, was I

And every time he'd lie, he would cry and inside I'd die

My heart must have died a thousand deaths

Compared myself to Toni Braxton thought I'd never catch my breath

Nothing left, he stole the heart beating from my chest

I tried to call the cops, that type of thief they can't arrest

Pain suppressed, will lead to cardiac arrest

Diamonds deserve diamonds, but he convinced me I was worth less

When my peoples would protest

I told them mind their business, 'cause my... was complex

More than just the sex

I was blessed, but couldn't feel it like when I was caressed

I'd spend nights clutching my breast overwhelmed by God's test

I was God's best contemplating death with a Gillette

But no man is ever worth the paradise, uuh

No man has ever worth the paradise (yes, ma'am; yes ma'am)

And no man has ever worked in paradise, manifest

[Outro]

Where were you when I needed you

Where were you when I needed you

Where were you when I needed you

When I needed you