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