Whole Damn Year

Tryna find a way to explain this

Why you can't touch me tonight

I can feel you're gettin' impatient

But I really can't let you inside

Bad how deep the pain is

Ooh, you just couldn't believe

And yeah, I seem good on the surface

But I'm a mess, I'm a mess underneath

See, winter took most of my heart

And spring punched me right in the stomach

Summer came lookin' for blood

And by autumn, I was left with nothing

It took a whole damn year to repair my body, it took a damn year

It took a whole damn year to repair my body, it's been about 5 years

Gon' take a long, long year for me to trust somebody

It gon' take a long, long year

Gon' take a long, long year for me to touch somebody

It's been about 5 years

I'm not tryna do this on purpose

Boy, I really wish I could

Don't act like you never heard this

I know you haven't misunderstood

While the others just wouldn't respect it

Don't tell me, you as well

I thought we were headin' for heaven

But you're 'bout to take me back to hell

See, winter took most of my heart

And spring punched me right in the stomach

Summer came lookin' for blood

And by autumn, I was left with nothing

It took a whole damn year to repair my body, it took a damn year

It took a whole damn year to repair my body, it's been about 5 years

Huh, gon' take a long, long year for me to trust somebody

Gon' take a long, long year

Gon' take a long, long year for me to touch somebody

It's been about 5 years

It took a whole damn year to repair my body, it took a damn year

Oh yeah, see Winter took most of my heart

It took a whole damn year to repair my body, it's been about 5 years

Oh, Spring, Spring, punched me right in the stomach

Gon' take a long, long year for me to trust somebody

Ooh, oh, it's gon' take a long, long year now, yeah

Gon' take a long, long year

Gon' take a long, long year for me to trust somebody

For me to trust somebody, yeah, yeah

It's been about 5 years

Bad to the liver, bad to the bone

Bad to the liver, bad to the bone

Bad to the liver, bad to the bone

Been about 5 years

(I think people wanna see how do you get through these struggles)

(And they watch me from the time that I came out with my first album)

(All the way up to now, 'cause my life is public, it's in front of the world)

You know, on TV all the time, and what they get chance to see is that)

(You know is, is she's a human being)

(And she's gonna constantly have peaks and valleys)

(Life, you go up and you come down)

(So when she's down, how does she act when she's down?)

(Does she treat her fans bad? Do she still show up for her shows?)

(Do she still write songs that can help us?)

(Yes, does she love us? Absolutely, that's how it is)