Since You Been Away

Since you been away, I've been down and lonely (I know, I know)

Since you been away, I've been thinkin' of you (As you should, though)

Trying to understand the reason you left me

(Baby, you blowin' my mind, like foo')

(We would think it's unconditional, that shit be flyin' off, ****)

What were you going through? (Yeah, hold up, ay)

Start with smiles and we end with frowns

Thought it was real that you would hold it down

Ain't it funny how shit turn around?

I think my heart is in the lost and found

Almost put my guard down, almost let you win

All them IG fights, bitch, I'ma let you win (You can have that)

They hate to see your life on track

This ain't the first time a **** had a knife in his back, you know

Love is somethin' spooky (Yeah), love is somethin' strange

She like, "Albee, you ain't shit, ****, you will never change"

I'm like, "Maybe that's because I think that all y'all the same"

I try to show you somethin' real when you treat it like a game

You say these **** wan' fuck you, wan' fuck you 'cause my name

But you too blind to see this shit, all you see is pain, ho

Hold up, hurt people hurt people, you know that shit is awful

The ones you really love be the first to cross you

Since you been away, I've been down and lonely

(I mean like, I ain't gonna play the victim on this shit)

(Or none of that shit, you feel me? Like, I ain't no angel)

Since you been away, I've been thinkin' of you

(I know I bring pain, but like, I love you, this shit is rare, like)

Trying to understand the reason you left me

(This shit is, like, this shit is all you want, this all you need)

(All you deserve, you know what I'm sayin', ****, like?)

What were you going through?

(It's from the heart, my heart is smart, ****)

I ain't gon' sit and act like I'm a angel (I know I'm Lucifer)

But you ain't gon' sit and act like I changed you (And you know)

No matter how I move, man, you should remain you

You should remain, uh

Don't know if your friends the ones that sent you here

Were you really at a point where you don't fuckin' care?

I try to show you that I'm here as I wipe your tears

We was in a different lane, in a different gear

I swear, shoulda noticed shit, I shoulda peeped it (I shoulda seen it)

I know she ain't deserve it, but I let her keep it

I ain't gon' lie, tore my heart to pieces

Knew that bitch wasn't shit, but I felt needed (I knew it, man)

Used to tell me all her problems and all her secrets

And I felt the bitch pain, shit had me heated (Felt her pain)

Thought I had a real bitch, man, I felt completed

Now when they tell me that they love me, no, I can't believe it

It's my fault that I let her

I thought we'd always be together

But nothin' lasts forever

Nothin' lasts forever

(Ever, yeah, yeah, yeah)

(Nothin', yeah, yeah, yeah)

(Nothin', yeah, yeah, yeah)

(Hold on, lemme get back in my bag, though)

Thought you was a keeper, bitch

Know this shit get deeper, bitch

Know I had to leave the bitch

She thought that I would need a bitch

But I will never need a bitch (Never)

Never see me grievin', bitch (Never)

Never find a realer ****, bitch

And I mean this shit, yeah, yeah, yeah

All that talent, I'm playin' the victim

Good girl gone bad, you never could fix 'em (Ain't never fix 'em)

All these Percs and Hennessy is stuck in my system

Hardest thing you ever do is tryin' to forget 'em (You know it, though)

Once you break loyalty, never forgive 'em

When she saw me on the gram, it's a cry for attention

Go 'head, cry for attention, but I promise you'll miss him

I promise, I promise, yeah

Since you been away, I've been down and lonely (I bet)

Since you been away, I've been thinkin' of you

(As you should, you know me better)

Trying to understand the reason you left me (Fucked my head, man)

What were you going through?