[Verse 1]
You tell your friends
I wasn't nobody special, yeah
You tell your friends
You just wanna go on dates without emotion
And, Shawty, am I the one to blame for it?
And tell me why I'm the one to pay for it
I guess I just realized I'm finally done payin' for it
I realized that

[Bridge]
Maybe I (No-oh), maybe, maybe I (No-oh), maybe I
I shoulda let you go
Even sooner than I thought I would
I need some time to be by myself
'Cause I just really need some time
I just really need time– time
I just really need–

[Chorus]
This is a poem to myself, 'cause I need somebody like me
To gimme some advice, to gimme some advice
This is a poem to myself, 'cause I need somebody like me
To gimme some advice, to gimme some–

[Verse 2]
"I just want your lovin'", all my n***as they been sayin'
Like, man, what is you sayin'?
You know that I just want you for my safety
And, baby girl, what is you saying?
I just need some time to get you off my mind, need recovery
Tell me what I been missin'
I know I been hurt before
You should know I been hurt before
I know I been hurt before (Yeah)
Man, you did me dirty before (Yeah, yeah)
'Cause you did me dirty, you gave me pain
I don't think that I love the same
Fuckin' with your best friend
You broke my heart, you broke my heart from the very start
[Chorus]
This is a poem to myself, 'cause I need somebody like me
To gimme some advice (Yeah), to gimme some advice
This is a poem to myself, 'cause I need somebody like me
To gimme some advice, to gimme some–

[Interlude]
Why you just don't [?] me?
It's not coming off with you, just 'cause I bring it up now to the [house] [?]
But I mean, it's like two years already in, like, everything's been going good, I don't know
I [?], that's just not good, do you want me to hide it?
No, I don't want you to hide it, it's good that you tellin' me this, so now that I know I'm not just walkin' around here thinking that one thing leads to another

[Outro]
I beg you
I beg you somethin' special
What happened to me if I would have played the part?
What happened to me if I would have played the part?
Yeah, woah-oh
Oh no, no, no, no