[Intro]
I said "Even when it hurts", I said "Even when it hurts"
Even when it hurts, even when it hurts
Would you still put me first, even when it hurts?
(Even when it hurts, even when it-)

[Verse]
Damn, remember when it was just an idea?
It's kinda crazy how we made it here
All the pain, hard work and blood, sweat and tears
All the bros that we lost how we wish was here
I don't like surprises, well, I just hate the stares
I know these bitches ain't shit that's why I stay prepared
My ex tried to make me jealous thinking that I cared
Forgetting 'bout the last bitch that took what was here
Yeah, hard for me to really hurt (For real)
I wish me and Brit could make it work
See in her mind think I'm puttin' other bitches first
I just wonder who she'll fuck once I'm the dirt
See, I watched Myiesha and know she really love my brother
He was dead for a year, she found another lover, damn
You can't control nothin' when you gone
And it's only so long, now, I'm on so enjoy the moment
Ain't it crazy how the brain work?
Success is nothin' wit' no pain first
A couple million right, now, is what my name worth
I love my n***a much it's like we got the same Earth
Watch n***as, they in a disguise
Loyalty 'til the end who in for the ride?
Xanies and them perks got a n***a fried
It's like Medusa if you ever lookin' in my eyes
Closest I'll get to Heaven is my kids
'Cause I know I gotta answer for the shit I did (I know)
My hands too dirty for Him to forgive (I know)
I mean, it is what it is
Don't understand how I'm still blessed
I'm just tryna stop my mother's stress
Take care of the kids and the ones that my brother left
So, if you tryna stop that, you better come correct
She like "Albee, why I ain't meet your mother yet?"
'Cause you'll never last wit' the ones my mother met
I used to sneak outside while my mother slept
I pro'lly made a hundred thousand on my mother's steps, yeah
Truth be told, that's a truth be told
Truth be told, that's a truth be told
She said "Albee, don't you lie to me", I said "I love you girl, honestly"
This is how it gotta be, I know you gettin' tired of me
I be getting tired of me, it hurt to see you cry to me
How long would you ride for me? And see me as your prodigy?
Yeah, I know you love me, but love is like a lie to me
So many people lied to me, it took so much up outta me
I'm drained... I'm drained
And I don't mean to put you in the same bucket
But how I protect myself and just saying fuck it?
Hypothetically, your love is just ahead of me
And I'm just tryna be a better me, me
The same thing that make you laugh, could make you cry
The same thing that make you quit, could make you try
I see them tears in her eyes
And it hurt me 'cause I'm the reason why, I'm the reason why
Why I'm still like this?
I know love ain't 'posed to feel like this, it make me feel like shit
Maybe it's best for us to separate
How much you really love me? She don't hesitate
Maybe it's best for the both of us
Why you speaking up for both of us?
Albee, boy, I know what's up
I don't know it all but I know enough
You acting like it ain't no hope for us
And I gave you all of me
You ignoring me like I ain't show enough
Boy you grown but you ain't growing up
I know... I know
I know... I know
But this love shit you gotta brace yourself
'Cause if another person cross me I'mma hate myself
And you pro'lly don't wanna hear it
Cursing me out, thinking I'm careless, thinkin' I don't feel shit
But I would die for you, that's real shit
You know all the pain that I dealt with? The pain I dealt with
All this pain that I dealt with, all this pain that I dealt with
Would you still put me first? (Would you?) Would you still put me first?
Even when it seems it don't work?
Even when it seems like it won't work?
Would you still put me first? (Would you?)
Even when it hurts...