[Stevie Wonder Sample]:
The one for whom you'd give your very life
Could be taken in the twinkling of an eye
Through you tears you'd ask why did you go
Knowing you didn't always show
Just how much you loved them so

"These three words"

[Verse One]:
I don't know if I can say it
And then if I say it I don't know how you gon' take it
I don't even know what to call it when we naked
I said it's "sex" you said, "love making"
I thought that it was lust
You call it "trust" I said you gave it up
You met my moms like once
You said it's been years, I counted like 30 months
But I guess that's the same
That's why she left, she said I was playin' games
Last week I saw her, I was walkin' to the train
She was drivin' in a Range, lookin' good, I said, "I love you girl."
But I don't think that she heard
I don't know why I couldn't just say the words
I hardly said 'em to my father
Maybe as a kid but it got a little harder
As I got older I really didn't bother
Same for my grand mom, both of 'em passed on
And then I'm at the church
Missin' my folks, feelin' like the worst
Not knowin' if they knew what they were worth
Maybe that's why that shawty was so hurt
Damn
[Chorus]:
It's so hard to say
It's much easier to walk away
Then say "I love you"
It's so sad and wrong
That I can probably use a rap or a song to say "I love you"
I can say "I got love"
I can say "I care for you"
I can say "I really like you"
I can say "I'm there for you"

[Verse Two]:
Look, I've been horizontal with a lady that I swore I love
I'm for real, I felt it, I adored her
Her look, her smell, cute face, waist small
She would always through the 'L' word out and I would stall
I'd say I'd care, "You the best girl you dope."
She would say, "I love you." I would say, "No you don't."
Stop playin', I would try to change the subject
I would say, "Stimuli's the person that you're in love with."
And I think that she cried
But I don't remember cause I was still inside her, I think it was November
She was gone December, I kinda took it hard
So I wrote the three words at the end of a Christmas card
She ain't care though
[Chorus]:
It's so hard to say
It's much easier to walk away
Then say "I love you"
It's so sad and wrong
That I can probably use a rap or a song to say "I love you"
I can say "I got love"
I can say "I care for you"
I can say "I really like you"
I can say "I'm there for you"

[Verse Three]:
I think I don't tell my mother too much
And I don't tell my brother enough
And I don't tell my friends at all
You wanna hear it just spin this song
I guess that's wrong
See I'm tryin' to grow, I feel like I'm about to blow and that's scary
Cause every time that I get poppin' I'm losin' those people that's near me
Can you hear me?
I love my team and I love my fam so does that mean
If I don't say it will they know their dreams are mine and vice versa
Will I be a trife person if I don't tell everyone that ever believe?
If I try to give folks what I think that they need
In place of what they want
Will I seem real mean if I change my number after gettin' more cream?
If I don't say it, is that wack?
If I don't say it, it's in the track
If I don't say it, it's in my actions
If I don't say it just run this back
I love y'all