Life Lines - Jean Deaux/DUCKWRTH.mp3

[00:04.86]I can't read your damn mind
[00:07.24]But when I hold your hand, I
[00:10.05]I can feel you
[00:12.79]I can feel your life lines
[00:15.65]I can't read your damn mind
[00:18.50]But when I hold your hand, I (Hey)
[00:22.80]I can see you (I can see you, I can see you)
[00:24.72]I can see you (I can see you, I can see you)
[00:26.02]I can see you
[00:27.37]She don't love nobody
[00:30.06]Still take care your body, it's insane
[00:33.23]He just wants my body
[00:35.45]I can't date no zombie, not my lane
[00:38.71]Can't wait in your lobby
[00:40.86]******' ain't no hobby, up your game
[00:44.22]If you see somebody
[00:46.39]Not just anybody, don't say names
[00:49.68]I gotta let go of rage
[00:52.53]If I wanna turn that page
[00:55.75]Loving me down
[00:57.92]The build up is in my veins
[01:01.11]If I wanna sing your name
[01:04.16]Loving the way you taste
[01:09.62]The blessing comes down, no praise
[01:12.28]I can't read your damn mind
[01:13.60]But when I hold your hand, I
[01:16.53]I can feel you
[01:18.29]I can feel your life lines
[01:21.80]I can't read your damn mind
[01:25.05]But when I hold your hand, I (Hey)
[01:29.34]I can see you (I can see you, I can see you)
[01:31.45]I can see you (I can see you, I can see you)
[01:32.61]I can see you
[01:33.67]Tell me what's on your mind, stressin' you this evening (Why?)
[01:37.76]I am not a palm reader, yeah
[01:40.09]And I do not know telepathy (Nope)
[01:42.81]So tell me what you stressin', you ain't gotta tell me everything
[01:45.25]But if you tell me nothin', shorty I ain't singin' anything
[01:48.01]And you gon' tell your best friend everything
[01:49.84]Apparently, that's that type of **** that "bring Black folk down"
[01:53.28]****, or even if your skin ain't brown
[01:56.14]Quit, don't be all petty Betty
[01:58.58]Stuck in your ways like peanut butter without no jelly
[02:01.10]You ain't no gangsta, "Thug Life" tatted on your belly
[02:03.82]You wearin' Band-Aids on your heart make you look like Nelly
[02:06.42]Then you said hold your hand, like you tryna slow dance
[02:09.69]You on that conscious ****, tryna put me in a trance
[02:12.34]You said you can't read my mind ****
[02:17.70]I can't read your damn mind
[02:20.20]But when I hold your hand, I
[02:23.15]I can feel you
[02:25.17]I can feel your life lines
[02:28.51]I can't read your damn mind
[02:31.60]But when I hold your hand, I
[02:36.51]I can see you (I can see you, I can see you)
[02:38.00]I can see you (I can see you, I can see you)
[02:38.82]I can see you
[02:47.50]Something got you off in your life,
[02:49.14]Somebody got at you wrong, there's some other **** going on
[02:51.77]Over there that I don't see.
[02:53.01]You see what I'm saying?
[02:54.38]Like, I see what you're saying, and I feel you
[02:56.50]I feel like
[02:57.11]Matter of fact, I agree with you, matter of fact
[02:58.15]Nah, I agree with you too, but
[02:59.77]I feel like what you're describing is like,
[03:02.17]Literally empathy, like being empathetic,
[03:03.96]Like instead of reacting
[03:05.36]Or taking something personal
[03:06.85]When somebody be on some bogus **** to you,
[03:08.44]Like damn you probably going through some ****,
[03:11.95]You prolly, you know what I'm saying?
[03:13.58]You got something going on in your life
[03:14.75]Nah, 'cause that's where it stems from, like thats where that
[03:16.29]Because you know how you feel when you, exactly
[03:18.55]Yeah, I know how, I know how I'm feeling
[03:19.83]That's you empathizing with them
[03:20.85]I'm just saying I know when I'm feeling nothing.
[03:22.35]'Cause I'm lowkey square right now
[03:24.48]Right
[03:25.32]And I know you feel it
[03:26.34]I know the reason you giving me off is
[03:27.94]'Cause you not square about something,
[03:29.52]But I ain't did **** to you,
[03:30.61]So I know it's about something else