Lyrics
Shawty hit me up she on the south side
Shawty contacts the speaker from the south side.
Know you with your friends why you calling me from outside the club
Questioning why the person is calling from outside the club while being with friends.
Walking round with your head held high
Describing someone walking confidently with their head held high.
Spitting out your pride but I swallow mine
Acknowledging the person's pride and comparing it to the speaker's ability to swallow their own pride.
She got some entitlement, play my strings like violin
Noting the person's sense of entitlement and their ability to manipulate the speaker.
But you know I've been down this road too many times
Expressing the speaker's familiarity with a repetitive and challenging situation.
I been staying silent, know you getting high again
Observing the person's tendency to get high and the speaker's decision to remain silent.
Things ain't gone be right till you feel right within
Highlighting the importance of the person finding inner peace for things to be right.
And you know I'll be faithful to you, are you faithful with me too
Expressing the speaker's commitment to faithfulness and questioning the person's fidelity.
And you know I'll be faithful to you, are you faithful with me too
Reiterating the speaker's commitment and questioning the person's faithfulness.
What you heard bout me before
Asking about rumors or information the person has heard about the speaker.
I know you had your doubts but that ain't like me anymore
Acknowledging past doubts but asserting a change in the speaker's behavior.
You made your mind up once, why you coming back for more
Questioning the person's return after making a previous decision.
Said I wasn't doing it for you so tell me who'd I do it for
Asserting that the speaker's actions were not done for the person in question.
Want to spend the night, I know what you like
Expressing knowledge of the person's preferences for spending the night.
But you steady thinking who been on my mind
Addressing the person's concerns about the speaker's thoughts and past relationships.
I tell you I can't do this all the time
Stating the speaker's inability to continue certain behaviors indefinitely.
You ain't trusting that I don't got any women on my line
Denying involvement with other women and expressing a lack of trust from the person.
I ain't lying, you got trust issues I can't make right
Acknowledging the person's trust issues and the speaker's inability to resolve them.
All this pain that won't subside, I've been through it once or twice
Referring to lingering emotional pain and the speaker's past experiences.
Calling me when you intoxicated ain't the move
Criticizing the person for reaching out while intoxicated.
But I don't listen to my own advice
Admitting the speaker's failure to follow their own advice.
Every time we talk it's ending with I'll see you soon
Describing the recurring nature of conversations and future meetings.
But I know that it keeps on happening on both our sides
Acknowledging the repetition of issues on both sides of the relationship.
Maybe I'm the one to blame told you that I changed
Accepting responsibility for potential mistakes and changes in the speaker's behavior.
Every conversation is the same thing, maybe that's just alcohol or it's a late thing
Speculating on the influence of alcohol or the late hour on repeated conversations.
And you know I'll be faithful to you, are you faithful with me too
Reiterating the speaker's commitment to faithfulness and questioning the person's fidelity.
And you know I'll be faithful to you, are you faithful with me too
Repeating the speaker's commitment and questioning the person's faithfulness.
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