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If it was real, tell me why we gotta go through this shit
If the relationship was genuine, why are we going through difficult times?
Momma told me there’d be nights like this
The speaker's mother warned about experiencing challenging nights.
Screaming, crying at each other on them late night shifts
Describing intense moments of arguing and crying during late-night work shifts.
Baby you don’t really know how bad it gets
Expressing that the partner doesn't truly understand the severity of the situation.
When you tell me you don’t know if I’m the one that you want
When the partner expresses uncertainty about the speaker's importance.
Then the next day we just act like nothing’s really going wrong
Contrasting the uncertainty with acting normal the next day.
Sometimes I think we’re starting to lose the patience
Suspecting a loss of patience in the relationship.
And you just don’t wanna be the first to say it
Suggesting reluctance to be the first to acknowledge problems.
I’m just waiting on you, to make a wrong move
The speaker is anticipating the partner making a mistake.
And you’re waiting on me, doing something wrong too
Reciprocal anticipation of wrongdoing between the speaker and partner.
Lately it just feel like we been slippin
Feeling a gradual deterioration in the relationship.
This shit been getting tired, I been trippin
Expressing weariness and acknowledging personal faults.
Baby I don’t really know if I can live like this
Doubting the ability to continue living in the current state of the relationship.
If I stayed then I’d have to be crazy
If the speaker stays, it would be considered irrational.
Baby I don’t really know if you should live like this
Suggesting the partner shouldn't endure this kind of relationship.
I don’t want to keep on seeing you just hate me
Expressing a desire to end the mutual animosity.
One of these days
A future moment is anticipated when the struggles will cease.
It’ll all be over
Repetition of the anticipation of an end to the difficulties.
It’ll all be over
Continuation of the anticipation of resolution.
And we won’t have to cry no more
Envisioning a future without tears and emotional pain.
And we won’t have to cry no more
Reiteration of the hope for a tear-free future.
It’s hard to learn lessons when you’re also tryna teach
Stating the challenge of learning lessons while trying to guide the partner.
I don’t really understand why you love me
Expressing confusion about why the partner loves the speaker.
If I had a dime for every time that you wanted to leave,
Reflecting on the frequency of the partner wanting to end the relationship.
I’d be sitting on a giant pile of money
Imagining wealth based on the partner's desire to leave.
Then it’s back to the habits to the same old shit
Returning to old habits and facing the same issues.
Waking up in the morning like I’m already pissed
Describing a morning mood of frustration and anger.
And Lord knows this shit even harder for you
Acknowledging that the situation is even harder for the partner.
You call me all these names but I know that it’s true
Accepting the truth in the partner's accusations.
1 shot, 2 shot, however many it takes
Referring to coping with difficulties through alcohol (shots).
Take the bitters with the sweets, you’re the one that I chase
Advising to endure both hardships and joys in the relationship.
Man the truth is hard to swallow, but I’d rather take it straight
Acknowledging the difficulty of facing unfiltered truths.
The Henny to my coke, I don’t wanna replace
Comparing the partner to a complementing element (Henny to coke).
Cause even after everything I said,
Despite everything said, the speaker desires the partner's presence.
I just want you laying next to me inside my bed
Expressing the wish for the partner to be close in bed.
Sometimes it feels like nothing helps
Acknowledging that sometimes nothing seems helpful in the relationship.
But I’d rather fight with you than be with someone else
Choosing to fight with the partner over being with someone else.
We’ll work it out
Believing that the relationship can be resolved through effort.
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