From Jokes To Forever

Knew you when we only cared about recess

Trading fruit snacks, talking like we knew what stress is

You clownin on my hairline in them desk pics

I said you’d be my best man, you said “bet, bet”

Middle school, hoodie on, sharing earbuds

You would roll your eyes when I’d flex in group hugs

Teachers thought we cousins, we ain’t say much

We just laughed, side by side on the same bus

High school hallway, you in them big hoops

I was all cap, frontin for my lil crew

You the only one that saw when I felt used

You said “stop actin tough, I know the real you”

Jayson and Nyla, started off playin

Now my whole heart in the words I’m sayin

Best friend, day one, I ain’t even plannin

How we mess around and fell in love standin

Side by side, now we hand in hand

Used to say “that’s bro,” now you my whole plan

Jayson and Nyla, story we ain’t chasin

We just grew up and grew into what we facin

College dorm calls, you on that late shift

FaceTime freeze, but your laugh still my favorite

You date lames, I pretend that I’m cool

Tell you “you deserve better,” then I change the subject soon

Group chats lit, they say “y’all look perfect”

We reply with memes, like “nah, we ain’t worth it”

But I feel weird every time you say “love you, friend”

That last word hit different at the end

One night, back home, rain on the windshield

You on the aux, we parked in a cornfield

You said “if we both single in ten years

We should just get married,” then we both cheer

But my chest tight, I ain’t laugh right

Streetlight on your face, everything bright

I said “why we gotta wait like that?”

You stared silent, then you whispered back

Jayson and Nyla, started off playin

Now my whole heart in the words I’m sayin

Best friend, day one, I ain’t even plannin

How we mess around and fell in love standin

Side by side, now we hand in hand

Used to say “that’s bro,” now you my whole plan

Jayson and Nyla, story we ain’t chasin

We just grew up and grew into what we facin

You said “I been scared to lose what we got”

I said “I been scared of everything you not”

Like waking up one day and you don’t call first

Or you call sayin “guess what, I put him in a verse”

Nyla, you my diary, my rib, my whole past

Every inside joke, every late-night crash

If this don’t work, we both lose the same friend

But if this do work, that’s the best win