Puff puff pass

Intro (spoken, low & raw)

Yeah…

Look, baby…

We go way back

Before bills, before pain, before I knew who I was

Fourteen… you remember

I do

Verse 1

Baby, we met when I was young as hell

Back when the world felt loud, couldn’t hear myself

You slowed it down, let my mind breathe

Had me seeing shit deeper, like my third eye peaked

You was there when my heart broke

There when nights felt cold on that D.C. smoke

Had me laughing till my stomach hurt

Turned my pain into jokes, made the worst feel less worse

I ain’t gon’ lie, you held me close

When life got heavy, you was who I chose

Every blunt was a conversation

Me and you plotting dreams, escaping the pavement

Pre-Chorus

But somewhere down the line, baby, shit switched up

I stopped visiting you, I moved in, got stuck

What was love started feeling like chains

Same routine, same high, same brain

Chorus

Baby, I love you, but I gotta let go

I been zoning out, moving too slow

My people say I don’t feel the same no more

Like I’m here but I’m gone, staring out the door

You calmed my nerves, helped me create

But you costing me time, money, and faith

I might say hi every now and then, maybe

But right now… I gotta say goodbye, baby

Verse 2

You helped me survive them dark-ass days

When tears fell silent, when I lost my way

When the city felt heavy, sirens all night

You made the chaos feel a little more light

But now my pockets hurting, dreams on pause

I keep saying “tomorrow,” knowing damn well I stall

I wanna build, wanna save, wanna grow

But I keep pressing replay instead of letting shit go

My folks looking at me like “you good?”

And I swear I am… just misunderstood

I ain’t lost, just been floating too long

Same circle, same couch, same song

Pre-Chorus

Baby, you my comfort, that’s the truth

But comfort can kill when it’s holding you

I need my fire back, need my focus clear

Need to face life raw, no smoke in the mirror

Chorus

Baby, I love you, but I gotta let go

Twenty years deep, that’s all I know

You helped me heal, helped me cope

But now I need me, not just hope

You sparked my mind, slowed my rage

But you keeping me stuck in the same damn page

I might say hi every now and then, maybe

But right now… I gotta say goodbye, baby

Bridge (spoken, emotional)

This ain’t hate…

This growth

You ain’t the enemy

You just can’t come where I’m going

Verse 3

I wanna wake up sharp, not hazy

Chasing peace, not just feeling lazy

I wanna show up present, locked in

For my people, my purpose, my future wins

Baby, you was a chapter, not the book

And I stayed too long, that’s the part I took

Still got love for you, no disrespect

Just gotta choose myself, that’s a fact

Outro / Chorus (soft, reflective)

So baby, goodbye… for now

I’m choosing clarity, I’m choosing how

If we cross paths later, it’ll be light, not heavy

But right now I gotta build, gotta steady

I love you…

But I love me more