[Verse 1]
My best friend called it in about a week.
Mama raised an eyebrow, didn’t have to speak.
Coworkers hit me with that, “Girl… you sure?”
Turns out they all deserved an award.
They said, “He’s got excuses stacked up to the sky.”
Said, “Watch his actions, don’t just buy the lines.”
I said, “You don’t know him like I do.”
…Turns out they did.
[Pre-Chorus]
Love had me wearing rose-colored glasses.
Everybody else had twenty-twenty vision.
[Chorus]
Everybody told me, “Run!”
I said, “No, he’s just misunderstood.”
Now I’m handing out apologies
To everybody who was good.
You saw the lies.
You saw the games.
I kept defending what I couldn’t explain.
If I’d been my own best friend,
I’d have packed my bags that night.
Funny how I gave myself
The worst advice.
[Verse 2]
No steady job but a full-time opinion.
Couldn’t pay the bill, still audited my living.
House looked like a crime scene documentary,
Still critiqued my kitchen like he was HGTV.
Borrowed my peace, borrowed my money.
Borrowed tomorrow like it grew on trees.
The only thing he never borrowed…
Was accountability.
[Pre-Chorus]
Every red flag looked pink
When I was holding it.
[Chorus]
Everybody told me, “Run!”
I said, “Love just takes some work.”
Turns out carrying someone else
Is exactly how your own back hurts.
You saw the truth.
I saw potential.
Guess which one was actually real?
If I’d been my own best friend,
I’d have said, “Baby, know your worth.”
Instead I kept giving discounts
To someone who never paid full price.
[Bridge]
So here’s to every friend I argued with.
Every sister who bit her tongue.
Every “I don’t like the way he treats you”
That I pretended hadn’t been said.
Y’all weren’t being negative.
You were trying to save me.
[Final Chorus]
Everybody around me was right.
That’s a sentence I never thought I’d sing.
The hardest part isn’t that you fooled me…
It’s how hard I worked
To fool me.
Now if a man brings chaos
Wrapped up with pretty words,
I’m not writing another love song…
I’m writing his exit first.
[Outro]
Next time love shows up…
My friends get a vote. 😏
