That’s Why I Do Me

(Mhmmhm…)

(They, they, they just come and go… that’s why I do me…)

(Do me…)

(They, they, they just come and go… that’s why I do me…)

They, they just come and go,

That’s why I do me…

Tired of watching people leave

Thinking somewhere else is where they need to be.

Always chasing something better,

Then finding out it wasn’t what it seemed.

Caught inside another illusion,

Calling temporary feelings something they need.

Maybe I don’t understand it,

Maybe they, they don’t understand me.

Everybody following everybody,

Like being yourself ain’t enough these days.

So maybe I’m thinking I’ll stick to being alone,

Not because that’s really what I want,

But every time I make somebody home,

They remind me they can still be gone.

And it don’t matter what you do…

They, they just come and go,

That’s why I do me… (do me)

Think I’mma keep riding on my own now,

Keep my peace and worry ’bout me.

Everybody wants somebody different,

Till somebody different comes along.

Then you’re sitting there wondering

Where the hell everything went wrong.

That’s why I do me…

(They, they, they just come and go…)

That’s why I do me… (do me)

(They, they, they just come and go…)

That’s why I do me…

Truth is, I don’t wanna be alone,

But loneliness started speaking like it knows me.

I lost some sense of connection

From getting tired of watching people leave.

So maybe right now I need to focus,

Put some of that energy back into me.

My body and mind need my attention,

Can’t keep giving away what I need.

Sometimes I feel less human,

Like I’ve been disconnected since everything changed cuz it’s been all ruined, My Family calling, people are checking, But I’ve been distant trying to handle all this pain. It ain’t that I stopped loving ’em,

I just stopped knowing how to show up.

Been stuck inside this surrender phase,

Knowing I could do more but feeling like I’m not enough. And inevitably getting played in future love ones will make it harder, ’causing me to now question everybody who gets close to me.

Part of me expects the ending

Before anything even has the chance to grow.

But maybe doing me ain’t isolation.

Maybe doing me means finding myself again.

Maybe I can learn to stand alone

Without believing everybody has to leave in the end. Still…

They, they just come and go,

Ohh That’s why I do me… (do me)

I’mma put myself first for now,

Give myself the love I always give away for free.

I don’t wanna spend my whole life alone,

I just need some time to finally breathe.

If somebody comes and stays someday,

They’ll meet a better version of me.

That’s why I do me…

(They, they, they just come and go…)

But this time I won’t lose me…

(They, they, they just come and go…)

But this time I won’t lose me…

(Mhmmhm…)

They come…

They go…

I can’t control who leaves.

But I can control one thing…

I ain’t leaving me.

Cuz without me…

(They’ll, they’ll, they’ll just come and go…)

(That’s why I do me…)

(Do me…) (Doo mee…)