Whatever You Want

[Verse 1]
You say, “I’m just livin’, baby”
Laugh it off, call it “just a phase”
Phone face down on the table
But your lies loud in a hundred ways
You swear you never meant to break me
You swear you just got carried away
But every little choice you’re making
Feels like you’re pushing me away
[Pre-Chorus]
You call it freedom
I call it not picking me
You call it honest
I call it hurting for free
You call it nothing
Like I can’t see what I see
Tell me, honestly
Is this love, or just easy?
[Chorus]
You can do whatever you want
And you always do
You can stay out ‘til the sun comes up
I’ll be here, confused
You can break whoever you want
Like it’s nothing to lose
You can do whatever you want
But you can’t call it love too
[Verse 2]
You say, “I’m not anybody’s”
But you sleep in my shirt at night
You say you hate all the drama
But you walk straight into every fight
You say, “I’m scared to be lonely”
While you keep me at arm’s length
I’m bleeding out in the hallway
You’re busy protecting your name
[Pre-Chorus]
You call it honest
I call it halfway in
You call it harmless
While I’m wearing all your sin
You call it “that’s just
The way that I’ve always been”
You keep your halo
And I take all of the hit
[Chorus]
You can do whatever you want
And you always do
You can text them back at 3 a.m.
Then come lay next to me too
You can break whoever you want
Walk away when you’re through
You can do whatever you want
But you can’t call it love too
[Bridge]
Every time you say “it’s just me”
It sounds like, “you don’t mean a thing”
Every time you shrug and say “sorry”
I hear, “I’d do it again next week”
You want the truth?
You want it clean?
You love control
More than you love me
[Chorus]
[all a cappella, stacked male harmonies]
You can do whatever you want
(whatever you want)
And you always do
(always do, always do)
You can stay out ‘til the sun comes up
I’ll be here, confused
(here for you, here for you)
You can break whoever you want
Like they’re easy to use
(easy to use)
You can do whatever you want
But you can’t call it love too
[Extended Ending – Choir]
[choir swelling under lead male vocal]
You can do whatever you want
(whatever you want)
But don’t say it’s love
You can do whatever you want
(whatever you want)
But don’t say it’s love
You can do whatever you want
But don’t say it’s love, don’t call it love
You can do whatever you want
(whatever you want, whatever you)
But you can’t call it love
[voices fade, lone male voice]
You can do whatever you want
Just don’t call it love

rap, Slow hybrid rap/R&B ballad: minimal keys and sub bass under intimate male vocals; verses half-sung, half-rapped in a confessional pocket. A cappella male chorus in tight, gospel-tinged harmony, choir swelling in the extended ending with stacked call-and-response. Sparse percussion that blooms into big cinematic hits by the outro, leaving the final line exposed and raw., hip hop, slow, pop