K-I-S-S-I-N-G

Kids in the back like, "Ooo, what he say?"

Whole class lookin' at ’em sideways

[low vocal register] Jayson and Nyla, hallway heat

Now they talkin’ ’bout the tree down the street

Jayson got his shoes all scuffed, tryna act hard

Heart doing jump rope, fumble on his smart talk

Nyla with the notebook, pens in a rainbow

Laugh when he stutter, "Boy, what you standin’ so close for?"

Bus stop rumors in the group chat, ding

Screenshot circle with the petty little grin

Somebody wrote their names in a bubble by a heart

Next day somebody carved it in the bark like

Jayson and Nyla, sittin’ in the tree

K-I-S-S-I-N-G

First comes blushin’, then that tease

Whole school singin’ on beat, on 3 (hey!)

Jayson and Nyla, everybody see

K-I-S-S-I-N-G

They just friends, that’s what they scream

But they both smile when they hear that theme

After-school walk, same path, same road

Backpacks swingin’ in a slow-mo show

He like, "They wildin’, I ain’t even like that"

She like, "Mm-hmm," tryna hide a sly laugh

Group texts blowin’ up, "You gon’ ask her out?"

He delete the message, but he dreamin’ ’bout it now

She drawin’ his hoodie in the margin of a page

Name in the corner with a cloudy little frame

[whispered vocals] "I don’t even like him"

"She ain’t even my type"

But they both check phones

When it buzz late night

Front row clownin’, they both play tough

But that tree on the block know they kinda grew up

Jayson and Nyla, sittin’ in the tree

K-I-S-S-I-N-G

First comes blushin’, then that tease

Whole school singin’ on beat, on 3