Held you down

This is for every woman who gave her all…

To someone who couldn’t even give the bare minimum.

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I held you down from day one, you watched me drown in the deep end

Three jobs, tired eyes, while you just stayed sleepin’

You had the nerve to sit and play them games

While I carried the weight and you carried no shame

How could you watch me break and not feel a thing?

How’d you forget my name when I gave you everything?

Ungrateful, selfish, liar and a cheat

And still, I found the strength to love you through the heat

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But I still wish you well, even after the hell

Even after you dipped when I needed help

It’s gonna kill me to see you move on so fast

Like I was just a moment, not your whole damn past

Never thought you’d leave me like this

In my lowest, broken, you ain’t even flinch

Should’ve never let you in — yeah that’s a fact

Sex was mid, you were broke, and I carried your slack

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You chose your boys, your mom, your pride

Over the girl who stood by your side

All I asked for was love and time

But that was too much for your selfish mind

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All you had to do was listen

Love me real, not from a distance

Be the man you said you’d be

But you chose ego over me

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And it’s crazy…

‘Cause even after all the lies, the cheating, the gaslighting…

I still believe in love.

I still believe there’s someone out there

Who won’t make me beg for the bare minimum.

Someone who’ll show up.

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So I wish you peace, I wish you growth

Even if you never say sorry, even if you never know

You lost a real one, that’s your curse

But I won’t let you dim my worth

It hurts, but I’ll be fine

Love still lives in this heart of mine

Next time, I’ll choose me first

‘Cause I deserve the whole damn universe

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This ain’t a sad song, it’s a survival one

I made it out, even when love was gone

And that’s real.