No love for man—
We lost it when we lost all respect.
We learned early on love was another word
Used to manipulate those who already had the winning deck.
If a man can convince us we arent enough,
Then he’d be sure to always get another chance.
You told me we’d never fall for that trap,
But without even knowing… for so long
we gave the devil everything he ever asked.
So if they want to know where it began—
We were conditioned to believe we werent enough way back then.
‘Cause in retrospect, the man we were supposed to trust
was already teaching us.
Teaching us all the wrong ways to validate our worth,
how to love others more than our self
And how to pick men who are the worst.
You,
Much like the good woman you knew were busy putting yourselves to the side,
Making sure everyone else was alright,
Unknowingly showing others what we would accept.
Lots of tears, girl, but our tears never demanded respect.
So of course we are confused.
We confused love and settling.
Lust with love
Trading being happy,
For just being numb.
You tried to reflect.
Tried doing the math in your head—
When you added it up, you figured it was evident:
Relationships only lead to depression.
We crave love and to be healed
By the same people who keep breaking us again.
Naturally, we strayed away from emotions,
I pacified our fear with lust
And going through the motions.
Thought for sure this would keep us safer,
But as time went on, I began to notice—
I
I stayed having relations with people
Who just kept us feeling hopeless.
Never searching for more,
Because this is all there is and we both know it—
Till I dropped to my knees
And begged for us to be released
From the vicious cycle we created for me. Now I get to thank the Lord for this cup he took away from you and me.