Love Yourself

Live, learn and move ahead because we've all been burned
There's only so much you can give and not receive in return
Don't let it stress you out, view it as a bump in the road
Because it'll have you looking around the house looking for something to load
I know the whole situation girl, I know what he done
Ran game, lied and left you one deep with a son
You gave him everything and got nothing and that's a shame
Now looking at your own child's face brings back pain
Because when you see him, you see the man that did you so wrong
You get hard, harder to feel like you can raise him alone
And I know you can, hell you've been doing it this long
But packing all the weight for years makes it hard to be strong
You better take a little time out to gather yourself
When no laughter is felt just all tears that's bad for your health
Don't get caught up in emotion, learn to hover above
You stop loving yourself, you won't be there for others to love

If you don't love you
You can't love no one else
How can you love someone
If you don't love yourself?

This fellow pumped up your head with the words that he said
Not even 24 hours later he had you in bed
Said it was you and him forever and that he was your man
To infatuated to understand his ultimate plan
Now you done broke ties with family and got with him fast
He educated you on street hustles to bring in cash
You was sceptical at first but he sold you a dream
He hit you with the "if you loved me, you would do it" routine
Now you out there on the streets and stripping up in the club
Selling your body and drugs and this supposed to be love?
You looked for it up in the wrong place and went with the flow
Now you stay high because your self esteem is low
And every day you seem to fall off just a little bit more
Your appearance ain't even the same as it was before
You gave your heart to a man who didn't have one of his own
And when he found somebody new to use he left you alone