Simba Da King - Love Yourself

How can you love someone when you don't love yourself
Keep creating distance but we feel so parallel
Build a wall of lies just to make sure you don't melt
And, then you let no one inside just to help protect yourself

I know you feel the distance
Trying to help your people to a new place but they never listen
You can't be inconsistent
You got to crawl up out that swamp find you a new position
Just be yourself through every obstacle they'll see the difference
Got to make your mind up
Through all the arguments we put that shit behind us
Nothing divides us, Got to build your pride up
Yeah, we got to rise up
Yeah, on the road from rags to riches we get wiser
Got to watch your rearview because your best friend could despise ya
You know this world is vicious
That ain't your brother if he look at you as competition
Practice awareness you should notice all the bad intentions
Yeah, build yourself up you can take your soul to new dimensions
And, I'ma risk it for that biscuit like it's 4th and inches
Before you jump up in the game gotta know the consequences
And, when they try to lock your mind up use your comprehension
Hope you never forget that

How can you love someone when you don't love yourself
Keep creating distance but we feel so parallel
Build a wall of lies just to make sure you don't melt
And, then you let no one inside just to help protect yourself

You gone protect yourself
Stuck in that box and you ain't worried about nobody else
Knowing damn well you doing bad don't wanna ask for help
Feel like they gone look at you different if you ask for help
Even god needed help he rested on his seventh day
Snooze and you lose and you don't wanna miss nothing gotta stay awake
Knowledge you must obtain
Scared if you ask for help then they gone throw it in your face
Scared of commitment so you always trying to play it safe
You ain't gotta prove shit no one keep it real you'll make a name
You ain't even gotta know Obama just to make a change
Polish the dust off your mistakes you might find something great
Respect the man up in the mirror for you start your day
You know you doing something right when everybody hate
A real leader gone keep some food on everybody plate
Need to work like ten times as hard as you procrastinate
Don't watch the date you'll reach the top move at your own pace

How can you love someone when you don't love yourself
Keep creating distance but we feel so parallel
Build a wall of lies just to make sure you don't melt
And, then you let no one inside just to help protect yourself

Written by:
Jayveon Johnson

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