The Way You Love Me (ft. Felicia Temple)

Turn me up in the headphone something

(New Joe Budden)

Look

First off let me shout out the fam, y'all so gracious

Been chilling in the room for growth, it's so spacious

Getting to the money, counting these old faces

Like I found the smoking gun in cold cases (nah)

Them dark thoughts never got to 'em still

I'm like the legendary Robin Will

Even though I understand I never dealt with the pain like that

A knot from that same rope, but I don't hang like that

We had a couple break-ups - gotta respect Cause and I'll hit the reset button

You try to reset Budden, it's real

My accomplishments, already show 'em how I deal with the consequence

And you can ask Consequence

She reached out via text, like "what up with the guy?"

Which is weird, it's been a year since we fraternized

Still I made my way back in her life

Only to prove to myself I wouldn't fuck up twice

We reminiscing, thinking hella back

You had to watch me with her, but to hell with that

Cause I think that me carrying that thought kinda washed me with her

And even that's cool, cause me and you is not me and her

I took a little hiatus, hope you could see the change

I was too high to say this, how could I explain?

Thought my mouth was quiet, my mind was like a Ferguson riot

Why it only get worse when I'm in private

Were we victims to the game, trying to do it over

Here's the gift for an exchange

It's timeout for the public these niggas won't know a thing

So we keep each other blocked on Twitter, it's not a game

Like a picture in a frame for now

Drunk models, couple Swishers and a stack here

[Hook - Felicia Temple:]

Everytime I walk away, you need me

But your words don't mean a thing when you're not here

Tell me is this the way

The way that you love me

Tell me is this the way

The way that you care

She said she wanna set boundaries

Can't continue to have you surrounding me

Cause that'll lead to you on this couch pounding me

That'll bring them feelings back, that's just out of bounds to me

It's been years, last bitch ain't come around to me

Send my tone of voice down, like you speaking down to me

Said I said some things to begrudge you

But I can't ask to not be judged, then judge you

She said, all this time I've been screaming "Fuck You"

When she implies I can't move on, I'm stuck, too

Blood flowing, there's an adrenaline rush, too

Everytime I'm tryna leave it's when you're in a rush, too

She said, looking back I can see how you was gaming me

Which is fine, I can see how you could feel there

Which means, I just gotta ask you one question now

If it was game, tell me why them feelings still there?

I know the answer to that: you still fallin'

You never felt so strong, it feels foreign

Probably got me saved in her phone as Phil Collins

Hear it in the air of the night, it's still callin'

Everytime you see me, a couple of bills on him

Got rich, then did it again, we still ballin'

You ain't gotta respond to that

If you did it would look like it's a con to that

I'm so far beyond that

Chillin' with a couple of hoes that like hoes

That like niggas that don't act like hoes

I don't say that cause I'm vain or some strangers can know I'm the man

We not fuckin' em, sometimes it's better knowin' you can't

She come runnin' back everytime she throw in the can

Just to holla when she feel like not a soul understand

Baby, I already proved that I ride out

You can't bear to be hurt again so you hide out

You ain't gotta say that, I know you inside out

We communicate so well when all the pride's out

You gotta give it one more go, we ain't tried out

Nah that love wouldn't a been real if it died out

Joey

[Hook]