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Artist: The Shadowboxers
Canonical path: /the-shadowboxers/brakes
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Brakes
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Brakes
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She got me outdated, ahead of her time
I can't take a break with you
It feels like we're racing, but I run and you drive
I can't use the brakes with you
I'm in over my head now, have I lost my mind?
Trying to play like I'm a better man (better man)
It's not what I won't do, baby, it's what I might
Trying to show you I'm a better man
Futuristic lipstick better rocking with the beat
Let 'em get a taste and take 'em out, and let her see (get up)
I can't hang with you
Nah, you can't pay me to
Every time I need a day or two, I barely move
I ain't safe witchu (safe witchu)
Swear you off like a good drug
Take you back like a good drug
And I crawl to you, only you, 'cause
She got me outdated, ahead of her time
I can't take a break with you
It feels like we're racing, but I run and you drive
I can't use the brakes with you
I'm in over my head now, have I lost my mind?
Trying to play like I'm a better man (better man)
It's not what I won't do, baby, it's what I might
Trying to show you I'm a better man
Futuristic lipstick better rocking with the beat
Let 'em get a taste and take 'em out, and let her see (keep up)
I can't hang with you
Nah, you can't pay me to
Every time I need a day or two, I barely move
I ain't safe witchu (safe witchu)
Swear you off like a good drug
Take you back like a good drug
And I crawl to you, only you, 'cause
She got me outdated, ahead of her time
Yeah, I'm losing my mind (to make her mine)
The more that I'm chasing, I'm falling behind
So I'ma be taking my time, 'cause I know she's mine
Yeah, yeah, yeah
She got me outdated, ahead of her time
I can't take a break with you
It feels like we're racing, but I run and you drive
I can't use the brakes with you
She got me outdated, ahead of her time
I can't take a break with you
It feels like we're racing, but I run and you drive
I can't use the brakes with you
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