[00:00:00] This Girl I Know - Oddisee [00:00:11] I got a lover but it's complicated [00:00:13] We've been off and on trying to keep the fire warm [00:00:15] But a brother jaded [00:00:16] I've even moved up to brooklyn so that we could bond [00:00:18] Feel like I see her even less then when I lived away and [00:00:21] Suffocated by the city she ain't ever home [00:00:23] She in la or any other place that ain't my arms [00:00:26] Can't say she cheating because she was never mine alone [00:00:29] I just think I'm better for her than the drug dealers and the lie tellers [00:00:32] Yeah am I wise but I could be wrong [00:00:34] Please don't let be [00:00:35] I gave her time and a half while others get her free [00:00:37] And I ain't one to compare but what I see [00:00:39] Is her in a lesser form with anybody instead of me [00:00:42] We on a different page same play different stage [00:00:45] Waited on the street to say hi [00:00:46] I must have missed the wave await her call to come by [00:00:49] I know this girl around town [00:00:50] She cool she cool she cool [00:00:53] She coming around round [00:00:54] When no one around round [00:00:55] She come through come through she come through [00:00:58] We messing around round [00:00:59] Already for now now [00:01:00] We do what we do we do [00:01:03] But we know that for now now [00:01:04] Is only for now now [00:01:06] We through we through we through [00:01:08] But I still lover her though [00:01:11] We've come a long way [00:01:13] Even though she keep me at arm's length [00:01:14] Over her head and she responds late [00:01:16] I place the blame on all them clowns that she round [00:01:18] Because intelligence ain't part of their style [00:01:20] Smarten up dumb it down [00:01:21] Drop a jewel rocking jewelry [00:01:22] The way you move done parted the crowd [00:01:24] And I know you did the knowledge before admitted to college [00:01:27] So why you hanging round with this foolery [00:01:29] The same lame's bragging how he bagged you dorm rooms [00:01:32] Done tried to flip the mattress acting like he adore you [00:01:34] Same bed if it ain't all true [00:01:36] Why am I here [00:01:37] You know they lying through the locks and the beards [00:01:39] Although I'm faded I'm as sharp as they is [00:01:41] 'Cause he ain't seen a barbershop in some years [00:01:42] Don't mean that he the one to lead us when apocalypse near [00:01:45] You know I'm right you see the light in the days [00:01:47] Final calling me I'll see you tonight aye [00:01:49] I know this girl around town [00:01:51] She cool she cool she cool [00:01:52] She coming around round [00:01:54] When no one around round [00:01:55] She come through come through she come through [00:01:57] We messing around round [00:01:59] Already for now now [00:02:00] We do what we do we do [00:02:02] But we know that for now now [00:02:04] Is only for now now [00:02:05] We through we through we through [00:02:08] But I still lover her though [00:02:10] You ever love somebody that didn't reciprocate it [00:02:12] But they give you just enough to keep waiting [00:02:14] Thinking maybe they might see you how you see them with patience [00:02:16] Will come say when they quit faking on the heart that you gave them [00:02:19] But do you give it for gift or for the feeling itself [00:02:21] If nothing's in it for you would you still be willing to help [00:02:24] I think my love know me more than I give credit for [00:02:26] She made me greater even though I tell her that I'm better for her [00:02:29] But she done heard it before and she gone hear it again [00:02:31] It's plenty men that tried to holler in metaphor [00:02:34] I'd love to talk to her but I talk through her [00:02:36] We speak our minds the same time and so I let her off [00:02:39] Am I the side piece or the main squeeze [00:02:41] Either way I'm filled with pride when I hear her thank me [00:02:43] So she can come and go as she please [00:02:45] She leave me 'lone but not in moments of need [00:02:47] Ain't only mine and maybe so it should be [00:02:49] I know this girl around town