Where I've Been Lyrics

I guess you wonder where I've been

I searched to find a love within

I came back to let you know

Got a thing for you, and I can't let go

Nuh gi miself enough credit, so why mi expect fi get props?

Dat a mi problem, so mi promise a yah so it stop

Di way mi grow, mi tink certain traits mi woulda adapt

Instead, mi do di opposite a dat

Mi deeven talk 'bout it a lot

Next ting yuh hear dem seh mi just a brag

Hear seh mi cocky and show off, true dem nuh know mi glad

Mi used to gah mi bed a bawl, di way mi used to sad

Dem nuh know di struggle, but a just di grace a God

Depression used to beat mi bad, when mi bredda neva a beat mi

Grew up not feeling loved, mi used to people a mistreat mi

Mi grandparents get killed by smady dem a try fi help

Suh how mi grow up waa fi save people weh need di help?

The fixer in relationships, healing everyone else

Mi only waa fi be di best version a miself

Cause who and how you are alone matter in a di end

Nuh care who doe accept mi, all mi care 'bout a being miself

I guess you wonder where I've been

I searched to find a love within

I came back to let you know

Got a thing for you, and I can't let go

I guess you've wondered where I've been

I've been here searching, and I finally found love within

I came to let you know that solitude will always win

I made peace with myself and I'm content with everything

That doesn't mean that I won't still mess up from time to time

Still learning and growing, still have to forgive myself sometimes

Too focused on the top that I forget about the climb

Now before I give up, I redirect and realign

Cause mah come from a place weh, jah know, can show yuh betta dan mi coulda tell yuh

Humble miself, nuh watch nuh face, mi nuh care fi impress yuh

Di trauma, di abuse, etc, nah guh reach mi kids

Mi grateful fi mi parents, but wah dem lack, mi ago give

Show up emotionally, not just physically

Break generational curses, treat mi children dem equally

I'm betting on me now, I deserve all the best love

I love me naked, and don't think I mean when I'm not dressed up