Don't Pretend ft. Manraaj Lyrics

What would you say to them?

If you weren't worried about the response?

Please let me be smart, I'm kicking back to recharge and reassess

Find it hard to be my best when everything is seeped

In all this seemingly unneeded stress

When it's you, I really feel it needs address

Difficult, so I need it covered up, the skin is proof

Secrets I've been keeping, need invisible

Keep the essence on the digital

Hide behind a text when otherwise I'm waxing lyrical

And our inner mind's intertwine on minimal

Connect your mind and mine alike

And tap the network on the sly

Inside of Gaia, pray and meditate

To elevate my spirit too

Tryna reach your level and

If I haven't said it fam

It's all because I'm into you

Fuck...

Overthinking every little move

For every setback, personify a different mood

Sick and tired, all this trying

Bring the record through

Drop the needle, fucking let the tune play

What's a fella do?

Hope and praying for a better groove?

When the heart's beating faster than it ever could?

But you're staying still, and you never move?

When this story ends

You'll be so glad it's done, you will

Oh no, no, no

So girl, let's not pretend

So when it's said and done

You'll know

That I don't want things to change

Caught between the right and wrong

Aware of each

Scared to meet between the light and dark

Wonder what I'm fighting for?

Emotion pulling strings

Got that energy my reasoning just couldn't bring

Murky rationale, it got me burnt and acting out

Feel my character get compromised, turn my back and now

I walk away and wonder if you ponder my decision

Wonder if your target ever locked on my position

Regardless, my decision been the hardest

Romantic hasn't been synonymous with being smartest

Let's not pretend this goes beyond us being friends

Even furthermore beyond that, we struggle making sense

When outsiders try and make attempts, throwing obstacles

Knowing it affect you more than me

So now you see I'm being logical

We're from communities where it's like everybody's hiding

Our deeper fears got us moving silent

Out of fear of what?

Fear of being seen and being chewed out?

Cause they all know your secret and you're thinking what to do now?

Cliche, but you've been burnt before and hurt

From all this lack of trust

Wondering for me, myself and I

Cause no one's backing us?

But what's it got to do with them?

It's only me and you, I'm speaking through my pen

Sometimes, I feel the booth is like my truest friend

For you, I'm taking off the mask and dropping all my pseudonyms

Still I'm moving on, even only for my peace of mind

Wanna keep you in my life

I know you want a piece of mine still

Been maneuvering this minefield

Staying in the dark won't illuminate what light will, so

When this story ends

You'll be so glad it's done, you will

Oh no, no, no

So girl, let's not pretend

So when it's said and done

You'll know

That I don't want things to change

When this story ends

You'll be so glad it's done, you will

Oh no, no, no

So girl, let's not pretend

So when it's said and done

You'll know

That I don't want things to change

So, why do you filter yourself so much?

When you can show up in the world

Why don't you feel like

You can just be yourself?

What's stopping you?