Eli Youngblood - Tough Love

★ chorus ★
Gimme all that tough love
Not the kind you have in a second
Momentary spur then you back where you headed
Kinda tough love
Keep on holdin’ fast when you reckless
‘cause a man lose his way don’t mean that’s where’s he headed

★ verse 1 ★
I want some tough love
Grip don’t slip when the glove does
Shoes don’t fit but i must trudge
Peers in the club tryna get some chicks with enough ones
But you can’t buy all the real ones
Meaningless cash exchange to feel some
Money’s the root of all people, the deal’s done
Tryna make a buck ‘cause the real make you risk tons
Gave a girl my heart and then she left with a big chunk

★ bridge ★
Been feelin’ like
Woah
I ain’t felt nuthin’ for 5 dang months
I ain’t held you ‘cause my hands numb
I ain’t tried to ‘cause i can’t love
And i can’t love, i prevent myself
I’m closed off but you’re in my shell
Act so tough but i’m soft as silk
I’m so lost and i’m in my feels

★ chorus ★
Gimme all that tough love
Not the kind you have in a second
Momentary spur then you back where you headed
Kinda tough love
Keep on holdin’ fast when you reckless
‘cause a man lose his way don’t mean that’s where he's headed
Gimme all that tough love
Not the kind you have in a second
Momentary spur then you back where you headed
Kinda tough love
Keep on holdin’ fast when you reckless
‘cause a man lose his way don’t mean that’s where he's headed

★ verse 2 ★
I've developed a theory of sorts
People tend to repeat evil without seekin' recourse
Everybody actin' heartless, it's so bleak in the morgue
How you reason with and successfully beef with a corpse
I've been tryin' to figure out ingredients of a player
Human cruelty or past effects of reapin’ the wagers
'cause truthfully, you gotta see love is a gamblin' game
Lay all on the money on the table, it don't spare us the change
And we lost all of it, now finding ways to air out the pain
Blamin' the man in the mirror but we just stare at the frames
It was our weakness, why we weep in this embarrassing shame
And so we hone our plays, no careless chick gone tear me again
'cause everybody scared of heartbreak, i feel the same fear
It's a dark taste, the scars are in this clear-as-day mirror
But can we escape here, i don’t want my paranoia
I don’t care no more, you can rest and use my shoulder

★ pre-chorus ★
I don’t care no more, i could drop a couple tears
‘cause i’ve been lookin’ hard at the man in the mirror
And i feel like he’s the curse and the shadow that i fear
Your biggest enemy is you
I said
I don’t care no more, i could drop a couple tears
‘cause i’ve been lookin’ hard at the man in the mirror
And i feel like he’s the curse and the shadow that i fear
Your biggest enemy is you

★ chorus ★
Gimme all that tough love
Not the kind you have in a second
Momentary spur then you back where you headed
Kinda tough love
Keep on holdin’ fast when you reckless
‘cause a man lose his way don’t mean that’s where he's headed
Gimme all that tough love
Not the kind you have in a second
Momentary spur then you back where you headed
Kinda tough love
Keep on holdin’ fast when you reckless
‘cause a man lose his way don’t mean that’s where he's headed

★ outro ★
Now she’s gone
Now she’s gone
Now she’s gone
Now she’s gone
Yeah, it’s tough love