Don't Pretend (feat. Manraaj)

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 F*ck... 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? Emotions 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?