THE ROOTS - Complexity lyrics

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I've been wondering about the complexity

Of what we have it shouldn't be

More

Just can't see

More

You're physically in this, but how could we tell

If we was meant to be in bliss if you're not mentally as well?

This energy you're sending me is tricky as hell

Usually it's like a 50/50, we could take a L

Before we start things, at this point being apart brings

The feeling of somebody plucking at your heart strings

I know it probably shouldn't feel like this

But any other woman I see is in your likeness

It's from your cheekbones

Yo your lips, to your curves, to your deep moans

To that walk, to your words

You love feeling like a breakdown on the verge

First we on good terms, then you on my last nerves

Got my back just aching, my shoes is all tight

It's too complex when we choose to do it right

It's wrong, one minute you a soldier strong

Then you trying a route talking about it's over and gone

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When your boyfriend's in town, it's bound to be trouble, Love

His name Black, and he known to be a lover of

Getting it on with my smoker's jacket on

Eyes racing back and forth listening to Chaka Khan

Trying to figure the cause why you always acting off

like I'm slacking off

Maybe our signal's getting crossed

For the case Love, you feel like you making a waste of

Your precious time you need to get a taste of

Some space to breathe, a moment as friends

We should've felt ourselves slipping into it again

Cuz it's like off and on, on and off

Passion, lost and found, found and lost

Clashing, asking for nothing but understanding

Your hearts made of glass, use care when handling

Girl, all in all I never leave you stranded

Cuz my respect you commanded, you figure it out

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I used to come into the party and stand around

Cuz I was kinda too shy to really get down

I used to play the corner and watch the scene

Deep down knowing I wanted to find me a queen

And I could feel that in my stomach and up in my chest

Because I knew a lot of women, and some was fresh

But then I found you girl, and just like me

You had a heart that was yearning to be set free

Now listen, see you and me we need to take the time

To erase any doubt that's inside your mind

It's not a mountain that I'm ever too tired to climb

And who's counting, but I know at least a thousand times

I let you know I'm here for you, care for you, and confide in you

Break bread, share with you, and provide for you

And that's full time, it's no 9 to 5 with you

That's why I'm trying to work it out with you, it's gonna work

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