“Relations & Sinking Ships (Intro)”

Written and Performed by L’Carty (BMI) and LexC (ASCAP) / Produced by Twysted Genius (BMI) / Engineered, Mixed, and Mastered at Rich Productions in Marietta, GA by LexC

So Lex

What’s your ideal of partnership

What your ideal of companionship, like

What type of guy do you see yourself with

I’m talking long term, like

That one and done, like

You see yourself with somebody, like

What is it

That’s it

That’s the one

Yeah, that’s the one

Um

My important thing is to feel like

I can be inspired by the person that I’m gonna be with

I wanna feel like I can learn from you

I don’t wanna feel crazy or dumb for not knowing something

I want someone who’s level headed

Even if you are upset

You still speak to me with love and respect, and kindness

‘Cause I would do the same for you

Someone who takes my counsel seriously

The man wants to lead

And I want my man to lead

But I also want him to value my say in things

And make an informed decision

Based on how is this gonna affect us

That’s deep

What about for you

I just want somebody who gon’ let me be me

Let me lead

Trust my guidance

Trust my leadership

Inspire me to continue to be ambitious, creative

Just my partner in crime

You know what I’m saying

At the end of the day to, to make it simple and short

Ain’t nobody perfect 

So through the flaws and all, you know what I’m saying

We’re rocking and rolling ‘til the motherfuckin’ wheels go

‘Til the wheels fall off that motherfucker

That’s how I feel about it

You know what I’m saying

Stay down like four flats on the Cadillac

Ay, know what I’m talm ‘bout

Type shit, type shit

You saying some shit

Exactly

I told you I was in that mode

I was like let me vent

Let me tell my side

Know what I’m sayin’

Ay, what’s love

The opposite of hate

What’s trust if it was built to break

Let’s fuck and make a good mistake

Break up then go up on a date

You dream but don’t believe in faith

You wish but don’t blow out the cake

Can’t coach if you ain’t never played

We just sinking ships with relations

Do you know how to keep a man

When he down do you understand

Gotta vent, will you let him

Sometimes you ain’t gotta win every argument

Just stop talking and starting shit

Invested more than money

Girl, my heart in this

Tryna tie the knot with partnership

For real

We don’t pick each other brains no more

You know what I’m saying

Just everything so fast-paced

Like I think, you know what I’m saying

It’s a good thing that we breaking down different narratives

And different perspectives

And people can get in tune then understand our ways of thinking

‘Cause we’re flooded with a lot of nothing right now

Is it all bad

If you can’t see the good

Why talk to be misunderstood

Why ask for change when things stay the same

You want communication

But say I’m complaining

That’s foul, but I ain’t playing games

Hate drama, but you still entertain it

To keep winning, you gotta be the bigger person

Takes accountability to get a better version

But do you know how to treat a lady

‘Cause it’s more than sex or calling me your baby

It’s more than the labels you keep on buying

To convince everybody that your value’s high

And I swear you gotta keep your heart for this

Be careful with who you have relations with

‘Cause we all know how them situations get

Nobody wants to be the captain of a sinking ship

We don’t know how to talk to each other

And we don’t know how to be able to disagree and bounce back

We don’t know how to value what’s in front of us

Because there’s the illusion that there are more options

That the grass is greener on the other side

But no, it’s greener where you water it

It’s more fruit where you tend to

Man I’ve been hearing that phrase so much lately

The grass is greener where you water it at

You know what I’m saying (Where you water it)

At the end of the day it makes sense

You know (Yeah)

That’s why we got relations and sinking ships

Goddamn, that’s life

That’s what it is my boy

That’s what it is