they vs maine

It does something to me.

After everything...
I still love that man.

Here we go.

Girl, shut up.

Nope.
Somebody gotta say it.

Y'all can argue.
I'm just listening.

It's me versus me...
And apparently her...
And her.

He calls me multiple times a day
And I ain't gonna lie, I love it.
We talk about everything
And somehow I still feel like
I'm right there with him.

He says he thought about me
While he was gone.
Says he don't want nobody else.
Says I'm the woman he wants.
Says he wants to marry me.
Says he finally knows
What he could've lost.

And when he says it...
I wanna believe him.
I really do.

He said he called his girl Charmaine
By accident more than once.
Said they would argue about it.
And I'm sitting here thinking...
Was I really on his mind that much?

Or...
He knows exactly what to say.

Girl, wake up.

This ain't the first time
That man knew how to make you feel special.

You know the pattern.

He gets away from you,
Gets lonely,
Gets locked up,
Gets to thinking,
Then suddenly—

"You the only one."
"I don't want nobody else."
"I wanna marry you."
"I thought about you the whole time."

Okay...

And then what?

He gets out.
Gets comfortable.
Gets back around everybody.

And suddenly all them promises
Got a different expiration date.

Don't confuse jailhouse feelings
With changed behavior.

Because talking is easy
When you ain't gotta prove nothing.

But what if he's telling the truth?

Then let him.

I'm not stopping him.

I'm stopping you
From believing it before he proves it.

Now hold on...

Y'all doing too much.

I like Pooh.
I'm not gonna sit here and lie.

I like talking to him too.
He know how to make me smile.

And yeah...
I like the attention.

But love?
Nah.

That's Charmaine's department.

I ain't crying over nobody.
I ain't losing sleep.
And I damn sure ain't fighting over no man.

If Pooh comes home
And does what he says he's gonna do...

Cool.

If he doesn't?

Cool too.

I can like a nigga
And still leave his ass alone.

But what if this time is different?

Then let him show you.

I'm not opposed to seeing what happens.

What if he really means it?

Then time will tell.

And if it don't?
I'm still good.

Y'all make it sound so easy.

It ain't easy.
It's just necessary.

He says he wants me...

He says what you wanna hear.

Maybe he means it...
Maybe he don't.

He says he don't want nobody else...

That's what they all say.

And if he does?
He still gotta show it.

Three voices in my head
Arguing over the same man.

One says, "That's my baby."
One says, "Girl, don't do it again."
One says, "I like him...
But I can live without him."

It's me versus me...
And maybe it's me
Trying to figure out
Which part of me
Is telling the truth.

We've been apart for over two months...

And just three weeks ago
I was still crying.

Crying because I missed him.
Crying because I loved him.
Crying because I didn't know
If he would ever really change.

And now...
I'm smiling when he calls.

Talking to him for hours.
Waiting for that phone to ring again.

How can I go from breaking down
To feeling this good
Just because I hear his voice?

Because you love him.
That's why.

But don't let that make you forget
Why you were crying.

You didn't cry for no reason.

You cried because something hurt you.

And now he's giving you
Everything your heart wanted to hear.

That's exactly why
You gotta slow down.

But he says he thought about me.

Good.

He says he wants to marry me.

Good.

He says he don't want nobody else.

Good.

He says I'm the one.

Then let him make you the one
When he's free to make choices.

That's when I wanna see it.

Not just when he's sitting behind a wall
Missing what he had.

See...
That's where I agree with Toiiya.

Not because I hate Pooh.
I don't.

I don't even hate him a little bit.

But I ain't in love with him enough
To ignore what he does.

He can say he wants Charmaine.

Okay.

Then when he gets back...
Let's see if he still wants Charmaine.

Not the lonely version.
Not the crying version.
Not the version that'll forgive everything.

Her.