Time - Love in the Time of Rap [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Verse 1: Time]
We first met when I was 13
Playing basketball in the alley, she was flirting
After she left, I ran up in the house
I pulled out my notebook, I had to write it all out
I wrote my first love poem, every line rhymed
I wanted to read it to her, but her I couldn't find
16 now I'm tagging downtown
I heard her voice in the alley she said don't make a sound
I pulled out my notebook and gave her everything I wrote down
They were all for her she cried and threw them to the ground
We starting to make out under a coffee tooth moon
I wanted to make love, she said pay your dues it's too soon
She taught me to speak out she taught me to speak up
She told me to record my thoughts and let them out the speakers
We dated till I graduated then she wrecked my heart
Cause she was cheating on me like down right A B select start

[Hook: Chloe O]
When you're around, I can be seen
Only in ways, you mean to mean
You open doors to limitless possibilities
I am me expressed through creativity
Without you I am deaf dumb blind and lost
You are my color flavor my life's design
Don't leave don't leave don't leave
When you're around I can be seen
Only in ways you mean to me

[Verse 2: Time]
I wanted to say I hated her I wanted to say fuck her
But for some dumb reason I really still loved her
She was a splinter that I couldn't take out
Love's a synonym for breakdown when hate and fear make out
On top of her I stacked insecurity and blame
And said she was responsible for my lack of fame
X marks the spot she dropped an anchor on our relationship
Cannonball to my heart, she sunk our relationship
Now my chest is like the ozone layer
Is love gold plated lust or a Disney premiere?
Suitcases swollen she's packing her bags again
Love's a game, both lose pain wins
I call up Common's pops and tell him my thoughts
He said his son used to love her and that she was in my heart
I realize we never separated cause she was part of me
She's art she's my heart and creativity's the artery

[Hook: Chloe O]
When you're around, I can be seen
Only in ways, you mean to mean
You open doors to limitless possibilities
I am me expressed through creativity
Without you I am deaf dumb blind and lost
You are my color flavor my life's design
Don't leave don't leave don't leave
When you're around I can be seen
Only in ways you mean to me