Life Lines - Jean Deaux, Duckwrth, Terrace Martin

I can’t read your damn mind

But when I hold your hand, I

I can feel you

I can feel your life lines

I can’t read your damn mind

But when I hold your hand, I (Hey)

I can see you (I can see you, I can see you)

I can see you (I can see you, I can see you)

I can see you

She don’t love nobody

Still take care your body, it’s insane

He just wants my body

I can’t date no zombie, not my lane

Can’t wait in your lobby

Fuckin' ain’t no hobby, up your game

If you see somebody

Not just anybody, don’t say names

I gotta let go of rage

If I wanna turn that page

Loving me down

The build up is in my veins

If I wanna sing your name

Loving the way you taste

The blessing comes down, no praise

I can’t read your damn mind

But when I hold your hand, I

I can feel you

I can feel your life lines

I can’t read your damn mind

But when I hold your hand, I (Hey)

I can see you (I can see you, I can see you)

I can see you (I can see you, I can see you)

I can see you

Tell me what’s on your mind, stressin' you this evening (Why?)

I am not a palm reader, yeah

And I do not know telepathy (Nope)

So tell me what you stressin', you ain’t gotta tell me everything

But if you tell me nothin', shorty I ain’t singin' anything

And you gon' tell your best friend everything

Apparently, that’s that type of shit that «bring Black folk down»

Shit, or even if your skin ain’t brown

Quit, don’t be all petty Betty

Stuck in your ways like peanut butter without no jelly

You ain’t no gangsta, «Thug Life» tatted on your belly

You wearin' Band-Aids on your heart make you look like Nelly

Then you said hold your hand, like you tryna slow dance

You on that conscious shit, tryna put me in a trance

You said you can’t read my mind… shit…

I can’t read your damn mind

But when I hold your hand, I

I can feel you

I can feel your life lines

I can’t read your damn mind

But when I hold your hand, I (Hey)

I can see you (I can see you, I can see you)

I can see you (I can see you, I can see you)

I can see you

Something got you off in your life, somebody got at you wrong, there’s some

other shit going on over there that I don’t see.

You see what I’m saying?

Like, I see what you’re saying, and I feel you

I feel like…

Matter of fact, I agree with you, matter of fact

Nah, I agree with you too, but…

That’s what I’m saying, I agree with you

I feel like what you’re describing is like, literally empathy, like being

empathetic, like… instead of reacting or taking something personal when

somebody be on some bogus shit to you, like damn… you probably going through

some shit, you prolly, you know what I’m saying?

You got something going on in

your life

Nah, 'cause that’s where it stems from, like… thats where that…

Because you know how you feel when you, exactly

Yeah, I know how, I know how I’m feeling

That’s you empathizing with them

I’m just saying I know when I’m feeling nothing.

'Cause I’m lowkey square right

now

Right

And I know you feeling something, I know the reason you giving me off is 'cause

you not square about something, but I ain’t did shit to you, so I know it’s

about something else