The Way We Used To Ringtones

I know a place not far from here It's not far away, love, but if you come I know a place where we'll be alone And we'll talk of life, the way love used to be I know a place not far away And we'll find a way through the city streets We'll find a way through the mad rushing crowd And we'll talk about the way love used to be I know a place not far from here It's not far away, love, but if you come I know a place where we'll be alone And we'll talk about the way love used to be

I can feel her breath as she's sleeping next to me Sharing pillows and cold feet She can feel my heart, fell asleep to its beat Under blankets and warm sheets If only I could be in that bed again If only it were me instead of him Does he watch your favorite movies? Does he hold you when you cry? Does he let you tell him all your favorite parts when you've seen it a million times? Does he sing to all your music while you dance to Purple Rain? Does he do all these things like I used to? 14 months and seven days ago Oh, I know you know how we felt about that night Just your skin against the window Oh, we took it slow and we both know It should have been me inside that car It should have been me instead of him in the dark Does he watch your favorite movies? Does he hold you when you cry? Does he let you tell him all your favorite Parts when you've seen it a million times? Does he sings to all your music while you dance to Purple Rain? Does he do all these things like I used to? I know, Love (I'm a sucker for that feeling) Happens all the time, Love (I always end up feeling cheated) You're on my mind, Love (oh darling, lead her where that leaded) It happens all the time, Love, yeah Will he love you like I loved you? Will he tell you every day? Will he make you make you feel like You're invincible with every word he'll say? Can you promise me if this was right? Don't throw this all away Can you do all these things? Will you do all these things like we used to? Oh, like we used to

Take it back to the afros and the naturals Cape cutter picks we slips into the back [?] I'm O.G. my nigga for real though Straight up off that east side top of the hill yo I'm looking at the overview Thinking bout 86 damn I was overdue Walking in the hood making mix tapes trying to walk up out the hood While I'm chucking at the hood nigga talk about the hood That I came from it raised me real Crip crazy [?] oops a daisy Demon or a heathen scheming while I'm dreaming Screaming to get even seeing is believing And don't you forget that Get it to you get back hit that kick back Three flies one a way Reminisce about the things that my grandmama use to say Stay in your own lane stay on your own and quick trying to be grown Day turn to night and play turn to fight Yeah I guess my granny was right Reflections of the way life used to be It's all right I like them girls from Ladera Heights or the girls on Hills I take a trip up the World On Wheels and get in a fight Make it back to my ride Pop shots at some suckers disrespecting the side My big homie my cuzzo schoolyard bozo Slid me away just to get me away I'm just a Long Beach nigga outside of my hood I'm banging riding but doing it good When I get locked down there ain't hiding and wondering As soon as I hit the County I'm up in 48 hundred With the dealers the killers the [?] The best from the west and the beast from the east Yeah I'm acting a fool I'm getting my degree from gladiator school I chose this life cause I knows this life Sell a little crack and my flows is tight I'm clear on my choice and what's cold is I can still hear my grandma's voice She say day turn to night and play turn to fight Yeah I guess my granny was right Reflections of the way life used to be It's all right If you get caught then you don't walk cause you don't talk And these was the rules squeeze on these fools I came up in a different era homie Where the G's is the G's and the little wannabe's really want it Wanna be like cause the C life make you wanna G like Now who you wanna be like That fool on the TV screen Or the homie on the corner getting major cream In the Cadillac beating like Battle Cat A nigga with money don't know how to act Smoke til your eyes get cataracts All money nonsense yeah none of that Quarter sack run it back Hold him back lock him up bag him up front him that If a trick jump the track do you want your money back Lil bitch was a bunny rat Watch for the funny hat Cause it's gonna come And my granny said it's no fun She say day turn to night and play turn to fight Yeah I guess my granny was right Reflections of the way life used to be It's all right

Lonely table just for one In a bright and crowded room While the music has begun I drink to memories in the gloom Though the music's still the same It has a bitter sweet refrain So play the song the way it used to be Before she left and changed it all to sadness And maybe if she's passing by the window She would hear our love song and the melody And even if the words are not so tender She will always remember the way it used to be Friends stop by and say hello (Huh!) And I laugh and hide the pain It's quite easy 'til they go Then the song begins again So play the song the way it used to be Before she left and changed it all to sadness And maybe if she's passing by the window She will hear our love song and the melody And even if the words are not so tender She will always remember the way it used to be

In the way, in the way In the way I used to, yeah Friday night, I'm paranoid, faded out like polaroids Liquid courage in my veins right now I always hit you up when there's too much in my cup, yeah That's when those memories start gettin' loud, yeah I didn't mean to write a song about you But a couple shots and all the words pour out I swear I'm doing better off without you So I don't know why, but I wanna find out Does somebody love you in the way I do? I mean, the way I used to Does somebody touch you in the way I do? I mean, the way I used to I know it's three in the mornin', it's tequila talkin' Damn, your voice is all up in my head again Does somebody love you in the way I do? I mean- Still posting all your pictures, damn, I wish you looked different Without that sorry look on your eyes And, yeah, you made me crazy, do I miss you? Well, maybe Or am I drunk on the idea tonight? Mmm, I didn't mean to write a song about you But a couple shots and all the words pour out (words pour out) I swear I'm doing better off without you So I don't know why, but I wanna find out (I wanna find out) Does somebody love you in the way I do? I mean, the way I used to Does somebody touch you in the way I do? I mean, the way I used to I know it's three in the mornin', it's tequila talkin' Damn, your voice is all up in my head again Does somebody love you in the way I do? I mean, the way I used to In the way, in the way In the way I used to, yeah In the way, in the way In the way I used to And, damn, your voice is all up in my head again The space between us don't stop me from wonderin' I didn't mean to write a song about you, no, no Here we are though And now I gotta know Does somebody love you (does somebody love you) in the way I do? I mean, the way I used to (to) Does somebody touch you in the way I do? (In the way I do) I mean, the way I used to I know it's three in the mornin', it's tequila talkin' Damn, your voice is all up in my head again Does somebody love you in the way I do? I mean, the way I used to Ignore me, it's just tequila talkin' (the way I used to) Ignore me, it's just tequila talkin' (the way I used to)

I'm here, you're there Come closer, tonight I'm lonely Come here with me I want it the way it used to be What is left of love? Tell me, who would even care? So much time has passed I'd still meet you anywhere Water under bridge Evening after day What is left of love Here that didn't drift away? I can remember days of sun We knew our lives had just begun We could do anything, we're fearless when we're young Under the moon, address unknown I can remember nights in Rome I thought that love would last, a promise set in stone I'd survive with only memories If I could change the way I feel But I want more than only memories A human touch to make them real Another day, another dream Over the bridge an empty scene We'd spend the weekend lost in bed and float upstream I don't know why we moved away Lost in the here and now we strayed Into a New York zone, our promise was betrayed I was there, caught on Tenth Avenue You elsewhere with Culver City blues Then and there I knew that I'd lost you What is left of love? Tell me, who will even care? So much time has passed I'd still meet you anywhere Water under bridge Evening after day What is left of love Here that didn't drift away? Don't give me all your northern pain Don't sell me New York in the rain Let's leave our promises behind Rewind and try again What remains in time that didn't fade away? Sometimes I need to see The way it used to be

When I scroll back through our recent days Try to understand how we could forget We made a promise to one another That nothing would ever break what we had Now we never talk when we fall apart We never talk when we fall apart We pretend we're OK, surrounding ourselves With one-way friendships and so-called friends I know we got used to new us, And I don't want to be there I don't want to be there where we are I know we got used to new life, And I don't want to be there No, I don't want to be there where we are Silence fallen between All the doors are locked, All the words unsaid, And we're still afraid of time Started to keep ourselves At a distance that we could control Not too close Not too far Now we never talk when we fall apart We just never talk when we fall apart We pretend we're OK by filling up our inner space With little hates and so-called love I know we got used to new us, And I don't want to be there I don't want to be there where we are I know we got used to new life, And I don't want to be there No, I don't want to be there where we are I know we got used to new us, And I don't want to be there I don't want to be there where we are I don't want to be there I don't want to be there where we are So walk away with me