How to Love by Lil Wayne addresses a delicate theme about a woman who has gone through various difficult relationships and is learning to love herself. Its a significant shift from the rappers typically known lyrics, showcasing a more sensitive and reflective side.
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Introduction:
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You had a lot of crooks tryna steal your heart
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Never really had luck, couldn’t never figure out
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How to love
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How to love
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You had a lot of moments that didn’t last forever
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Now you in the corner tryna put it together
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How to love
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How to love
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For a second you were here Why you over there?
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Its hard not to stare, the way you moving your body
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Like you never had a love
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Never had a love
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When you was just a young’un your looks but so precious
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But now your grown up
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So fly its like a blessing but you can’t have a man look at you for 5 seconds
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Without you being insecure
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You never credit yourself so when you got older
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It’s seems like you came back 10 times over
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Now you’re sitting here in this damn corner
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Looking through all your thoughts and looking over your shoulder
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See you had a lot of crooks tryna steal your heart
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Never really had luck, couldn’t never figure out
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How to love
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How to love
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See you had a lot of moments that didn’t last forever
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Now you in the corner tryna put it together
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How to love
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How to love
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For a second you were here Why you over there?
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Its hard not to stare the way you moving your body
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Like you never had a love
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Had a love
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You had a lot of dreams that transform to visions
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The fact that you saw the world affected all your decisions
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But it wasn’t your fault Wasn’t in your intentions
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To be the one here talking to me Be the one listening
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But I admire your poppin bottles and dippin’
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Just as much as you admire bartending and stripping
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Baby, so don’t be mad Nobody else trippin
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You see a lot of crooks and the crooks still crook
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See You had a lot of crooks tryna steal your heart
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Never really had luck, couldn’t never figure out
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How to love
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How to love
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See you had a lot of moments that didn’t last forever
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Now you in the corner tryna put it together
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How to love
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How to love
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Oooh,
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See I just want you to know That you deserve the best
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You’re beautiful You’re beautiful
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And I want you to know, you’re far from the usual
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Far from the usual
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See you had a lot of moments that didn’t last forever
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Now you in the corner tryna put it together
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How to love
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How to love
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See You had a lot of crooks tryna steal your heart
G7M
Never really had luck, couldn’t never figure out
C7M
How to love
Cm
How to love
G
See You had a lot of crooks tryna steal your heart
G7M
Never really had luck, couldn’t never figure out
C7M
How to love
Cm
How to love
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See you had a lot of moments that didn’t last forever