I Been Looking Around Songtext
von T‐Bone

I′ve been looking around and you were here all the time
It's your boy T-Bone, I′m back again y'all
This one's for everyone searching in life
Trying to find a way through this thing
I′ve been looking around and you were here all the time

Growing up we didn′t have much
I still remember Mom in the welfare line
Pops on the corner slanging flowers tryna make a dime

Hustling hard, working beyond the 9 to 5
Praying somebody stopping cars just keep passing 'em by
My older sister ran away and chose a life of crime
My younger sister getting calls from these older guys


I still hear the sound of them sirens running through my mind
Saw my grandma die on a stretcher before my very eyes
And who could forget the flames coming out of my room
With firefighters trying to save everything that ain′t ruined
It's bad enough we barely making ends meet
Now we ain′t even got a blanket or a place to sleep
Man we all been through struggles and them harder times
And at times it seems that there ain't no peace of mind
But just when I started to doubt thinking nobody cares
I looked up and found that you was always right there

I′m still looking for, keep looking for
Out searching nothing working steady looking for
I've been looking around and you were here all the time
Yo, I'm still waiting for, I keep waiting for
True love, one love, what we waiting for?
I′ve been looking around and you were here all the time

Move to Southern Cali, bought Thea a bottle of Creme
With marble floors, high ceilings and a pool to swim
I got a lot of famous high profile friends
A white Benz laced with them chrome spinning rims
Top dollar brand fashion and a Jacob watch
Bracelet with canaries and them flawless rocks
I went from player hated to Grammy nominated
To making movies with Juba and Beyonce so they say I made it

Finally got my music making all the headlines
Radio spinning my single back to back 10 times
But still it wasn′t everything that I thought it'd be


Found me searching for love and life′s remedy
Money bought me cars, power and yachts
I'm still distraught, got my stomach tangled in knots
Sad and depressed, finally after everything I′ve been through
I found out the only thing that I was missing was you

I'm still looking for, keep looking for
Out searching nothing working steady looking for
I′ve been looking around and you were here all the time
Yo, I'm still waiting for, I keep waiting for
True love, one love, what we waiting for?
I've been looking around and you were here all the time

We all pretty much looking for the same thing
We soul searching tryna get through life′s long maze
I′ve been to mountaintops looking for the most high
So many valley lows never thought I'd get by
So many shattered dreams, all the broken promises
Lied to and left for dead, emotional apocalypse
We all looking for the answers of what and why
Choose when to lose in this life we can live or die
And never fill that empty space that we feel inside
I know you′re hurting, see the pain written in your eyes

Tried the drugs, tarot cards and astrology
Blazed up the purple haze, trance in reality

Tryna leave all of your problems behind
And some of y'all put your faith in the nine
I got mine when I gave up the life, swapped it out for a better one
Finally found true wealth, never gonna find myself

I′m still looking for, keep looking for
Out searching nothing working steady looking for
I've been looking around and you were here all the time
Yo, I′m still waiting for, I keep waiting for
True love, one love, what we waiting for?
I've been looking around and you were here all the time

This one goes out to all the homies
That been through them hard times y'all
Finally found that love, yeah