Power and Problems Songtext
von Wale

Know when, I don′t know when
I don't know when, I don′t know when
I don't know (my power, I'll never need no one)
I don′t know (my problem, I′ll never need no one)
I don't know (my trauma, I′ll never be comfortable)
I don't know, look

Slow down, the fast life is crazy
Those lights in that town is dangerous
I been tried, this lifestyle is not for you, you, you
Slow down, the fast life is crazy
Those lights in that town is dangerous
I know now, my love language solitude, ′tude (I need)

(I don't know) my power, I′ll never need no one
(I don't know) my problem, I'll never need no one
(I don′t know) my trauma, I′ll never be comfortable
(I don't know) my power, I′ll never need no one
(I don't know) my problem, I′ll never need no one
(I don't know) my trauma, I′ll never be comfortable


Let go, yo, uh
Heavy is the head, I'm told, uh, not too many know invisible goal, uh
My intention with these women be pure, but my intention with these bitches just moral
Look, like a ref, I don't leave me alone
Just thinkin′ ′bout what's next and we gettin′ too close
Why should I expect any different results?
When the last one did me dirt fresh outta divorce?

Bullshit, that's why I don′t force shit (I don't know)
That therapy talk shit feel like backdoor extortion (I don′t know)
You thinkin' you've "aw, hell-ed," and really, you′ve gone hell (I don′t know)
You back on that "never mind," go back on this block list (I don't know)

Go back on the block list, she back on the block list (I don′t know)
'Cause y′all could be anything, me, I gotta be cautious (I don't know)
Look, and I know it′s exhaustin' (I don't know)
But I′m on this, I′d rather be single than double-cross shit (I don't)

Slow down, the fast life is crazy
Those lights in that town is dangerous (the real ones are the one that want you)
I been tried, this lifestyle is not for you, you, you (but you want shit)
Slow down, the fast life is crazy
Those lights in that town is dangerous
I know now, my love language solitude, ′tude (I need)


(I don't know) my power, I′ll never need no one
(I don't know) my problem, I′ll never need no one
(I don't know) my trauma, I'll never be comfortable
(I don′t know) my power, I′ll never need no one
(I don't know) my problem, I′ll never need no one
(I don't know) my trauma, I′ll never be comfortable

Tell me what you see
When you look at me
Eyes don't see the obvious
Love comes with a fee
My heart is on my sleeve
But eyes can′t see what's obvious

Look, 90000, 210, yeah
My first album, I prophesied it then, yeah
Went from the carry-out to the Erewhon and back
With a back full of battle scars, it's a tragedy havin′ friends here

Look, heavy is the head, I′m told, mm
Not too many hold invisible goal
Call it butter love, it's a slippery slope
Got me thinkin′ 'bout what′s next and who gettin' too close

My prime years, a prison of paranoia (I don′t know)
Watched niggas I rhymed with gettin' killed and niggas record it (I don't know)
I′m talkin′ to God less, my misery ain't important (I don′t know)
My tears water the flowers for thousands who need garden, I'm blessed (I don′t know)
I know my time's too precious (I don′t know), gotta watch how I spend it, yeah (I don't know)
I know they watchin' the difference (I don′t), I know they clockin′ shit different, I got a lot to protect

Slow down, the fast life is crazy
Those lights in that town is dangerous
I been tried, this lifestyle is not for you, you, you
Slow down, the fast life is crazy
Those lights in that town is dangerous
I know now, my love language solitude, 'tude (I need)

(I don′t know) my power, I'll never need no one
(I don′t know) my problem, I'll never need no one
(I don′t know) my trauma, I'll never be comfortable
(I don't know) my power, I′ll never need no one
(I don′t know) my problem, I'll never need no one
(I don′t know) my trauma, I'll never be comfortable