I just wanted to do my best Aaliyah impression, truth be told.
'Cause I love how she made us feel.
I love how her voice felt when being accompanied by a really soulful playing guitar.
Myself, Micah and Felicia wrote the record.
They had already started it when I got it and I loved it so, so, so much because it
just felt really good.
We wrote the second verse together, wrote the bridge together and just wanted to stay
very true to what the narrative was saying.
It's just very straight to the point.
It’s a very — not beating around the bush type of song.
Every time you enter into a new relationship, what's the first thing that we do?
We go on Instagram. We go on Twitter. We try to find out who this person dated before us.
You know, we hear little things here and there about their past.
"So, I heard that you get down a little bit.
I heard that you might be dating Mary, Susie, Tiffany, Britney, Ashley, whatever."
You have to confront the person and say, "Hey, this is what I heard.
Before I jump to any conclusions, can you uncomplicate this for me?"
People will lie to you to get what they want.
Let's have a direct conversation.
Whether you're lonely for the night and you just want some company or you're just going
through a fight with the person that you are in a situation with, but you just gonna tell
me that, "Oh no. It's done.
It's cool."
Don't waste my time, basically.
Just admitting the fact that, "Okay, I do like you."
And there are so many amazing things that come once I feel that way.
Once I do let go, we're off to the races.
I am yours, essentially.
But I need to believe the truth in order to even get to that space.
You know people always say, "Listen to your heart.
Listen to your head."
That's the part where your heart wins.
We may know and hear that somebody was a bad boyfriend or a bad girlfriend and did this
person wrong, but we're like, "No, but it feels so good and I trust that maybe this won't happen
with me.
Maybe it'll be different with me."
And it's a risk.
You're taking a risk, but that's what love and that's what dating is all about.
My advice to myself and whoever else?
Hears this song.
Take it a day at a time.
And be very vocal every step along the way.
The song is a conversation and conversations are the most important part of relationships
or situationships. So you just gotta be clear about what it is that you want.