[Pep Love]

My women, to all my black women

T-A-M-I, huh



Dear T.A.M.I., my heart bleeds for you

Words on a page, my calm and my rage

Beauty that's undescribed, we coincide in one vibe

Given the rhythm that makes me come alive

And I, been thinkin about this for awhile

When I mention my love for you, feelin like a child inside

Fortified by the image of your face

See she's the one that sat a nigga down and laced me

I remember you, as a little girl

Daddy was gone, had never been in your world

Mother was strugglin, three jobs jugglin

You seemed oblivious, like it wasn't nothin

T.A.M.I. shine with the brilliance

Bounce with resilience

Work with the cards that you dealt with

Life was hard, and I was too young to see

You had a crush on me, that was dumb to me

I just wanted to run the streets

Holla at the ho's, drink fo' oh's

But when I take a moment and think

I sink into the ink and begin imaginin

Her strength and how it's makin me weak

I never thought I would've thought it was me

But when I, close my eyes and get a vision of love

She's all that I see

Ghetto diamond, free from confinement

Sparks in my mind lit flames in my heart, the part that is



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T.A.M.I., the only one that understand me

(All for you, it's really all for you)

Days and nights I count away, she remind me

(All for you, it's really all for you)

Of dreams and things my inspiration brings into a world so crazy

(All for you, it's really all for you)



I look in your eyes and see a woman risin

All the guys been, tryin ta get between ya thighs

And true lies they tell, what your innocence hides

They never would've never guessed, you were so wise

I feel blessed to be able to see the part of you that's more special

I remember the stress, you passed the test

Plus you never needed to fuss through the strife and toil

You taught me how to keep my head high, now my life is yours

And I apologize for the things I did to cause you pain

I SPEAK not these words in vain, my days and nights

Are spent tryin ta put my name in lights

Convinced mommy raised me right

It only makes sense that you would be the one for me

I know you been with others but you savin some for me

You ain't mine, I would never try to contain you

Let you shine, and with this I put it all on the line

I find that it's



[Chorus]



At night we take flight

On into the morning to the day's first light

We blaze the purple haze, count the ways

The world rotates and stays crazy

But never faze me, we travel the maze

Gaze at the stars, lust and expensive cars

Material dreams, results of extensive scars

Nobody, knows but you when the doors are closed

My wars unfold, and few these stories told



[Chorus x2]



Dear T.A.M.I., my heart bleeds for you

Words on a page, my calm and my rage

Beauty that's undescribed, we coincide in one vibe

Given the rhythm that makes me come alive

And I, been thinkin about this for awhile

When I mention my love for you, feelin like a child inside

Fortified by the image of your face

See she's the one that sat a nigga down and laced me

I remember you, as a little girl

Daddy was gone, had never been in your world

Mother was strugglin, three jobs jugglin

You seemed oblivious, like it wasn't nothin

T.A.M.I. shine with the brilliance

Bounce with resilience

Work with the cards that you dealt with

Life was hard, and I was too young to see

You had a crush on me, that was dumb to me

I just wanted to run the streets

Holla at the ho's, drink fo' oh's

But when I take a moment and think

I sink into the ink and begin imaginin

Her strength and how it's makin me weak

I never thought I would've thought it was me

But when I, shut my eyes and get a vision of love

She's all that I see

Ghetto diamond, free from confinement

Sparks in my mind lit flames in my heart, the part that is



[Chorus x4: fading out]