[Intro]

Yeah

You got your all the way LL

Like, like ’95 LL

[Verse 1: Torae]

They say you are who you are when no one’s watching

Well I’ve been low when you’ve been popping

You’re focused, you’re smart, your career with options

And sexy is just the topping, I’m feeling you

Was hoping I could take you out for a meal or two

Some chit chat to find you what’s the deal with you

Oh you’re single, but you don’t do talk

Especially no dudes from New York, we’re so odd

Momma put it in your mind we was no good

Bestie tell you all the time how she going through it

All the drama, and you don’t want it

We living it like we own it, I get that

But I ain’t looking to just hit it and quit that

Take my math, when you get it, mean it, get back

Ha, she looking like “sure, you right”

I’m looking like “bet you call the night

Bet you override”

[Hook: Jarell Perry]

Override

You wish you know me better

You wish you never waited so long to override

Everything you thought you knew before

You was so sure, so sure

Now you need to go and override

[Verse 2: Torae]

Huh, you got to think it over, baby

But don’t overthink it, I told you, lady

Huh, I want to get to know you maybe

You feel my approach is crazy

I’m out of my mind, but I can’t get you out of my mind

And the thoughts of you consume a lot of my time

Got a lot on my mind I want to do

And all I need is opportunity and you

I told you right

Girl, you really need to override

Everything that you thought ain’t come overnight

Let me hold you tight, you gon’ stay

And be my WCE, that’s everyday

And every way, got to know how I’m feeling you cray

Like I made you a build-a-bae

Ha, the place and time you name any day is fine

I just need you to change your mind

[Hook: Jarell Perry]

Override

You wish you know me better

You wish you never waited so long to override

Everything you thought you knew before

You was so sure, so sure

Now you need to go and override

[Verse 3: Torae]

When I’m alone in my room, sometimes I stare at the wall

And think of you pinned against it, we getting it on

While I’m getting you off, I’m on top

You telling me to do everything except stop

We drop and roll, it’s a fire we cannot control

I’m in deep past your cervix and served ‘til I got your soul

Lock and load and then bang

I’m telling you let’s do it again, you can’t hang

But that’s just the fantasy

Daydreaming on the canopy

It’s so simple, how can it be

I’m just candidly waiting, can’t stand to be patient

Singing girl, can’t we get this started, I’m so anxious

To make a move on your heart, it’s so vacant

And you’ve had a change of heart, it’s so blatant

Working overtime, trying hard not to coincide

On the ride over ‘bout to override

[Hook: Jarell Perry]

Override

You wish you know me better

You wish you never waited so long to override

Everything you thought you knew before

You was so sure, so sure

Now you need to go and override

[Outro: Roni Marsalis]

And it came to me on the 12th day of the 8th month and all he said was “hello”

A hello that graciously swam inside my ears while my eyes drowned inside his soul

He approached me as if I was the treasure to his gold

As if he knew I would be pleased with the cadence and just his stroll alone

So I stared, gazing at the stars even more intrigued

When he acknowledges our constellations in the galaxy

He seems to know how the universe works

So I have to ask him, will he ever say hello again?

Only three seconds in and I’ve been blown like the wind

He feels familiar we’re kin

Elevating so high, we collide like hydrogen

See, hearing his voice illuminates my mind’s eye

Vibrates within my spine

And he sounds even better when he’s electrified

With love, love himself

And I wouldn’t expect him to be anyone else

Hello

This time, say it slow

I can feel it in his smile, he appreciates my glow

So I asked his favorite color, he says yellow

And before I can shake my next sentence

He screams solar plexus which lets me know he’s in tune with his reflexes

And I find it astounding how he, he knows I’m that kind of lady

Eclectic, yet sometimes I’m called crazy

But he, him, his simple hello, charged my [?] with hopes that I’ll soon see him again

But only time, only time will know

Only time will know