Self-love is a full time job
But it's really the only one I got
So I'mma do it to the best of my ability
All I can do is my best
I'm never nothin' but myself
But not for lack of try'na be someone else
Once upon a time spent all my time on it, too young to tell
The hardest thing to do is stop tryin'
How can I be more than me? This all I am
I only come up short when I get too far sighted
Just because you're being truthful doesn't mean you're not lyin', bro
Take it from me
Either that or just wait and you'll see
People rarely take advice when they receive it for free
But either way we end up paying the fee
C'est la vie
These mistakes are all mine, but don't mistake 'em for me
It's not a cop-out
I've done a lot of things of which I'm not proud
But they're what's helped me really see what I'm 'bout
See, I know who I am the more I know who I'm not
Understand who I'm becoming because I know who I was
Who I wanna be's a me I can I can smile at in the mirror
And as awkward as I am, I couldn't get any weirder
Than try'na be someone else
Self-love is a full time job
But it's really the only one I got
So I'mma do it to the best of my ability
And if my priorities were in order, I think the list would read:
"Self-love" at the tippitty top
I gotta make certain that it isn't forgotten
So I can do it to the best of my ability
Hopefully one day I can say it's one of my specialties
Special things are special precisely cuz they aren't guaranteed
Most of us know this, but that don't mean we don't attach
To each and every piece of happiness
And attempt to keep them like possessions we accrue
Though they cannot be held and never held onto
What's more, it's just your perspective
That you use to choose what's precious
My "meh" could be a masterpiece to you
So I try not to judge people for what they put on pedestals
I remember all the times I've been a fool
And never knew till it was too late
I got a lotta baggage in this suitcase
I've come a long way while I been ravagin' these shoelaces
Travelin' to new places, grapplin' with two faces
Wrappin' my head around what's been happenin'
Concluding that action is the medicine I have to give myself
And I need to give myself what I need to begin to help anyone else
Might tattoo that on my wrist
I can only assist you with your mask once I got enough oxygen, cuz
Self-love is a full time job
But it's really the only one I got
So I'mma do it to the best of my ability
And if my priorities were in order, I think the list would read:
"Self-love" at the tippitty top
I gotta make certain that it isn't forgotten
So I can do it to the best of my ability
Hopefully one day I can say it's one of my specialties
Cuz
Self, self, self-love is a
Self, love self, self-love is a
Self-love is a full time job
But it's really the only one I got
So I'mma do it to the best of my ability
That's the only way I could ever become a better me
Better keep your head up
And not forget to get up
Even when you're fed up and wanna quit just remember
You got to keep your head up
And not forget to get up
Even when you're fed up and wanna quit
Just remember you need self-love
Cuz it's a muthafuckin' full time job
Self-love in the muthafuckin' house