I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Hey, hey, hey,
Street Love
Hey
You came around my way
Acting like you needed
Somebody to show you some love
He ain't ever there
Plus you don't feel him
The way you do me
Keep on doing what you're doing
Cause I'm loving what you're doing to me, to me, to me
He playing games and it ain't cool
But it's okay cause girl I got what you need, you need
And I bet he would be mad if he knew
If he knew, if he knew, if he knew
I was loving you
And I bet he would be mad if he knew
If he knew, if he knew, if he knew
I was loving you
I bet he would be mad so
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
[repeat]
If ya nigga knew what we do on the low
He'd prolly get mad but he ain't gotta know
I keep my hat low
Hit the back door
My Maserati fast
Watch me get ghost (vroom vroom)
It's way too easy
While he busy tryna stunt like Baby and Weezy
I pull up at the front in the Aston Meezy
And I know Weezy, please believe me
If he knew, if he knew, if he knew
I was loving you
And I bet he would be mad if he knew
If he knew, if he knew, if he knew
I was loving you
I bet he would be mad so
When you're out with me
Baby it's a special thang
We be chillin' til the sun come up (yeah)
When you're out with him
I know it don't mean a thang
And I bet he would be mad if he knew
If he knew, if he knew, if he knew
I was loving you
And I bet he would be mad if he knew
If he knew, if he knew, if he knew
I was loving you
I bet he would be mad so
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
(And I bet he would be mad if he knew)
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
(And I bet he would be mad so)
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
And I bet he would be mad so...
Street Love
Hey
You came around my way
Acting like you needed
Somebody to show you some love
He ain't ever there
Plus you don't feel him
The way you do me
Keep on doing what you're doing
Cause I'm loving what you're doing to me, to me, to me
He playing games and it ain't cool
But it's okay cause girl I got what you need, you need
And I bet he would be mad if he knew
If he knew, if he knew, if he knew
I was loving you
And I bet he would be mad if he knew
If he knew, if he knew, if he knew
I was loving you
I bet he would be mad so
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
[repeat]
If ya nigga knew what we do on the low
He'd prolly get mad but he ain't gotta know
I keep my hat low
Hit the back door
My Maserati fast
Watch me get ghost (vroom vroom)
It's way too easy
While he busy tryna stunt like Baby and Weezy
I pull up at the front in the Aston Meezy
And I know Weezy, please believe me
If he knew, if he knew, if he knew
I was loving you
And I bet he would be mad if he knew
If he knew, if he knew, if he knew
I was loving you
I bet he would be mad so
When you're out with me
Baby it's a special thang
We be chillin' til the sun come up (yeah)
When you're out with him
I know it don't mean a thang
And I bet he would be mad if he knew
If he knew, if he knew, if he knew
I was loving you
And I bet he would be mad if he knew
If he knew, if he knew, if he knew
I was loving you
I bet he would be mad so
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
(And I bet he would be mad if he knew)
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
(And I bet he would be mad so)
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, hey
And I bet he would be mad so...
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If He Knew Lyrics as written by Lloyd Polite Jasper Tremaine Cameron
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