Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Day and night, uh, huh
Verse 3, uh
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
Check this out
In the killer spot, she was watching me
She can't keep her little eyes off of me
Like a speed track, she was clocking me
I know you seen the videos on TV
But a proper could it be, must be the money
That got you checking me, ooh ooh yeah
She don't even know me but she's checking me out
I could see it in her eyes that she's ready to bounce
With me, ooh baby, baby
Now all your lines wanna change ya things
Money misses all, such a fantasy, oh oh
That's just the way it is
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't check me
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
Oh yeah
Now she's telling me about her problems
Looking at me like I can solve them
'Bout her she gets her hair, nails done proper
All I gotta say is that you ain't getting nada
Telling me that I'm the fava
The only one that could save her
The only man that she dreams about
The only man that she never doubts
She don't even know me but she's checking me out
I can see in her eyes that she's ready to bounce
With me, ooh yeah
Now all your lines wanna change ya things
Money misses all, such a fantasy, oh oh
That's just the way it is
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't check me
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
Tell me, ooh
Could it be the car that I am driving
House that you thinking that I am flying
Or is it the lifestyle that I am living
All you really wanna do, I wanna get it
Could it be the car that I am driving
House that you thinking that I am flying
Or is it the lifestyle that I am living
All you really wanna do, want to get it, baby, yeah
Could it be a
Could it be a
Tell me, tell me
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby
Come on, come down
Verse 3, uh
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
Check this out
In the killer spot, she was watching me
She can't keep her little eyes off of me
Like a speed track, she was clocking me
I know you seen the videos on TV
But a proper could it be, must be the money
That got you checking me, ooh ooh yeah
She don't even know me but she's checking me out
I could see it in her eyes that she's ready to bounce
With me, ooh baby, baby
Now all your lines wanna change ya things
Money misses all, such a fantasy, oh oh
That's just the way it is
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't check me
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
Oh yeah
Now she's telling me about her problems
Looking at me like I can solve them
'Bout her she gets her hair, nails done proper
All I gotta say is that you ain't getting nada
Telling me that I'm the fava
The only one that could save her
The only man that she dreams about
The only man that she never doubts
She don't even know me but she's checking me out
I can see in her eyes that she's ready to bounce
With me, ooh yeah
Now all your lines wanna change ya things
Money misses all, such a fantasy, oh oh
That's just the way it is
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't check me
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
Tell me, ooh
Could it be the car that I am driving
House that you thinking that I am flying
Or is it the lifestyle that I am living
All you really wanna do, I wanna get it
Could it be the car that I am driving
House that you thinking that I am flying
Or is it the lifestyle that I am living
All you really wanna do, want to get it, baby, yeah
Could it be a
Could it be a
Tell me, tell me
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby
Come on, come down
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If It Wasn't For... Lyrics as written by Terry Jerome Harris Jerel Allen
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