I love you, need you
Need you here to stay

Girl you're on my mind like 24/7
Every single time that I'm not with you
If you spend the night, baby it could be heaven
Hit me on my line if you're tryna come through

I feel my heartbeat bumpin' to the bass
Bum bum bum bum
She give me butterflies and they won't go away
Oh wey oh wey
Under the stars, she took my hand and said
"Love, you, need you, need you here to stay"

I'd like to give you what you need
I try but you're makin' it hard for me
How do I make you believe?
'Cause I love you, need you, need you here to stay

I'd like to give you what you need
I try but you're makin' it hard for me
How do I make you believe?
'Cause I love you, need you, need you here to stay

Every time you're distant, girl somethin' is missin'
And wish that I could fix it, I wish things were different
What else, what else
If you love me, girl then say it, say what else
What else, if you wanna be my baby

I feel my heartbeat bumpin' to the bass (bum bum bum bum)
She give me butterflies and they won't go away (oh wey oh wey)
Under the stars, she took my hand and said
"I love, you, need you, need you here to stay"

I'd like to give you what you need (give you what you need)
I try but you're makin' it hard for me (makin' it hard for me)
How do I make you believe?
'Cause I love you, need you,
I need you here to stay (yeah)

I'd like to give you what you need (what you need)
I try but you're makin' it hard for me
How do I make you believe?
'Cause I love you, need you
Need you here to stay (Sean Don)

Yup
Is this what you want?
The baddest, the baddest
I know what you want (want)
Without askin'
I hit once, have to have it,
I hit it twice, it's a habit
Don't get caught up in traffic
I heard that it's hazardous
There's storm and no silence to add on the mattress
I just keep askin, is it real, is it real? Look, tell me, is it real?
Yep, real enough to go and get it tatted, give you flowers
Now you look like you're on a pageant
I can take you to the crib, condo, or the cabin, what's up?
If you make it, I can make it happen, I can grant it
Don't you take my "grant it" though for granted
I know that's not your intent, we ain't even campin' and to leave this
Bed I'mma need a fuckin' ransom man I got her screamin'
"Finally Famous!" when we fly around
Never lie to you 'less I lie you down
I put the writin' on the wall
But you don't understand it all like we in Chinatown
We one and one, both one of ones
And when you put the twos together
That's not twenty-two, it's forever
I promise 20-20 couldn't even make it clearer, I swear
Sean Don

I'd like to give you what you need (give you what you need)
I try but you're makin' it hard for me (makin' it hard for me)
How do I make you believe?
'Cause I love you, need you, need you here to stay yeah

I'd like to give you what you need (what you need)
I try but you're makin' it hard for me (yeah)
How do I make you believe?
'Cause I love you, need you, need you here to stay


Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher

Memphis Lyrics as written by Brandon Green Andrew Swanson

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