Little Simz - I Love You, I Hate You lyrics

I love you i hate you
I love you i hate you
I love you

So much, I would give my life for this
(I hate you) if the bullet was the beat
I would probably die for this (I love you)
How many times did I cry for this?
(I hate you) i would hate myself if I didn't
At least try for this (I love you)
What's at stake is bigger than me
Blood, tears, how it stains
Can't rid it with ease (I hate you)
What we have in common is our pain
We're given the keys (I love you)
To unlock what it takes to fight
For what we believe in (I hate you)
Hard to confront the truth of what
You see in thе mirror (I love you)
Some peoplе you inspire and
Others you trigger (I hate you)
Fightin' in blind faith
Led by the internal voice (I love you)
You might not wanna do it
But you don't have a choice (I hate you)
Will the pressure take me to new
Heights or be my demise? (I hate you)
Will my intentions coincide with
What I advise? (I hate you)
The people lookin' up to me
Doin' everything right (I hate you)
But who am I to tell anyone
How to live their life? (I hate you)
Your pain threshold will determine
If you survive i'm amazed by it
Lyin' to myself
Pretendin' I was never phased by it
Maybe 'cause you're in my DNA, that's why

I love you i hate you
I love you sometimes, I hate you
Always, I love you but right now, I hate you
I love you i hate you

You made a promise to God to
Be there for your kids (I love you)
You made a promise to give them
A life you didn't live (I hate you)
My ego won't fully allow me to
Say that I miss you (I love you)
A woman who hasn't confronted
All her daddy issues (I hate you)
The day will come when you gotta find
All the answers to your sins (I love you)
Pressures of providin'
Feelin' unhappy within (I hate you)
Or what kind of external family
Shit up on your plate (I love you)
But I understand wantin' and
Needin' an escape (I hate you)
Too much unsaid now
The silence givin' me headaches (I love you)
Only through speech can we let go
Of all this dead weight (I hate you)
Even though I'm angry
Don't wanna be disrespectful (I love you)
Tryna figure out how to approach
This in the best way (I hate you)
Hard to not carry these feelings
Even on my best days (I love you)
Never thought my parent would give
Me my first heartbreak (I hate you)
Anxiety givin' me irregular heart rate
(I love you) used to avoid gettin' into how
I really feel about this (I hate you)
Now I see how fickle life can
Be and so it can't wait (I love you)
Should've been the person there to hold
Me on my dark days (I hate you)
It's easier to stargaze and wish than
Be faced with this reality (I love you)
Is you a sperm donor or a
Dad to me? And still

I love you (Hard to love tonight) i hate you
I love you (Hard to love tonight) i hate you
Always, I love you but right now, I hate you
Always, I love you (Hard to love tonight)
I hate you

On this mission, you live and learn
(I love you)
The world will show you no mercy from birth
(I hate you)
How do you humanise your hero? (I love you)
'Round here, you're only respected if earned
(I hate you) half hearted sorries
Can't let your guard down (I love you)
To get to nirvana, where do you start out?
(I hate you) angry 'cause they don't meet
Your unrealistic standards (I love you)
Then you realise that they're human
And you calm down (I hate you)
Sometimes I'm unbalanced and I think, "Rah
Why am I losin' my steps?"
Lately, I'm paranoid
I feel my life is a mess
I'm just usin' my voice
Hope it will have an effect
He was just once a boy
Often I seem to forget
Lookin' at Polaroids of
Pictures secretly kept
You know what was destroyed
But you don't know what was left
Tryna phase out the noise of who
You hear in your head
Everything is a choice and
Anything can be said
Is you missin' the point? Are
You just hearin' me vent?
Or is you in understandin'
Knowin' my words will connect?
I keep you in my prayers 'cause
Life is short as we know
Every mistake you make should
Contribute to your growth
What you choose to avoid'll probably
Come in your dreams
I'm not forgivin' for you, man
I'm forgivin' for me and sometimes

I hate you sometimes, I love you
Sometimes, I hate you always, I love you
I hate you i love you
I hate you