[Lyric] Long Division (Alma Cook)

[Intro:]
Yeah, that's the power of…
You knew it was coming

[Verse 1:]
I would never defend
This conversation, ain’t nobody ever met a good end
At eleven pm
You should not be talking to somebody who is not your girlfriend

But I know why
You try
To toe that line
And I know it doesn’t make you proud

As for me, now, I
Can’t lie
To you to save my life (ah-ayah-yah-yah)
As if you didn’t know that by now (ah-ayah)

[Verse 2:]
I’ve been putting on heat
Showing you how to do addition, if you know what I mean
You’ve been letting off steam
Still coming up from a decision back in 2018
Hey, that’s the wages
Of the time & space
Who could’ve known someday (ah-ayah-yah-yah)
That I’d be turning the tables around? (ah-ayah)

‘cause you lost all faith
In me to find my way
And then the season changed (ah-ayah-yah-yah)
But you still got me wondering how…

[Chorus:]
You take me back to fundamentals (fundamentals)
Baby that’s the power of you (yeah, that's the power of)
I’ll kick it up another level (another level)
I see your potential
And I’ll raise you to the power of two

Check my work if what you need is proof
Hit me up if you believe it’s true
That a man on a mission
Should probably get a girl who can handle her long division
Who can handle this long division

Ah-ayah-yah-yah
You ready?
Ah-ayah
[Verse 3:]
Something stuck in my throat
A couple years running, I’ve been working not to let it all show
Do you know something I don’t?
A good time, baby that’s fine
Right up until she’s running your home

And it hurts my head
To see her there instead
And you cannot pretend
(Can’t pretend that you’re not privy to that)
That she isn’t holding you down
(Present company is holding you back)

When the beauty’s ended
And we put no filter in the lens
We only have what’s left
(Nothing left for you but what you see)
Oh, did I just say that aloud?
(That’s the reason that you’re calling me)

[Chorus:]
You take me back to fundamentals (fundamentals)
Baby that’s the power of you (yeah, that's the power of)
I’ll kick it up another level (another level)
I see your potential
And I’ll raise you to the power of two
Check my work if what you need is proof
Hit me up when you believe it’s true
That a man on a mission
Should probably get a girl who can handle her long division

[Bridge:]
Is it gold if it shimmers at an angle? (No)
Beautiful or a beautiful mind? (Beautiful mind)
And if we know I’m forever gonna phase you
Then is it better just to cut ties? (Just to cut ties)

Is she good for you or good enough? (Good enough)
Tell you if I knew
But if you want to statute the obvious, well
I can state the obvious too

[Chorus:]
It’s fundamental (fundamental)
That’s the power of you (yeah, that's the power of)
I take it to another level (another level)
‘cause when I see potential
I can raise it to the power of two

Check my work if what you need is proof
I’m the 1 and you believe it 2
‘cause a man on a mission
Should probably get a girl who knows how to do long division

You take me back to fundamentals (fundamentals)
Baby that’s the power of you (yeah, that's the power of)
I’ll kick it up another level (another level)
I see your potential
And I’ll raise you to the power of two

Check my work if what you need is proof
Hit me up if you believe it’s true
That a man on a mission
Should probably get a girl who can handle her long division
Who can handle this long division
Ooh, whoa

[Outro:]
Fundament-fundamental (fundamentals)
If I thought that it was what you want (yeah, that's the power of)
Fundament-fundamental
But you never wanted this at all
Should probably find a girl who can handle it all

Fundament-fundamental (fundamentals)
If I thought that it was what you want (yeah, that's the power of)
Fundament-fundamental (ah-ayah-yah-yah)
But you never wanted this at all (ah-ayah, ayah)