Brotha Mike - It Took Time (feat. Joseph Macklin) Lyrics

It took time, from the first time that I met you girl, who thought we would make it this far
It took time, it's been a long, long road on this path that we were on, now here we are
It took time, it was a process to this trust thing, but this love thing, it wasn't easy girl
It took time, dealing with that pride and denial all the while, real love is all we needed girl
I bet you didn't expect when we first met that we would click, when I saw her on the under I was wondering who she with
Conversation opening up, she soakin' it up while peeping my grill, I'm dealing her with my spiel, hoping she feel I'm keeping it real
Guess I was spitting the right game, little light thing, totally into me
Wasn't quite yet mine, but in my mind, hoping she finna be
We was only 14 with big boy dreams of me and her together that summer right before ninth grade
Nice days, perfect weather, her momma wasn't really feeling me, she be killing me
If she was aware about our little love affair, her innocent daughter with this thug and player
That summer was hot, some of the thots really, really dug a player
But this girl here was unique, out of her friend Squeak, and some of her cousins there loved everything about the dame
I allowed the game that she played so well
Plus when the funk flared, she wasn't scared to break her nails
Had to make her mind, may have been a crime the way she stole my heart
Till a couple of issues we must have went through drove us apart
It took time
From the first time that I met you girl, who thought we would make it this far
It took time
It's been a long, long road on this path that we were on, now here we are
It took time
It was a process to this trust thing, but this love thing, it wasn't easy girl
It took time
Dealing with that pride and denial all the while, real love is all we needed girl
A lot of time done passed now, we've both had our share of significant others
At least ten when we split, friends with benefits, different with lovers
But been married with children and carry these feelings that we had for our exes
So you see we had soul ties, we saw with closed eyes and just hadn't accepted
In the meantime, in between time, my life, I gave it to Christ
Still in fornication, piss poor relations, but I craved me a wife
And when I saw you at the bus stop, you could make a truck stop
I was extra attentive, my desire for my wife is that she love Christ
But your looks was an extra incentive, no joke
I can hear it right there in my spirit when the Lord said that that's her
I really didn't know what to do, but I knew I was led to ask her
Hurt and protective, alert and so skeptic, you ain't wanna jump in too soon
Nine month courtship, the Lord built, ended up in us jumpin the broom
Five and three quarter years before I could hear distinguish what he was saying
He told me to love her, only me above her
And I mean, he wasn't playing, and where we going
Man, we ain't knowing, but I guess we'll know soon
Cause he brought us so far, we couldn't audit them scars cause he healed those wounds
It took time
From the first time that I met you, girl
Who thought we would make it this far
It took time
It's been a long, long road on this path that we were on
Now here we are
It took time
It was a process to this trust thing, but this love thing, it wasn't easy, girl
It took time
Dealing with that pride and denial all the while
Real love is all we needed, girl
All we needed was love
Real love
Real love
You gave me a real love
It's what I needed, baby
Real love
Real love
We're searching for a real love
Yeah