This song (at face value) is about a man wanting to be a permanent figure in a woman’s life. But the deeper theme is the battle between him and his conscience about his selfish ways, and his indifference towards the fact that another man is already in the picture.
[Intro]
Only slide through on 'em late nights
Baby this just don't feel right
Need to love you with lights on, lights on
[Verse 1]
I can't think of any sentence at all
The butterflies got me tongue-tied and my gut's in a knot
I know we ain't got strings attached but is it my fault
You took me to new heights I was almost destined to fall
I babble on and on about the dumbest of shit
Hoping that I'll say something that might make some sense
I swear I bring more to the table than money and sex
But you don't even care about that cause it's all you expect
Shit. This is the loneliest road
We can't grow an abode when our lust is all we can hold
I've got all the cards in hand but under pressure I fold
I know I should've said this all those nights that you called
Instead it's "What are you wearing? It's apparent your mama blessed ya
We could start off on the dresser, undress ya and then address ya
Every fantasy, so methodically it's routine"
And then we go our separate ways until there's something that you need from me
[Hook}
Baby I've been working (you know I've been working)
Tryna make you mine (mine)
I give you all my time (my time)
Fears and secrets girl I've seen them all (I've seen)
In too deep for just a late night call
I can be more than your side nigga
[Verse 2]
Late night conversations with my conscience
Admonished he asks me what I hope to accomplish
Demolish the pillars of their blissful sanctimony
Or avenge the sins of all the women who done switched up on me
Stuck between a rock and a hard place
Celibate, yet tied to the promises of heavens gates
False Messiah, traversing your waters killed what little faith
I had in salvation it's amazing how far I fell from grace
This story's getting too familiar
It's hard to read between the lines when nothing else is linear
The foundations of what we're calling love is cynical
Ironic that I'm getting all high and mighty and biblical
Why am I acting like nothing else is above me?
How can I associate love with something this ugly?
Why am I acting like I never let you come for me?
We're all sinners why d'you think we love each other's company
[Hook]
Baby I've been working (you know I've been working)
Tryna make you mine (mine)
I give you all my time (my time)
Fears and secrets girl I've seen them all (I've seen)
In too deep for just a late night call
I can be more than your side nigga
[Outro]
Only slide through on 'em late nights
Baby this just don't feel right
Need to love you with lights on, lights on
Yeah
Only slide through on 'em late nights
Words ain't nun' if you don't act right
Here we are again with the lights off, lights off
Aye
Baby I've been working
B-b-baby I've been working, b-b-baby I've been...
Baby I've been working (x2)
I can be more than your side nigga