It Takes Love
Grits Lyrics

Still waters run deep,
People who are quiet and reserved often have a rich and complex inner life.

Muddy waters won't keep.
People who are loud and insincere cannot maintain relationships or deep connections.

Love, love, it takes love,
Love is essential for any relationship to be sustained.

More than love is God above,
God's love is higher and greater than any human affection.

Heaven knows it's not enough,
Love alone cannot sustain a relationship without other essential elements.

Cause this thing can be so rough.
Love can be difficult and challenging at times.

Tried and true when I keep my eyes on you,
If I focus on you and prioritize making the relationship work, we can overcome any obstacle.

Cause still waters will run deep if, in you, my faith I keep,
If I trust and have faith in you, our relationship will become more complex and meaningful.

This thing called love.
Love is complex and has many different manifestations.

I used to occasionally try my hand relationally,
I used to experiment with romantic relationships.

Obsessive with the outside appearance and what I saw facially,
I was focused on physical appearances rather than deeper qualities.

What I had to have, have just didn't add up,
What I thought I needed in a relationship turned out not to be as important as I thought.

Amount to much of what was revealed,
What I was looking for in a relationship was not sustainable or meaningful in the long run.

Seeing past they looks and such,
Learning to look beyond physical appearance and focus on deeper qualities.

The baggage piled up, revealing shine through,
As I got to know someone better, their emotional baggage and issues became more apparent.

Feathers riled up,
Emotions and tensions were heightened.

Emotions rev like a engine, engine, then they drive up,
Emotions can quickly become intense and overwhelming in a relationship.

Soon she jet,
The relationship quickly ended.

I shoot for the exit myself,
I quickly ended the relationship myself.

A quick outro and I'm lost for words, like Gwyneth Paltrow, (who'll be my soul mate?)
I was left feeling empty and unsure.

Muster up change for the toll gate,
I needed to pay a price for my mistakes and learn from them.

The life I was chasing when real,
The version of love and relationships that I was pursuing was not realistic or sustainable.

I used to roll fate with this outtake,
I used to leave the course of my relationships up to chance rather than putting in the necessary effort.

The right thing, I always did last,
I often prioritized the wrong things in a relationship and neglected the important ones.

And, like an outbreak, everything caught up with me too fast,
My mistakes and wrong priorities quickly caught up with me and caused problems in my relationships.

They can't stop me,
I am determined to learn from my mistakes and improve as a partner.

Come out pure as gold and do my fold,
I want to come out of my mistakes as a better person and partner.

Dismiss the latter, then I embrace the promise told,
I want to leave behind my mistakes and embrace the promises of a healthier and more meaningful relationship.

I receive it and, with Christ like faith, I believe it,
I have faith in a higher power and trust that I can overcome my past mistakes.

Predestined, manifested,
I believe my future relationships are predetermined and will manifest if I am willing to put in the effort.

I water the seed and test it.
I want to nurture and grow my future relationships and test them to ensure their sustainability.

As the sun rises daily, I'm awakened,
Each day is a new opportunity to learn from my previous mistakes and strive towards better relationships.

How do I begin, dealing with the past guilty of sin?
I must confront my past mistakes and learn from them in order to move forward.

Though I know I'm not enslaved by his power,
I believe that I am not defined by my past mistakes and have the power to change.

Deep inside, my soul is free, but my mind reflects time and time again,
Even though I have the potential to be free of my past mistakes, my mind often dwells on them and prevents me from moving forward.

Frustration got me burning from degrees of separation, 'cause my deeds put a distance in between the close relation with my children,
My mistakes have hurt my relationships with my children and created a distance between us.

In physical sense, contact is limited to often as possible,
I am unable to see or talk to my children as often as I would like to.

Visits and phone conversations,
The only way I can communicate with my children is through visits or phone calls.

Face the fact: I know I'm only part of half of the blame,
I acknowledge that I am partially responsible for the problems in my relationships with my children, but not solely to blame.

But, in full, I feel the same,
I feel the full weight of my mistakes and their impact on my relationships.

And at present it's not the same s when I was there to give them names,
My relationship with my children has changed since I was present in their lives when they were born.

And my presence was felt to save the claim that I was daddy,
My presence was important in asserting my role as a father in my children's lives.

So often I feel sadness of the outcome of the madness with me and mama,
I regret the negative impact that my mistakes have had on my relationship with the mother of my children.

Now we all face the drama through faith in God for healing,
We rely on our faith in God to heal the wounds and mend our relationships.

Yes, this price I must pay,
I must accept the consequences of my mistakes and work to improve my relationships with my children.

Not a day goes by I don't envision your faces,
I constantly think about my children and their well-being.

Please forgive me.
I ask for forgiveness for my past mistakes and hope to move forward towards a better future.