This Time
J. Cole Feat. Melanie Fiona Lyrics

If only you knew all the love I had inside
I wish you knew how much love I had for you

If only I told you
If only I had expressed my feelings to you

That you were my greatest pride
You were the person that meant the most to me

If only I showed you just how good you made me feel
If only I had shown you how happy you made me

Maybe I wouldn't be alone and you would be right here but
Maybe we would still be together, but unfortunately we're not

I don't wanna do it over
I don't want to relive the past

The first time has gone away
The first time we were together is over

You can't rewrite the past
It's impossible to change what has already happened

All I can do is say
All I can do now is express my regret

This time, I'll do it much better
This time, I will do better in our relationship

Love you like I never
Love you more than ever before

Ever loved you before
More than I ever loved you in the past

Oh baby, now this time
Oh baby, this time around

I'll give you my heart and soul
I'll give you all of me

And every drop of my love
Every ounce of love that I have

If you say yes I'll give you my best
If you say yes to me, I'll give you my all

This time, I'm gonna be stronger
I will be stronger in our relationship

This time I'll do it all the way
This time, I will give my everything

This time I'll be a better woman
This time, I will be a better version of myself

This time I won't get in my own way
This time, I won't let my own insecurities ruin things

I could go back you never would have gone
If I could go back in time, you wouldn't have left me

If I knew then what I know now
If I had the knowledge then that I have now

I've told you all that I feel for you in my heart
I've expressed all of my heartfelt feelings to you

In my head I know what I should've said
I know what I should have said in hindsight

I know what I shoulda did
I know what I should have done

If only I showed you just how good you made me feel
If only I had shown you how happy you made me

But I don't wanna do it over
I don't want to relive the past

The first time is gone away
The first time we were together is over

You can't rewrite the past
It's impossible to change what has already happened

All I can do is say
All I can do now is express my regret

If looks kill then Melanie you a felony
You look so good that it should be illegal

We both hot I guess we couldn't take the jealousy
We were both attractive and couldn't handle each other's jealousy

All in my ear I had my homeboys telling me
My friends were constantly giving me advice

How to be a player, we fell off like Bill Bellamy
My friends were giving me advice on how to be a player, but it only caused us to break up

MTV shhh, we used to watch Law and Order, NBC shh
We used to watch TV together in silence

But now I'm watching solo on some empty seat shit
Now I'm watching TV alone

Thinking of you, I got a lot more drinking to do
I'm still thinking about you and need to drink more to forget

Reminiscing, though I seen it coming
Remembering our past even though I knew it was going to end

Yeah I had a premonition
I had a feeling that it was going to end badly

Right beside each other and somehow it felt distant
We were close to each other physically but emotionally distant

Lets rewind back when days sunny like Liston
Let's go back to happier times

Smile just glisten, your booty like a cushion
Your smile was beautiful and your butt looked nice

Is this the moment where we making up
Is this the moment where we reconcile

And realise we tripping forever breaking up
And realize that we've been making a mistake by breaking up

And then I break you off, put you to sleep know its deep
Being with you intimately is a deep connection

When the girl of his dreams is the same one to wake him up
When the girl he's been dreaming of is the one who wakes him up in reality