Let Love Work It Out

Lyrics

[Intro] Yeah… Took me getting older to understand some things. Some things I blamed you for, some things you probably never knew you did. And some things still hurt. But I don't want to carry them forever. [Verse 1] Mama, I love you, I just love you from a distance, Had to learn that love and peace can have different definitions. I was young, couldn't explain what I was feeling, So I carried all those questions till the boy became a man healing. I remember wanting answers, you ain't always let me in, And that lack of transparency still gets underneath my skin. Sometimes something that you say takes me back to being young, And I'm fighting old emotions before I know where they came from. But age gave me perspective that the anger couldn't give, You had a life before I got here, you were learning how to live. Maybe nobody taught you how to heal what you went through, So I'm giving grace today for what you simply never knew. That don't erase the damage, that don't make the pain pretend, Forgiveness doesn't mean we gotta be close again. I can tell the truth about it without disrespecting you, 'Cause growing taught me two things can simultaneously be true. [Hook] I love you… Even when I need my space. I forgive you… Even when I can't erase Everything that happened, everything we went through. I'm finding peace with me, and I hope you find yours too. [Verse 2] We don't believe the same things, and I'm finally okay with that, I found my own relationship with God, I can't apologize for that. You got your road, I got mine, neither needs to look the same, Love shouldn't need agreement just to recognize your name. You're my mother—that's forever, nothing changes where I'm from, I'm grateful for the sacrifice, I'm grateful I'm your son. But gratitude ain't blindness, I can appreciate the good While admitting there were moments that affected my adulthood. See, healing ain't accusing you of everything that's wrong, It's realizing what I carried and deciding what moves on. It's looking at my daughter and becoming more aware, Making sure what hurt before me doesn't automatically get shared. Maybe that's my responsibility— Not changing you, but changing me. Taking everything life handed me And choosing what my child will see. [Bridge] I used to think peace meant you finally understanding me. Now I know peace is me understanding myself. I used to think forgiveness meant you had to say you were sorry. Now I know forgiveness can happen inside of me. [Final Verse] So I don't need a villain in the story of my life, Don't need to paint you wrong just so I can prove I'm right. You were human before Mama, that's something I understand, And I'm human before anything—I became my own man. Maybe one day we'll talk different, maybe some things never change, Maybe loving from a distance is the healthiest kind of space. Either way, there ain't no hatred that I'm carrying to the grave, I'd rather turn the hurt to wisdom and the anger into grace. You gave me life. For that, Mama, I'm grateful. You gave what you knew how to give. For that, I understand. What hurt me, I'm healing. What triggered me, I'm learning. What I can't change, I'm releasing. And what I still have for you? Love. Just from a distance. [Outro] I hope you find peace. I mean that. And I'm gonna find mine too. Sometimes everything doesn't have to be fixed… Sometimes you just let love work it out