july 28th ill love u quitely

Intro (Spoken)
Make I talk am soft before the beat enter,
Some love no dey shout, some love na candle for storm —
E no bright everywhere, but e refuse die.
If you ever wonder wetin I mean by “mine,”
Na you.
Na the way you dey enter my darkest day like morning,
Na the way your name dey taste like prayer for my mouth.

Verse 1
You come like soft light through di curtains of my worst days,
Like sun wey no dey rush, but e still dey win night.
Small for your sneakers, but big for how you no dey back down,
You get that kind heart wey stubborn pass pride.

Short and stubborn—God, you swear say you always right,
You dey argue like say truth dey your pocket.
And I swear I go lose every fight if e mean say you go stay around,
’Cause your presence na my own small profit.

You no tall, but you heavy for my spirit—
Like song wey I no fit stop to repeat.
When you vex, your brows dey meet like warning,
But even your anger get sweet.

July twenty-eighth, nineteen ninety-two—
I dey say am like prayer when I no fit sleep.
If my mind begin scatter like market for rain,
Na that date I dey hold, na that name I dey keep.

“Make e be say him go kiss me with him mouth,” I dey whisper true,
Like scripture wey my heart don memorize.
’Cause loving you na di only thing I dey do
Wey feel like say na mine to keep,
Even when the world dey tell me lies.

I remember your laugh for corner of small room,
How e dey rise like smoke from incense.
I remember how you dey look me—
Like you dey fear say joy fit make sense.

I dey hold your hand like e be lifeline,
Even when e small, e strong pass ocean wave.
You be my anchor when storm dey blow,
Even if e mean say I go drown sometimes.

Pre-Chorus
If you disappear, my day go still move,
But my soul go drag like chain.
If you choose peace over us, I go understand,
But e go still pain.

Chorus
If I no fit be di one wey you go call “home,”
I go be di silence wey go keep you warm.
I go be di name wey you no go ever talk loud,
Di love wey you hide when di light don go down.

And if your world no gree make you choose,
I go carry di pain, I go carry di bruise—
’Cause I go give anything, anything…
Just to be yours, even now.

Verse 2
We learn how to meet where shadows no dey talk,
Where streetlight dey blink like e too sabi.
One year for dark, like secret hymn,
Like we dey worship with our bodies.

We dey laugh so quiet, walls no fit hear us,
Teeth for lip, breath for throat.
We dey kiss like say we don forgive,
Like our mouths fit build boat.

“Trust for di Lord with all your heart,” I dey hold am for mind,
But sometimes faith dey heavy like stone.
Even though your parents write your future for ink,
And I be pencil—easy to erase,
Easy to break, easy to own.

Dem plan you like ceremony:
Colour, cloth, choir, crowd.
Dem measure your life with checklist—
“Good home,” “good name,” “good loud.”

Dem find you man wey get family name,
Wey get correct surname, correct gate, correct land.
And all I get na “stay for your place,”
Like my love na small coi

sad hiphop reggae heartfelt