[ti:Miss January] [ar:The Procussions/Talib Kweli] [al:5 Sparrows for 2 Cents] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.83]Miss January - The Procussions/Talib Kweli [00:02.24]Lyrics by:Jason Christopher Medeiros/Brian Roberson/Nathaniel Harvey/Talib Greene [00:04.28]Composed by:Brian Roberson [00:08.66]Okay okay okay [00:12.76]I had to say goodbye to miss January [00:17.67]She had a hold on my mind for so long and [00:22.71]I learned a lesson in life from miss January [00:25.26]The weight left on my heart is less heavy [00:27.28]When the first light shines [00:28.66]The first light shines in June [00:30.07]I thought I fell in love once [00:31.64]With a girl who loves blunts [00:33.01]And got fronts and she made me rise above lust [00:35.33]I thought I fell in love again with this one chick [00:37.71]Body so thick it was hard not to [00:40.20]I fell in love just one more time after that [00:42.58]Shorty had me ready to settle down and make a habitat [00:45.28]The sad fact is I wasn't ready to [00:47.21]Give up my freedom [00:47.99]And so I let them go pretending that I don't need 'em [00:50.44]So here I sit at the bar amongst the star gazers [00:52.79]Caught in the crosshairs a target of a heart breaker [00:55.39]The radio was playing neither one of us [00:57.29]By Gladys it's so ironic I chuckled [01:00.22]I reminisce on all the chicks that I ran thru [01:02.89]Now I'm dealing with this black magic one man boo [01:05.36]Stringing me along like the guitar [01:06.65]On the song I'm rapping on [01:07.98]I ain't do the math a Libra and a Capricorn [01:12.67]I had to say goodbye to miss January [01:17.67]She had a hold on my mind for so long and [01:22.70]I learned a lesson in life from miss January [01:25.23]The weight left on my heart is less heavy [01:27.23]When the first light shines [01:28.52]The first light shines in June [01:29.95]True love got the power to change any circumstance [01:32.55]I knew we were far from the same [01:34.18]But still I took a chance [01:35.41]Wish I could have looked in advance to your advances [01:37.74]Knowing I'm the book that you read to your advantage [01:40.05]I understand it's not like [01:41.41]We planned it with the worst intentions [01:43.01]Take it for granted [01:43.77]I was stranded in your first impressions [01:45.39]I know it hurts to question [01:46.60]What will be a curse or blessin' [01:47.83]I guess it's worth confessin' [01:48.92]Maybe then we'll learn our lesson [01:50.38]Searching for your attention [01:51.32]Hoping you were doing the same [01:52.72]Pursuing the fame [01:53.57]Knowing that only you were entertained [01:55.34]Using me and I was new to the pain [01:57.15]'Cause rejection I hadn't meet him [01:58.52]But I knew him by name [01:59.87]True I grew from the pain [02:01.03]In the days where I'd pay anything [02:02.65]Standing there like John Cusack from say anything [02:05.20]Planning on you to call back but it never rings [02:07.61]There were so many things [02:08.94]There were so many signs [02:10.34]And now I'm chasing wings knowing it's a waste of time [02:12.81]Until my God reminds me of what I truly need [02:15.26]I take a look behind just before your beauty leaves [02:17.58]To get a glimpse of you hoping that you see me too [02:20.31]And know we staring at two people that we never knew [02:22.68]And probably never know hoping I'll forever grow [02:25.21]Into the one who finally gained the strength to let you go [02:27.74]And changed my idea of what true love is [02:30.23]I wipe my eyes clear and rise above this [02:32.68]I had to say goodbye to miss January [02:37.71]She had a hold on my mind for so long and [02:42.67]I learned a lesson in life from miss January [02:45.08]The weight left on my heart is less heavy [02:47.31]When the first light shines [02:48.55]The first light shines in June