A Gangstas Prayer

Chapter 26

I Can't Make You Love Me - Tank

Turn down the lights
Turn down the bed
Turn down these voices
Inside my head
Lay down with me
Tell me no lies
Just hold me close
Don't patronize
Don't patronize

'Cause I can't make you love me
If you don't
You can't make your heart feel
Something it won't
Here in the dark
In this final hour
I will lay down my heart
And feel the power if you want
No you won't

I'll close my eyes
Then I won't see
The love you don't feel
When you're holding me
Mornin' will come
And I'll do what's right
Just give me till then
To give up this fight
And I will give up this fight

'Cause I can't make you love me
If you don't
You can't make your heart feel
Somethin it won't
Here in the dark
In these final hours
I will lay down my heart
And feel the power if you want
No you won't

'Cause I can't make you love me
No
If you don't
Say you ain't gotta love
You ain't gotta love
You ain't gotta love it
I can't just make you love me
I can't
I can't
I can't
I can't

I tried my best
But you put my heart through the test
I can't make you love me
I tried
I tried to get through to you girl
Can't you see that I'm crying out to you girl
I can't make you love me, OH
If you don't

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I sat on my bed, staring at some of the old text message conversations me and Boss used to have.

It was a few day after Boss funeral, and I was still truly devastated.

I missed my brother.

Boss ; brother !

Me ; what damn

Boss ; wya

Me ; W/ Mani

Boss ; *sighs*

Me ; lol what

Boss ; I'm lonely

Me ; go find a hoe

Boss ; I would but the baddest one with u

I laughed, thinking back to when he basically called Emani the baddest hoe.

I went down some more til I got to one of our most recent conversations.

Me ; wyd ?

Boss ; chillin..

Me ; you good bro ?

Boss ; yeah . just tired of this shit