Let Me In

[Ms. Kaye]

Let Me In…

I can taste it
On your tongue…
Every time that I kiss you.
And I can feel it
Around your waist…
Every time that I hug you.
And I can
See it in your eyes…
Each and every time
That I tell you that I love you
But it’s…
Ok to be afraid.
You see…
I know that there’s been a time
In your life when you wanted to barricade yourself
In your house for a few days
And pray that God would take away the pain…
When you swore that you weren’t
Never gonna fall in love again.
When you swore that you weren’t
Never gonna fall victim to
Another woman’s cheating, sadistic ways.
When you said you’ve
Grown too old to play games.
Too tired to toil in a gym
and starve yourself for a woman
who wouldn’t know a good thing if it
slapped her in the face.
But when we embrace
I want you to inhale
My soul
Deeper than when
I inhale your cologne.
And if for some reason you’re not home
I sleep in your clothes
So that we will always
Be close.
I want us to embrace love
And I want you to know
That in this Universe
In your universe
There’s absolutely nothing
For you to be afraid of.
Cause this thing is real.
You see…
It’s one thing to be afraid of
Having your heart broken.
But it’s another thing completely
To have that fear
Prevent you from having your heart filled.
Filled with so much love
That you feel as if you will bust.
Filled with so much love
That you find that
You finally begin to trust.
With no doubts…
And no worries
About my whereabouts.
Because we both know
That there is a firm foundation
Built under this house
But
You’re afraid.
You’re afraid because
The last time you trusted
Enough to put yourself out there
Was right around the time
Your ex began to act
Like she didn’t care…
You’re afraid
Because the last time
That you trusted enough
To let down your walls
Was right around the time
You stopped getting phone calls…
But that was then
This is from now on…
And from now on
I want to be the reason
That you cry tears of joy.
But you’re afraid.
You’re afraid
Cause your last mate was unfaithful
You’re afraid
Cause she didn’t have a clue.
You’re afraid
Cause she didn’t even have the decency
To cheat on you with someone
Who looks better
Than you.
And now…
Here’s love staring you in the face
And you have absolutely
No idea what to do.
Well
Let me tell you
I want you to grab hold…
And grab hold to it tight.
Grab hold for dear life.
Cause the pain can be over now.
You see I want you to understand
That I am the type of woman
That a man can take home to his mother
And be like…
Ma,
Look what I found.
And she would pull you
Into the house
Hug you and be proud.
Proud to call me her daughter.
Just like the day I’ll walk down the aisle
Dressed in all white,
You’ll be proud
To make me your wife.
And we can make love
Until the daylight
Turn into the moonlight.
We can make love
Til every clock on this planet
Learns how to tell time right.
Cause I believe
That every second hand
Should be set to our heartbeat.
See…
This isn’t just about love.
This is about faith
But it can’t come into fruition
Until you trust enough
To take a leap of faith.
And understand that we were brought together
Through God’s grace.
You see…
If you’re not ready to do that
I’ll wait.
Because I want us to be
The best of lovers.
But baby,
I also want us to be the best of friends.
But we can’t do that
Until you trust enough
To open up your soul,
And let me
In.