Lyrics

[Verse 1 — Warm Smoky Tenor]
My partners pulled me to the side
Said, “Man, you better wake up quick
That girl don’t love you for your soul
She love the way your money hits”
They said, “She smiles when you’re spending
Goes quiet when you say no
She got you wrapped around her finger
And you too blind to let her go”
I heard every word they gave me
Let them finish all their proof
Then I smiled real calm and told them
“You don’t know her like I do”
[Pre-Chorus — Intimate Rise]
You see the cost from outside
I feel the care behind closed eyes
You count what leaves my pocket
I count the peace she brings my life
[Chorus — Passionate Chest Voice]
Call me a fool
If loving her makes me crazy
Call me too deep
If I believe she won’t betray me
If she ain’t real, I’ll reset the rules
But till that day, I know my truth
My woman’s love is tender
Heat me up like July
Cool me down like December
[Verse 2 — Conversational, Raspy Edge]
They don’t see her when I’m weary
How she reads my face at once
How she rubs the stress from my spirit
Before I say where it hurts
They don’t know she saved my temper
When the whole world had me tight
Or how her voice can turn my anger
Into something I can survive
Yeah, I’ve paid for dinners
Yeah, I’ve helped when things got rough
But every dollar ain’t a trick
When a man is investing in love
I ain’t buying affection
I ain’t begging her to stay
I’m building where my heart lives
And that’s grown-man faith
[Pre-Chorus — Bluesy Bend]
They call it weakness
I call it choosing
They call it game
I call it proven
They see the risk
I see the woman
And I know what I’m doing
[Chorus — Stacked Harmonies]
Call me a fool
If loving her makes me crazy
Call me too deep
If I believe she won’t betray me
If she ain’t real, I’ll reset the rules
But till that day, I know my truth
My woman’s love is tender
Heat me up like July
Cool me down like December
[Bridge — Gospel-Rooted Plea]
Now if she ever cross that line
I won’t argue with the signs
I’ll gather every lesson
And take back what is mine
I can love with both hands open
Still keep wisdom in my spine
A fool ignores the warning
A man watches over time
But don’t ask me to punish her
For what another woman did
Don’t ask me to fear love
Because somebody else got tricked
She holds me with intention
She don’t laugh at my pain
She can calm the storm inside me
Just by saying my name
[Final Chorus — Emotional Lift]
Call me a fool
I’ll wear it if I have to
Call me too gone
Say this love done grabbed me
If she ain’t real, I’ll reset the rules
But right now she’s my sweetest truth
My woman’s love is tender
Heat me up like July
Cool me down like December
[Outro — Soft Falsetto and Ad-Libs]
Mmm… you don’t know her
Not the way I do
You see what I give
I feel what she gives too
Call me a fool
But I know what I found
She lifts this man higher
When this world weighs me down
If she ain’t real
I’ll learn that in time
But tonight she’s my woman
And I’m proud to call her mine