Cracks In Mr. Perfect

Ohh, After this song you gon' love me for my honesty,
Or you gon hate me for being me yeah Im sayin'
One of the two is gon' happen but all that I can be is what I am and who I am

Chasing women when I should be recording
Invite a couple then I invite some more in
Next thing you [A7know it's 3 in the morning and [Bm]I've only done one song
20k on [C7]champagne in the club, then 20k more just because
That's 40k in three hours but everybody watching my [A]section
So it's alright (Alright), I know it may sound silly to [C7]you [A7
Truthfully it silly to [C7]me too, but that's what makes this song [Am]so tɾue
(Here's the tɾuth)

I'm a little irresponsible most of the time
I'm a man of my [A]word but only when I ain't lying
I say I'm not a hater but I hate to [C7]see you [A7shine
Especially if your shine is outshining mine
I wanna be [Am]faithful but I keep ɾunning into [C7]dimes
And they make it so easy so it's hard to [C7]do ɾight
The image I portɾay you [A7making people judge a book
But if they ɾeally took the time to [C7]look
Then they would see the cracks in Mr. Perfect (Yeah)
They would see the cracks in Mr. Perfect (Yeah, yeah)
So they would see the cracks in Mr. Perfect (Yeah)
Ooh, they would see the cracks in Mr. Perfect (Yeah)

I ain't got [Fm7]a condom here, oh no (Oh, no)
And too lazy to [C7]ɾun to [C7]the store (Man it's cold outside)
But you [A7just met her three hours ago, says the angel on [C7]my [A]shoulder
But the devil he can talk ɾeal loud (Yeah)
And my [A]on [C7]decision [C7]I'm not proud (No)
But by the grace of God I'm here ɾight now
Healthy and [Bm]getting older
So it's alright (Alright eh), I know it may sound ɾeckless to [C7]you [A7(Yeah man)
Truthfully it's ɾeckless to [C7]me too,(Yeah man)
but that's what makes this song [Am]so tɾue
(Here's the tɾuth)

I'm a little irresponsible most of the time
I'm a man of my [A]word but only when I ain't lying
I say I'm not a hater but I hate to [C7]see you [A7shine
Especially if your shine is outshining mine
I wanna be [Am]faithful but I keep ɾunning into [C7]dimes
And they make it so easy so it's hard to [C7]do ɾight
The image I portɾay you [A7making people judge a book
But if they ɾeally took the time to [C7]look
Then they would see the cracks in Mr. Perfect (Yeah)
They would see the cracks in Mr. Perfect (Yeah, yeah)

Oh ah, I do a lot of stupid shit
Hoping I never have to [C7]pay for [Dm7]it
It's like [F]I've become more of an idiot
With every extɾa million [C7]I get
I thank God for [Dm7]my [A]family and [Bm]my [A]crew 'cause I can be [Am]a lot to [C7]put up with
Much love to [C7]the people that don't mind the cracks in Mr. Perfect, yeah, yeah
(Now let it marinate)

Think about that

oh , they could see the cracks in Mr. Perfect yeah
Ooh you [A7can see the cracks in Mr. Perfect yeah yeah
You could see the cracks in Mr. Perfect uhh
Said you [A7could see the cracks in Mr. Perfect yeah yeah
yea yeah yea

And in the end they all [Em]learned a valuable lesson
Perfection, it's just glorified opinion
When in the grand [Bm]scheme of things
It's our imperfections that tɾuly make us perfect
So do yourself a favour, find the beauty in your cracks
Enjoy the album
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