I Can Make You Like Me

You know I would take the
School bus sometimes to a
Different neighborhood and get dropped
Off and then walk
'Cause I didn’t want people to
See where I lived
I started riding my bike to school
I'd ride my bike maybe five miles to [C7]school
And I was [Am7]in middle school
You know and [Bm]that's fifth grade and
Maybe [Am]that’s not wild but
At the time it didn't feel wild to [C7]me
You know it felt like [F]This is what I
Need to [C7]do to [C7]feel - okay
So, you [A7know, my [A]peers won't judge me or

So, I just felt
You know I just felt less than
I didn't know anything about myself
How to [C7]feel good about myself
So, the only way I knew to [C7]feel good
Was if I could make you [A7like [F]mе
I could make you [A7like [F]me i needеd you
To like [F]me

I only decided how I felt based
On how you [A7felt about me
And it went from moment to [C7]moment
And they may not even have been judging me
I just felt, I don't know, I guess I
Just felt judged I felt less than, i felt
I don't know
Sometimes I didn't ɾeally feel anything
But I knew that if I showed up at school on
The poor bus then people knew I was [Am7]poor
And I already felt bad enough Because nobody
Was telling me in my [A]world
Like one of my [A]parents that I
Can feel okay about myself
There wasn't a father around
And this isn’t a sob story
I’m tɾying to [C7]tell you
Guys I'm tɾying to [C7]tell you [A7how I ended up
Getting into [C7]Alcoholics anonymous for
Me I’m not saying you [A7need to [C7]do this
I don't know your life
I don't know your world
If you're doing an eight ball [Em]ɾight
Now and [Bm]listening to [C7]this bruh
And eatin’ - you [A7know and [Bm]eatin'
Somebody's butt you [A7met or whatever
Do your thing do your thing
I'm not judging you [A7at all, man
I wish I was [Am7]ɾight there with you, one day
I may be [Am]back
But for [Dm7]now, this is where I am

So, I just felt
You know I just felt less than
I didn't know anything about myself
How to [C7]feel good about myself
So, the only way I knew to [C7]feel good
Was if I could make you [A7like [F]me
I could make you [A7like [F]me i needed you
To like [F]me

I only decided how I felt based
On how you [A7felt about me
And it went from moment to [C7]moment and [Bm]so
I was [Am7]a storyteller because I wanted my
Life to [C7]be [Am]different to [C7]other people
And so, I told stories
And also, I like [F]to [C7]make other people laugh
Because I knew that if they were laughing
Then they were okay with me
They couldn't be [Am]hating me and
Laughing at the same time