Let Me Know Lyrics
Who can I love when they tell me I can't love myself?
How in the hell could I possibly love someone else?
Who can I love when they tell me I can't love myself? (Let me know, for them niggas like me)
How in the hell could I possibly love someone else?
Who can I love when they tell me I can't love myself? (Let me know, it don't matter what they say 'bout you)
How in the hell could I possibly love someone else?
(Let me know)
Who can I love when they tell me I can't love myself? (Let me know, for them niggas like me)
How in the hell could I possibly love someone else?
[Verse 1]
Some things we can't explain
Why do we act this way?
Why don't we make it easier for the world to change someday?
Sometimes I contemplate, some things my heart can't take
Why do we hurt one another? Fight our brother, kill, and rape?
Love can trump it all
I know you seen it all
And know you a star, you just have to believe in who you are
Who can you love?
[Chorus]
Who can I love when they tell me I can't love myself? (Let me know, for them niggas like me)
How in the hell could I possibly love someone else?
Who can I love when they tell me I can't love myself? (Let me know)
How in the hell could I possibly love someone else?
(Let me know)
Who can I love when they tell me I can't love myself? (Let me know)
How in the hell could I possibly love someone else?
And with livin' comes with ills
Don't let 'em make you feel like the world can't heal
It's hard out here
Despite your fears, keep holdin' on
With all those tears, you can't hold 'em on
And how?
Could somebody else know you, if you don't know you, you're searchin'
But what's missin' is your heart
Who can I love?
[Chorus]
Who can I love when they tell me I can't love myself? (Let me know, for them niggas like me)
How in the hell could I possibly love someone else?
(Let me know)
Who can I love when they tell me I can't love myself? (Let me know)
How in the hell could I possibly love someone else? (Yeah, hey)
Who can I love when they tell me I can't love myself? (Let me know, for them niggas like me)
How in the hell could I possibly love someone else?
About
To be able to love anyone other than yourself you have to start by loving yourself before anything else. Society makes it hard to achieve this, so we often go out of our way looking for someone to complete us rather than add on to the happiness we’ve already built for ourselves. In result of this we end up heartbroken cause we’ve allowed someone to come into our lives and help complete us and once they leave they’ve taken that happiness they brought and a piece of us as well in the process and we’re left to suffer withdrawals.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
When I made “Let Me Know” I’m talking about Black people as a whole. “Who can you love when they tell you you can’t love yourself?” I’m really talking about how they criminalize and marginalize us so much, to the point now where we look at each other like we not shit. I see how we criticize and treat each other. “Love can trump it all” means if you can love yourself, you can love your brother. If you can look in the mirror and say I love myself, that’s going to affect your interactions with people who look like you.
