No Love in the Rearview by Slow Burn Society
No Love in the Rearview
[Intro]
Yeah… (uh)
Engine hum low, memories fade fast
If it ain’t real love,( it ain’t gonna last)
[Verse 1]
Rearview cracked, but I see it clear,
All them fake smiles disappearin’ in here.
Used to break bread,( now we don’t speak,)
Funny how loyalty get weak when you reach.
Same ones doubtin’ when I had no name,
Now they wave when they see I changed lanes.
Late nights taught me who really ride,
Who vanish quick when the pressure applied.
I carried dead weight, (thought it was love,)
Had to drop that baggage just to rise above.
Every scar got a lesson attached,
I stopped explainin’ myself and started doin’ the math.
[Chorus]
No love in the rearview, (I’m gone for good,)
Left fake friends back in the old neighborhood.
I don’t look back, nah, I just accelerate,
What I lost was dead weight, (what I gained was fate.) (yeah)
No love in the rearview, road straight ahead,
Some bridges burn better left dead.
[Verse 2]
They loved the access, not the grind I was in,
Loved the wins, never showed for the skin.
Heard my name flip when the envy grew,
Same mouths cheered when my money was few.
I learned silence louder than talk,
I learned some people only walk when you walk.
(Old habits knock but I don’t let ‘em in,)
I outgrew the cage they kept me in.
If you wasn’t there when the lights went dim,
(Don’t act close when they crown me king.)
I don’t owe closure, I paid my dues,
I chose peace over people I had to lose.
[Chorus]
No love in the rearview, I’m gone for good,
Left fake friends back in the old neighborhood.
I don’t look back, nah, I just accelerate,
What I lost was dead weight, (what I gained was fate.)
No love in the rearview, truth hit hard,
Some souls stay stuck at the starting yard.
[Bridge]
(Rearview empty, road lit up)
Had to lose a lot just to live it up.
(No regrets, no disguise)
I see betrayal clearer now through wiser eyes.
(Let it go, move on)
What’s meant for me don’t feel wrong.
[Verse 3]
I drive past memories with the windows down,
Let the old smoke fade out the sound.
They still gossip where I used to stay,
I’m too busy buildin’ a better way.
I forgive ‘em quietly(, that’s for me,)
But access denied permanently.
I ain’t cold,( I’m just well aware,)
Not everyone meant to come upstairs.
If I loved you once, that was real then,
But real growth end chapters, not pretend.
New life ahead, I don’t need proof,
Success talk louder than old excuses.
[Chorus]
No love in the rearview, I’m gone for good,
Left fake friends back in the old neighborhood.
I don’t look back, nah, (I just accelerate,)
What I lost was dead weight, what I gained was fate. (yeah)
No love in the rearview, windows tinted dark,
I’m focused on the glow, not the old sparks.
[Outro]
Rearview empty, (road feel new,)
I found myself when I lost you.
(No love… no love…)
Just forward motion now.