Released: December 1, 2016

Songwriter: Daniel Klein Matt Campfield OAK Andrew “Pop” Wansel Kehlani

Producer: Some Randoms Pop & Oak

[Verse 1]
You have a way with words
Your silence is a curse
You always seem to break me down, down, down
My swollen heart you curve
Your comfort makes it worse
I don't want you around, 'round, 'round, 'round

[Pre-Chorus]
Cause how is the man of my dreams
Not a man of his words?
And how is the man for me
Just a man that makes me hurt?

[Chorus]
It's time to take my own
Take my own advice, take my own advice
Need me to take my own
Take my own advice, take my own advice

[Verse 2]
I almost lost my mind, yeah
I left myself behind, yeah
I almost crashed and fell right from the sky
I took a chance on this, yeah
I took too big a risk, yeah
And now I’m left with pain to get me high

[Pre-Chorus]
Cause how is the man of my dreams
Not a man of his words?
And how is the man for me
Just a man that makes me hurt?

[Chorus]
It's time to take my own
Take my own advice, take my own advice
Need me to take my own
Take my own advice, take my own advice

[Bridge]
You had to break me, take me, to make me better
But I had to save me, baby, now or never

[Pre-Chorus]
Cause how is the man of my dreams
Not a man of his words?
And how is the man for me
Just a man that makes me hurt?

[Chorus]
It's time to take my own
Take my own advice, take my own advice
Need me to take my own
Take my own advice, take my own advice

[Outro]
Take, own, ooh, ooh
Take, own, ooh, ooh

Kehlani

Oakland R&B singer Kehlani Parrish, better known as just Kehlani, first found fame on America’s Got Talent in 2011. Her group Poplyfe reached the final, losing to Landau Murphy.

Kehlani left Poplyfe after the show, but her solo career stalled for contractual reasons. She finally released her début solo project, Cloud 19, in 2014. A breezy, poppy mixtape, Cloud 19 flew largely under the radar, although Complex described it as “outstanding.”

2015 was Kehlani’s break-out year. Her sophomore mixtape, You Should Be Here, featured Chance The Rapper and BJ The Chicago Kid. It earned her national attention and even a Grammy nomination for Best Urban Contemporary, although it ultimately lost out to Beauty Behind the Madness by The Weeknd.