It's from the heart   This is from the heart right here, yeah   Everybody has a story to tell   Check this out though, girl      I knew this Chinese dude in junior high, part of my crew   Everybody knew this kid, he was the talk of the school   Intelligent and well-spoken, respected by teachers   All the other students kept they eyes on his sneakers      What can I say, you can tell he's cool if you talk with him   During fire drills girls would wanna walk with him   He could have any chick up in his view   But there was only one girl he wanted to call 'Boo'      See it's all true found himself stressed in a dead end   The girl he was feeling was obsessed with his best friend   His best friend's a playa that's the reason he's pissed   Plus he treat her like she don't even exist      He ain't tryna hate on his man but there was no help in it   Wrote the girl a letter told her how he felt in it   She was shocked at first for him revealin' the truth   Until she realized that she was feelin' him too      Oh, I've been thinking of you   Oh, I've been thinking of you   Oh, I've been thinking of you   And you've been thinking of me, oh      Yeah, so you know as time goes by   Things get a little more serious, just listen      It was strictly hip-hop now they bumping slow jams all day   Went from holding hands to making out in the hallway   Their relationship seemed like a dream come true   As time went by their friendship grew      Staring at the stars, trading secrets on the phone   When her parents were at work, she would sneak him in her home   He told her he was a virgin, the day that they met   So on his birthday he got a gift he'll never forget      Females were jealous but they still calling them cute   First day of summer school they rocked the matching Nautica suits   Happy in each other arms, can it be?   They found true love living in a fantasy      Then reality attacks, his pops couldn't see past the fact   His son was Asian but his girlfriend was black   Imagine having to choose between the one you love and your fam   That's like cutting off your right or left hand damn      Oh, I've been thinking of you   Oh, I've been thinking of you   Oh, I've been thinking of you   And you've been thinking of me, oh      Yeah, I know this sounds like a true story   Coulda happened to any one of us, it's crazy though right?   Check it      Now if this sounds like a true story, that's pro'lly 'cause it is   And I know for a fact 'cause I'm that Chinese kid   Looking back now I know it's more than just a crush   I'm saying the whole experience taught me so much      Love can overcome anything that gets in its way   That's the reason I still think of shorty till this day   We talk now and then, she's doing her thing   We both all grown up, I think she's rockin' a ring      I know she's proud of me and all the things I've accomplished   She was there when I was nobody that's being honest   Ain't no shame, I'll admit it she was there when I cried   So in return, I wiped the tears from her eyes      As far as my pops, he's a little more open minded   If his son is happy he's 100% behind it   How this is a song, I knew I had to do   'Cause all this stuff I went through might've happened to you      Oh, I've been thinking of you   Oh, I've been thinking of you   Oh, I've been thinking of you   And you've been thinking of me