He was the ocean

(Uh-uh) and I was the sand

He stole my heart like a thief in the night

Dulled my senses and blurried my sight

And I used to love him

I used to love him, but now I don't

Now I don't

I used to love him, but now I don't

Now I don't

[Verse 2: Mary J. Blige & Lauryn Hill]

I chose the road of passion and pain (Passion and pain) Sacrificed too much and waited in vain

Gave up my power; ceased being queen

Addicted to love like the drug of a fiend

See, torn and confused, wasted and used

Reached the crossroad, which path would I choose? Stuck and frustrated, I waited, debated

For something to happen that just wasn't fated Thought what I wanted was something

I needed When momma said no then I just should have heeded

Misled, I bled 'til the poison was gone

And, out of the darkness, arrived the sweet dawn

The language around bleeding poison also parallels to Percy also overcoming poison in blood of olympus I believe. It's so sad actually! But La Familia Jackson could be the sweet dawn🥺!

Well, the argument that he's east-asian coded is that its mentioned his father was in the "koi scouts", and koi which are ornamental carp are from Japan, and all his outfits have either the "great wave of kamigawa" or japanese wallpaper on them.