. ▁In ▁the ▁song , ▁Brown ▁says ▁that ▁he ' s ▁forget ting ▁a ▁failed ▁relationship ▁with ▁a ▁woman , ▁as ▁he ▁s ings , ▁" I ▁swe ar ▁to ▁god ▁i ' m ▁moving ▁on ! ", ▁adm itting ▁his ▁past ▁errors ▁singing ▁" I ▁deal ▁with ▁my ▁pain ▁like ▁a ▁lon ely ▁child ". ▁Music ▁critics ▁spec ulated ▁that ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁were ▁about ▁Brown ' s ▁former ▁relationships ▁with ▁asp iring ▁American ▁model ▁and ▁fashion ▁designer ▁K arr ue che ▁T ran ▁and ▁Bar bad ian ▁recording ▁artist ▁R ih anna . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁" X " ▁received ▁critical ▁pra ise ▁from ▁music ▁critics . ▁Mir anda ▁J . ▁of ▁XX L ▁gave ▁a ▁positive ▁review ▁saying ▁that ▁in ▁the ▁song ▁Brown ▁" spe aks ▁of ▁m aturing ▁and ▁accepts ▁his ▁role ▁in ▁recent ▁events , ▁over ▁the ▁soft ▁beat ▁before ▁transition ing ▁into ▁a ▁more ▁up - tem po ▁sound ". ▁Brad ▁W ete ▁of ▁Billboard ▁called ▁the ▁song ▁" B rown ' s ▁most ▁honest ▁song ", ▁saying ▁also ▁that ▁" it ' s ▁safe ▁to ▁say ▁that ▁this ▁is ▁a ▁man ▁who ▁knows ▁he ' s ▁got ▁to ▁get ▁his ▁life ▁together ▁and ▁has ▁to ▁prove ▁to ▁himself ▁and ▁others ". ▁Sl ant ▁Magazine ''' s ▁Alex a ▁Camp ▁felt ▁that ▁" X " ▁was ▁" an ▁ad mi rable ▁attempt ▁to ▁take ▁responsibility ▁for ▁his ▁anger - management ▁issues " ▁from ▁Brown , ▁spec ulating ▁that ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁were ▁about ▁Brown ' s ▁relationship