Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)

You know? That's why, man, I be tellin' you all the time, man

You know, love, that word, love is a very serious thing

And if you don't watch out, I tell ya that (Love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you)

Because a lot of people out here, they say, "I love my car (Love's gonna get you, love's, l-love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you)

Or, I love my chain, or, or, I-I-I-I'm just in love with that girl over there" (Love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you, love's, l-love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you)

So for all the people out there that fall in love with material items (Love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you)

We gonna bump the beat a little something like this (Love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you, love's, l-love's gonna get you)

I'm in junior high with a B plus grade

At the end of the day, I don't hit the arcade

I walk from school to my mom's apartment

I've gotta tell the suckers every day, "Don't start it"

'Cause where I'm at, if you're soft, you're lost

To stay on course means to roll with force

My boy named Rob, is chillin' in a Benz

In front of my building with the rest of his friends

I give him a pound, oh, I mean I shake his hand

He's the neighborhood drug dealer, my man

I go upstairs, and hug my mother

Kiss my sister, and punch my brother

I sit down on my bed to watch some TV

Do my ears deceive me?

Nope, that's the fourth time this week

Another fast brother shot dead in the street

The very next day while I'm off to class

My moms go to work, cold bustin' her ass

My sister's cute, but she got no gear

I got three pairs of pants, so with my brother, I share

So there in school, see, I'm made a fool

With one and a half pair of pants, you ain't cool

But there's no dollars for nothin' else

I got beans, rice, and bread on my shelf

Every day, I see my mother strugglin'

Now it's time, I've got to do somethin'

I look for work, I get dissed like a jerk

I do odd jobs and come home like a slob

So here comes Rob, his gold is shimmery

He gives me two hundred for a quick delivery

I do it once, I do it twice

Now there's steak with the beans and rice

My mother's nervous, but she knows the deal

My sister's gear now has sex appeal

My brother's my partner and we're gettin' paper

Three months later, we run our own caper

My family's happy, everything is new

Now tell me, what the fuck am I supposed to do?

That's why (Love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you)

You fall in love with your chain, you fall in love with your car (Love's, l-love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you)

Love is gonna sneak right up and snuff you from behind (Love's, l-love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you)

So I want you to check this story out as we go down the line (Love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you)

Love's gonna get you (Let us move on)

Money's flowin', everything is fine

Got myself a Uzi and my brother a nine

Business is boomin', everything is cool

I pull about a G a week, fuck school

A year goes by and I begin to grow

Not in height, but juice and cashflow

I kick up my feet and begin to watch TV

'Cause now I got other people workin' for me

I got a fifty-five inch television, ya know

And every once in a while, I hear, "Just Say No"

Or the other commercial I love

Is when they say, "This is your brain on drugs"

I pick up my remote control and just turn

'Cause with that bullshit, I'm not concerned

See, me and my brother jump in the BM

Drivin' around our territory again

I stop at the light like a superstar

And automatic weapons cold-sprayed my car

I hit the accelerator, scared as shit

And drove one block to find my brother was hit

He wasn't dead, but the blood was pourin'

And all I could think about was warrin'

Later, I found that it was Rob and his crew

Now tell me what the fuck am I supposed to do?

You know? That's why

Love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you

Love's gonna get you, love's, l-love's gonna get you

Love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you

Love's gonna get you, love's, l-love's gonna get you

Love's gonna get you

That word, love, is very, very serious (Love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you)

Very addictive (Love's gonna get you)

Love's gonna get you, love's, l-love's gonna get you (Let us move on)

My brother's out of it, but I'm still in it

On top of that, I'm in it to win it

I can't believe that Rob would diss me

That faggot, that punk, he's soft, a sissy

I'm drivin' around, now, with three of my guys

The war is on and I'm on the rise

We rolled right up to his favorite hangout

Said, "Hello," and then the bullets rang out

Some fired back, so we took cover

And all I could think about was my brother

Rob jumped up and began to run

Bustin' shots, hoping' to hit someone

So I just stopped and let off three shots

Two hit him, and one hit a cop

I threw the gun down and began to shout

"Come on! I got him, it's time to break out"

But as we ran, there were the boys in blue

Pointin' their guns at my four-man crew

They shot down one, they shot down two

Now tell me, what the fuck am I supposed to do?

Love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you

Love's gonna get you, love's, l-love's gonna get you

Love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you

Love's gonna get you, love's, l-love's gonna get you

Love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you

Love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you

Love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you

Love's gonna get you, love's, l-love's gonna get you (Let us move on)

You know, a lot of people believe that that word, love is real soft

But when you use it in your vocabulary like you're addicted to it

It sneaks right up and takes you right out

So, for future reference, remember

It's alright to like or want a material item

But when you fall in love with it and you start scheming

And carrying on for it, just remember

It's gonna get you

Love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you

Love's gonna get you, love's, l-love's gonna get you

Love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you

Love's gonna get you, love's, l-love's gonna get you

Love's gonna get you, love's gonna get you