[00:00:00] Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love) - Boogie Down Productions [00:00:11] You know that's why man I've been telling [00:00:13] You all the time man you know love [00:00:15] That word love is a very serious thing [00:00:17] And if you don't watch out I tell ya that [00:00:20] (Love's gonna get you) [00:00:21] (Love's gonna get you) [00:00:23] Because a lot of people out here say [00:00:24] I love my car or I love my chain or or [00:00:29] I'm just in love with that girl over there [00:00:32] So far all the people out there [00:00:34] That fall in love with material items [00:00:36] We gonna bump the beat [00:00:37] A lil' something like this [00:00:39] I'm in junior high with a B plus grade [00:00:43] At the end of the day I don't hit the arcade [00:00:45] I walk from school to my mom's apartment [00:00:48] I gotta tell the suckers everyday "Don't start it" [00:00:50] 'Cause where I'm at if your soft your lost [00:00:53] To say on course means to roll with force [00:00:55] A boy named Rob is chillin' in a Benz [00:00:58] In front of my building with the rest of his friends [00:01:00] I give him a pound oh I mean I shake his hand [00:01:03] He's the neighborhood drug dealer my man [00:01:05] I go upstair and hug my mother [00:01:08] Kiss my sister and punch my brother [00:01:10] I sit down on my bed to watch some TV [00:01:14] Do my ears deceive me [00:01:15] Nope that's the fourth time this week [00:01:18] Another fast brother shot dead in the street [00:01:21] The very next day while I'm off to class [00:01:23] My mom goes to work cold busting her ass [00:01:25] My sisters cute but she got no gear [00:01:28] I got three pairs of pants and with my brother I share [00:01:31] See there in school see I'm made a fool [00:01:33] With one and a half pair of pant you ain't cool [00:01:36] But there's no dollars for nothing else [00:01:38] I got beans rice and bread on my shelf [00:01:41] Every day I see my mother struggling [00:01:43] Now it's time I've got to do somethin' [00:01:46] I look for work I get dissed like a jerk [00:01:48] I do odd jobs and come home like a slob [00:01:51] So here comes Rob he's cold and shivery [00:01:53] He gives me two hundred for a quick delivery [00:01:55] I do it once I do it twice [00:01:58] Now there's steak with the beans and rice [00:02:01] My mother's nervous but she knows the deal [00:02:03] My sister's gear now has sex appeal [00:02:06] My brother's my partner and we're getting paper [00:02:08] Three months later we run our own caper [00:02:11] My family's happy everything is new [00:02:13] Now tell me what the f**k am I supposed to do [00:02:20] That's why [00:02:21] (Love's gonna get you) [00:02:23] (Love's gonna get you) [00:02:24] (Love's gonna get you) [00:02:25] You fall in love with your chain [00:02:27] You fall in love with your car [00:02:29] Love's gonna sneak right up and snuff you from behind [00:02:33] So I want you to check the story out as we go down the line [00:02:42] Money's flowing everything is fine [00:02:44] Got myself an Uzi and my brother a nine [00:02:46] Business is boomin' everything is cool [00:02:49] I pull about a G a week f**k school [00:02:51] A year goes by and I begin to grow [00:02:54] Not in height but juice and cash flow [00:02:56] I pick up my feet and begin to watch TV [00:02:59] 'Cause now I got other people working for me [00:03:01] I got a 55 inch television you know [00:03:04] And every once in awhile I hear 'Just say no' [00:03:07] Or the other commercial I love [00:03:09] Is when they say this is your brain on drugs [00:03:12] I pick up my remote control and just turn [00:03:14] 'Cause with that bullshit I'm not concerned [00:03:17] See me and my brother jump in the BM [00:03:19] Driving around our territory again [00:03:22] I stop at the light like a superstar [00:03:24] And automatic weapons cold sprayed my car