Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)-Boogie Down Productions

[ti:Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)] [ar:Boogie Down Productions] [al:The Essential] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love) - Boogie Down Productions [00:11.27]You know that's why man I've been telling [00:13.36]You all the time man you know love [00:15.17]That word love is a very serious thing [00:17.50]And if you don't watch out I tell ya that [00:20.35](Love's gonna get you) [00:21.90](Love's gonna get you) [00:23.16]Because a lot of people out here say [00:24.97]I love my car or I love my chain or or [00:29.73]I'm just in love with that girl over there [00:32.71]So far all the people out there [00:34.29]That fall in love with material items [00:36.45]We gonna bump the beat [00:37.89]A lil' something like this [00:39.31]I'm in junior high with a B plus grade [00:43.08]At the end of the day I don't hit the arcade [00:45.64]I walk from school to my mom's apartment [00:48.00]I gotta tell the suckers everyday "Don't start it" [00:50.62]'Cause where I'm at if your soft your lost [00:53.13]To say on course means to roll with force [00:55.71]A boy named Rob is chillin' in a Benz [00:58.22]In front of my building with the rest of his friends [01:00.80]I give him a pound oh I mean I shake his hand [01:03.33]He's the neighborhood drug dealer my man [01:05.28]I go upstair and hug my mother [01:08.08]Kiss my sister and punch my brother [01:10.76]I sit down on my bed to watch some TV [01:13.42] [01:14.64]Do my ears deceive me [01:15.98]Nope that's the fourth time this week [01:18.42]Another fast brother shot dead in the street [01:21.00]The very next day while I'm off to class [01:23.03]My mom goes to work cold busting her ass [01:25.93]My sisters cute but she got no gear [01:28.33]I got three pairs of pants and with my brother I share [01:31.04]See there in school see I'm made a fool [01:33.53]With one and a half pair of pant you ain't cool [01:36.06]But there's no dollars for nothing else [01:38.33]I got beans rice and bread on my shelf [01:41.18]Every day I see my mother struggling [01:43.62]Now it's time I've got to do somethin' [01:46.28]I look for work I get dissed like a jerk [01:48.74]I do odd jobs and come home like a slob [01:51.18]So here comes Rob he's cold and shivery [01:53.72]He gives me two hundred for a quick delivery [01:55.70]I do it once I do it twice [01:58.57]Now there's steak with the beans and rice [02:01.34]My mother's nervous but she knows the deal [02:03.86]My sister's gear now has sex appeal [02:06.33]My brother's my partner and we're getting paper [02:08.84]Three months later we run our own caper [02:11.50]My family's happy everything is new [02:13.71]Now tell me what the f**k am I supposed to do [02:16.64] [02:20.96]That's why [02:21.89](Love's gonna get you) [02:23.43](Love's gonna get you) [02:24.42](Love's gonna get you) [02:25.31]You fall in love with your chain [02:27.78]You fall in love with your car [02:29.86]Love's gonna sneak right up and snuff you from behind [02:33.34]So I want you to check the story out as we go down the line [02:38.13] [02:42.22]Money's flowing everything is fine [02:44.32]Got myself an Uzi and my brother a nine [02:46.90]Business is boomin' everything is cool [02:49.33]I pull about a G a week f**k school [02:51.97]A year goes by and I begin to grow [02:54.40]Not in height but juice and cash flow [02:56.99]I pick up my feet and begin to watch TV [02:59.50]'Cause now I got other people working for me [03:01.76]I got a 55 inch television you know [03:04.33]And every once in awhile I hear 'Just say no' [03:07.15]Or the other commercial I love [03:09.56]Is when they say this is your brain on drugs [03:12.22]I pick up my remote control and just turn [03:14.80]'Cause with that b******t I'm not concerned [03:17.08]See me and my brother jump in the BM [03:19.74]Driving around our territory again [03:22.02]I stop at the light like a superstar [03:24.78]And automatic weapons cold sprayed my car [03:27.34]I hit the accelerator scared as shit [03:29.63]And drove one block to find my brother was hit [03:32.44]He wasn't dead but the blood was pouring [03:34.83]And all I could think about was war and [03:37.72]Later I found that it was Rob and his crew [03:39.97]Now tell me what the f**k am I supposed to do [03:44.44] [03:51.23]You know that's why [03:52.88](Love's gonna get you) [03:54.25](Love's gonna get you) [03:55.40](Love's gonna get you) [03:56.74] [04:04.62]That word love is very very serious [04:09.54]Very addictive my brothers out of it [04:14.14]But I'm still in it [04:15.54]On top of that I'm in it to win it [04:17.85]I can't believe that Rob would diss me [04:20.30]That faggot that punk he's soft a sissy [04:22.84]I'm driving around now with three of my guys [04:25.39]The war is on and I'm on the rise [04:27.87]We rolled right up to his favorite hang out [04:30.34]Said "Hello" and then the bullets rang out [04:32.98]Some fired back so we took cover [04:35.42]And all I could think about was my brother [04:37.37]Rob jumped up and began to run [04:40.53]Busting shots hoping to hit someone [04:42.98]So I just stopped and let off three shots [04:45.59]Two hit him and one hit a cop [04:48.08]I threw the gun down and began to shout [04:50.52]"Come on I got him it's time to break out" [04:53.20]But as we ran there were the boys in blue [04:55.68]Pointing their guns at my four man crew [04:58.22]They shot down one they shot down two [05:00.79]Now tell me what the f**k am I supposed to do [05:03.67](Love's gonna get you) [05:04.71](Love's gonna get you) [05:05.99](Love's gonna get you) [05:07.69] [05:22.56]You know a lot of people believe [05:25.00]That that word love is real soft [05:27.69]But when you use it in your vocabulary [05:29.63]Like your addicted to it it sneaks right up [05:32.14]And takes you right out [05:36.29] [05:38.02]So for future reference remember [05:41.22]It's alright to like or want a material item [05:44.48]But when you fall in love with it [05:46.40]And you start scheming and carryin' on for it [05:49.23]Just remember it's gonna get'cha