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Love Is

from CITY HIGH by Motown Priest

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(1st Verse)
Need Love, but so many niggas deprived of it
never seen it once, but you tryna strengthen your ties to it
You believe it does exist, but your vision is blind to it
cause through the streets you wonder if your description is right
or just the truth as anyone could tell it...
It's love everywhere
the proof, if any, comes as jealousy
niggas divide through it
Seen the struggle and the niggas that didn't apply to it
makes you wanna leave in search of a different environment to be in
They gotta love you to hate on you
you gotta be doing something 'fore a nigga decide to
It's a lot of ya'll professing it
more have written a rhyme to it
Just an average nobody, with a sense of entitlement
...Or maybe niggas rapping for the circle it builds
cause niggas compliment you, fulfilling your personal thrills
And the dreams of you crossing over commercial, is real
where other niggas tried to achieve universal appeal
You a self-proclaimed "bonafied legend,"
still a bitch behind the imported wine
and the golden oversized necklace
They targeting you
notice the weapon that hits the hardest
more than sparking the truth, and more harmful, is proof:
you a pussy and everything you was starving to prove
You think you validate with charting a tune?
Nigga please, it ain't the cars and the jewels
he ain't hated on,
the problem ain't the publicist or record label marketing dude
...That nigga need love....

(Hook) - 2x
...It's gotta be, gotta be
You know what Love is, it's gotta be something....
It's gotta be, gotta be
Yo, he said he know what Love is,
it's gotta be something....

(2nd Verse)
Need love and so many women deprived of it
never seen it once, but shit is so vivid describing it
Niggas eat it up, she loves the attention
denies it when them inner-demons come to surface
she flinch at the sight of men
Dreams to be a video vixen, the finest since Melissa Ford
she a regular chick when the lighting dims on her
Titties out, when she switching, the sight of it
will make you wonder
if she's showing some skin for the highest bid
She backing niggas off, spit in their face
And women act like it's not the type of attention they crave
Like it's not their style or the type of position they play
Like these niggas fowl
and not the decision they make to give the ass on the first night
(But niggas, they the dogs though...)
According to this bird, flight at night but at a crossroads
Wondering: "Why do dudes only wanna smash?"
and she only wanna ask after she open her knees
...Maybe the shit is simple and she's not a victim
a hoe is hoe, with no underlying emotional needs
Or daddy issues... "These bitches hating" according to her
When she forming her words, bitches roll their eyes at her
They ain't paying you no attention
If so them bitches laughing at you
cause niggas grabbing at you, the average black dude
with a couple of dollars in his possession can have a piece
She let him blaze it without protection and had a seed
Aborted it, that's number four
even got a rap sheet
Fucked a married man and she got her trifling ass beat
Got a reputation and she live with the pain
it ain't no hater, no women or no nigga to blame...
That woman need a hug....

(Hook) - 4x
...It's gotta be, gotta be
You know what Love is, it's gotta be something....
It's gotta be, gotta be
Yo, he said he know what Love is,
it's gotta be something....

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from CITY HIGH, released October 22, 2013
Produced by DJ Mentos

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Motown Priest New York

Born and raised in Detroit, and as a New York City and international Underground artist, Motown Priest paints the real and unfortunate narratives of inner-city violence complimented by satire and social dialogue. He has done shows with such legendary acts such as Jay Electronica, Conway the Machine, Che Nóir, Rome Streetz, Fredwreck of Aftermath Records, Cormega, REKS, and R.A. the Rugged Man. ... more

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