You know, that's why man I've been telling   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 say   I love my car or I love my chain or or   I'm just in love with that girl over there      So far all the people out there   That fall in love with material items   We gonna bump the beat   A lil' something like this      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 gotta tell the suckers everyday, "Don't start it"      'Cause where I'm at if your soft your lost   To say on course means to roll with force   A 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 upstair 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 mom goes to work cold busting her ass   My sisters cute but she got no gear   I got three pairs of pants and with my brother I share      See there in school, see I'm made a fool   With one and a half pair of pant, you ain't cool   But there's no dollars for nothing else   I got beans, rice, and bread on my shelf      Every day I see my mother struggling   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, he's cold and shivery   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 getting 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 gonna sneak right up and snuff you from behind   So I want you to check the story out as we go down the line      Money's flowing, everything is fine   Got myself an 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 cash flow   I pick up my feet and begin to watch TV   'Cause now I got other people working for me      I got a 55 inch television you know   And every once in awhile 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   Driving 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 pouring   And all I could think about was war and      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)      That word love is very very serious   Very addictive, my brothers 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 driving around now with three of my guys   The war is on and I'm on the rise      We rolled right up to his favorite hang out   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   Busting 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   Pointing 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)      You know a lot of people believe   That that word love is real soft   But when you use it in your vocabulary   Like your 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 carryin' on for it   Just remember, it's gonna get'cha