It's a Love Thing - Pete Rock

[00:09.808][Verse 1: C.L. Smooth]
[00:21.242]You're beautiful, the way you wear that, share that
[00:23.849]Had many ladies, but nothin' can compare to that smile
[00:27.235]That style that drives men wild
[00:29.067]That ring could have Big Daddy walk you down the isle
[00:31.694]Proper you a show stopper, girl, a jaw dropper
[00:34.557]I could see me leavin' Suze and bring it home to mama
[00:37.164]What you lookin at is pure bred stallion
[00:39.515]I'm slayin' it you really care to know who's jayin' it?
[00:42.372]Uh, how lucky are we? Catch you comin' out the shower
[00:45.504]And I'm right there to wipe down your body
[00:47.575]Spread that scented lotion all around your curves
[00:50.207]Anything you want, all she deserves
[00:52.802]Baby calm your nerves, make this work
[00:55.408]The only thing you fear in life is being hurt
[00:58.005]But I'm here to protect you, thought otherwise
[01:00.834]I'm here to correct you, you can trust me
[01:03.698]
[01:04.733][Chorus: Denosh, C.L. Smooth, Both]
[01:04.988]You and I is bona fide (It's bona fide)
[01:06.536]Can't explain the way I feel inside (It's so deep)
[01:08.883]I got your back and you got mine (I got your back)
[01:11.490]We in this for life, yeah (We in this for life)
[01:14.362]You and I is bona fide (We the truth)
[01:16.716]I'm down for life and by your side (I'm by your side, baby)
[01:19.320]And anything for you is anything for me
[01:23.166]It's a love thing, baby
[01:24.216]
[01:24.721][Verse 2: C.L. Smooth]
[01:24.985]You and I, now that's a hot couple
[01:26.283]Put us both in the same club, now you askin' nothin' but trouble
[01:29.657]Watch 'em jumpin' outta Red Labels
[01:31.494]Got my woman and her girlfriends dancin' on the tables
[01:34.359]Shut down the joint, me I'm just laid back in awe
[01:37.722]Surrounded by the gangsters, puffin' on a cigar
[01:40.341]Baddest chick in the world keep n!ggas tranked
[01:42.948]Yes, the hottest chick on the planet keep a nigga ranked, uh
[01:45.563]The question is can you top that, homie?
[01:48.178]You can probably pull somethin' close but stop that, homie
[01:50.555]Not even, couldn't have that even if I stopped breathin'
[01:53.687]Don't hope for that my ghost'll be pokin' her still
[01:56.564]Read my will, my boys get it all no gimmicks
[01:59.725]But I'm here to let you know my jump off is off limits
[02:02.350]Life and love you're made for a thug
[02:04.708]Once I settle in, you made me a gentleman
[02:06.281]
[02:07.057][Chorus: Denosh, C.L. Smooth, Both]
[02:07.567]You and I is bona fide (It's bona fide)
[02:09.656]Can't explain the way I feel inside (It's so deep)
[02:12.264]I got your back and you got mine (I got your back)
[02:14.888]We in this for life, yeah (We in this for life)
[02:17.499]You and I is bona fide (We the truth)
[02:19.849]I'm down for life and by your side (I'm by your side, baby)
[02:22.979]And anything for you is anything for me
[02:26.398]It's a love thing, baby
[02:27.430]
[02:27.932][Verse 3: C.L. Smooth]
[02:28.186]Tote game is crazy, diamonds on stilettos
[02:30.541]Travel through these ghettos, drop the top
[02:33.146]Let 'em see what I'm workin' with, came to win
[02:35.244]How the don keeps you fond to blow in the wind
[02:38.118]Hump war is magnetic that attracts loot
[02:40.757]She look Wall Street briefcase, pen stripe suit
[02:43.657]Your hair up in a bun, spectacles on her nose
[02:46.274]Any deal she makes, my business grows
[02:48.905]Uh, they say a woman's never satisfied
[02:51.255]'Til she have me to fill her to her heart's content
[02:53.864]It's my blessin', God gave you to me
[02:56.721]And words can't describe, what you do for me
[02:59.084]Your C.L. is, love me or love me not
[03:01.925]But no one can match this chemistry we got
[03:04.794]Why they all call you C.L.'s wife?
[03:07.396]'Cause all we got is each other, a bond for life, uh
[03:09.239]
[03:10.274][Chorus: Denosh, C.L. Smooth, Both]
[03:10.792]You and I is bona fide (It's bona fide)
[03:13.150]Can't explain the way I feel inside (It's so deep)
[03:15.748]I got your back and you got mine (I got your back)
[03:18.365]We in this for life, yeah (We in this for life)
[03:20.967]You and I is bona fide (We the truth)
[03:23.319]I'm down for life and by your side (I'm by your side, baby)
[03:26.181]And anything for you is anything for me
[03:29.833]It's a love thing, baby
[03:31.400]
[03:35.304][Interlude: Denosh]
[03:35.573]Uh, it's a love thing, baby, yeah
[03:41.845]Uh-huh, 'cause I got you, babe
[03:44.413]And I love you, babe
[03:46.756]Said that it's a love thing, yeah
[03:49.638]It's a love thing, yeah
[03:51.210]It's a love thing, baby
[03:52.000]
[03:52.532][Chorus: Denosh, C.L. Smooth, Both]
[03:53.034]You and I is bona fide (It's bona fide)
[03:55.128]Can't explain the way I feel inside (It's so deep)
[03:57.710]I got your back and you got mine (I got your back)
[04:00.318]We in this for life, yeah (We in this for life)
[04:03.216]You and I is bona fide (We the truth)
[04:05.843]I'm down for life and by your side (I'm by your side, baby)
[04:08.456]And anything for you is anything for me
[04:12.059]It's a love thing, baby
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[04:17.542][Outro: Pete Rock]
[04:18.857]Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth