Luv Is A Verb

Album: Free At Last: 10th Anniversary (2002)
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  • [Take this... for a ride]

    Down with the dc Talk, d- d- down with the dc Talk
    Are you down with the dc Talk, d- d- down with the dc Talk

    Pullin' out my big black book
    Cause when I need a word defined that's where I look
    So I move to the L's quick, fast, in a hurry
    Threw on my specs, thought my vision was blurry
    I looked again but to my dismay
    It was black and white with no room for grey
    Ya see, a big "V" stood beyond my word
    And yo that's when it hit me, that luv is a verb

    (chorus 1)
    Words come easy but don't mean much
    When the words they're sayin' we can't put trust in
    We're talkin' 'bout love in a different light
    And if we all learn to love it would be just right

    (chorus 2)
    Hey, tell me haven't ya heard?
    Luv, is a serious word
    Hey, I think it's time ya learned
    I don't care what they say
    I don't care care what ya heard
    The word luv, luv is a verb

    Down with the dc Talk, d- d- down with the dc Talk
    Are you down with the dc Talk, d- d- down with the dc Talk

    Thinkin' of a way to explain-o
    Cause ya' know when I'm flowin' like a bottle of Drain-o
    Simple and plain, L-O-V-E
    Ain't all that junk that ya see on TV
    Put soaps on a rope cause they ain't worth copin' with
    It's a myth that there ain't no hope and
    Luv is enough if it's unconditionally
    Givin' now you're living out the Great Commission

    (repeat choruses 1 and 2)

    Back in the day there was a man
    Who stepped out of Heaven and he walked the land
    He delivered to the people an eternal choice
    With a heart full of luv and the truth in His voice
    Gave up His life so that we may live
    How much more luv could the Son of God give?
    Here is the example that we oughtta be matchin'
    Cause luv is a word that requires some action

    (repeat chorus 1)

    (repeat chorus 2 x4) Writer/s: GEORGE COCCHINI, MARK HEIMEMANN, TOBY MCKEEHAN
    Publisher: Capitol CMG Publishing, CONEXION MEDIA GROUP, INC., Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Jazzz from FrankfurtAnother one of my all time favorites from the 90ties besides their song "Jesus Freak". Love is s.th. more than that word everyone overuses. It´s something you can show to everybody and in all that you are doing. Then the world could be so much of a better place.
  • Mauricio from Hanford, CaLove is something that you do people!, not only say...
  • Mauricio from Hanford, CaOne of my favorite bands, followed by The Beatles.
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