The Best Things In Life Are Free

Album: Mo' Money soundtrack (1992)
Charted: 2 10
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  • Are you ready?
    Woo
    Free, baby

    Boy, when you look at me
    Do you judge me by my cover?
    Got to be kiddin' me
    To think that I'm that kind of lover
    I don't mean to disagree
    Sorry, you can't buy my kisses
    Open your eyes and see
    True love comes for free

    I'm keepin' my heart open and hopin' you won't stab me in it
    'Cause I've been in love before and when I had to pay I didn't
    I'll lose my sanity tryin' to measure your intentions
    What do you want from me? How much will it be?

    No more than you're willing to give (yeah, yeah)
    'Cause you won't pay nothin' for this good lovin', it's for free (alright)
    And I won't make you promises (uh, uh)
    I'll just do all I can to be your lover 'cause I understand

    The best things in life are free (yeah)
    Now that I've discovered what you mean to me (don't you know that)
    The best things in life are free (yeah)
    Now that we've got each other
    The best things in life are free

    Yeah, yeah, sing (come on now)
    Oh, yeah, yeah (yeah)
    Alright, I like that (ooh, yeah)
    Now, Janet
    Ooh, Luther

    I know you are my baby, my one and only baby
    You said it twice, I'll say it thrice my baby, baby, baby

    I've got so much love for you (yeah)
    And it's easy to give it when I know you feel the same way too (yeah, yeah)
    That's all I expect from you
    Just do all that you can to be my lover 'cause I understand

    I do (ooh), I do (ooh, ooh)
    They say

    The best things in life are free (yeah, yeah)
    Now that I've discovered what you mean to me (I've discovered)
    The best things in life are free (come on now)
    Now that we've got each other (we do)
    The best things in life are free

    The best things in life are free
    Now that I've discovered what you mean to me
    The best things in life are free (so free, I'm free)
    Now that we've got each other (so glad I'm free now)
    The best things in life are free (BBD tell 'em 'bout free)

    Sister, sister kickin' all that jazz (yeah)
    'Cause money, honey, want what you never had (yeah)
    A lot of bone structure, I can make it last
    I'm in it to win it, RD feel the past
    Yeah, material, imperial, so get the info
    You know, I know, it's not about the dough
    So, baby, baby, if you want to be my lady
    I'll forget the riches and the other itches
    Mo' money, mo' money, Jam & Lewis here we go
    Mo' money, mo' money, Luther, Janet here we go
    Mo' money, mo' money, Biv, DeVoe here we go
    Ralph T. (That's me), best things in life are for free

    Free, baby (yeah)
    No more than you're willing to give (willing to give)
    'Cause you won't give me nothin' for that good lovin', it's for free

    And I won't make you promises, you see (yeah, woo)
    I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be, we're gonna do, I'm gonna do
    The very best I can to be your lover 'cause I understand

    (Woo)
    It feels good, it feels good
    It feels good, it feels so good (uh, hold, hold, wait a minute)
    I still don't think they've got it
    Let's tell them one more time
    Check it out
    Everybody needs to know that

    The best things in life are free (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
    Now that I've discovered what you mean to me (alright, everybody knows that)
    The best things in life are free (that's right, yeah)
    Now that we've got each other (each other)
    The best things in life are free

    The best things in life are free (don't you know, don't you know)
    (The best things in life are free)
    Now that I've discovered what you mean to me (don't you know)
    What you mean to me (baby, yeah, baby)
    The best things in life are free (you know, you know the best things are free)
    Now that we've got each other (baby)
    The best things in life are free

    Don't ya know, don't ya know
    The very best in life is free
    And I'm free, yeah Writer/s: James Harris, Michael Bivins, Ronald Devoe, Terry Lewis
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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