Someone once told me all you need is love to survive

I still feel like you need more tangible things in your life

On my list money is still at the top but love has moved up a few sots

And when I saw Cupid the other day, I just told him to kick rocks

Now I’m not in love, I just did a bit of contemplating

And realized that love’s not exactly devastating

I mean, in this world worse things can occur

Take some time to think it over, I’m sure you’ll concur

Plus love in’t the issue, but its crazy women and stupid men

When you think about it, that describes us all in the end

Ladies go crazy over guys, boys act stupid over girls

It’s been that way since the beginning of the world

That’s how we came up with this archaic process called dating

Wouldn’t a better name for it be, oh I don’t know, interrogating

When you think about it, dating nowadays feels mor like an interview

You don’t know the results until you’ve been on a few

You wear your best clothes, try to make a good impression

The whole thing feels like one long Q&A session

I swear dating makes me feel like I’m at the end of my rope

But because of this poem’s title, I haven’t given up hope

I’m still searching for that deep down, butterfly giving, soul stirring love

The kind that makes you think that person’s from the heavens above

Because I’m not trying to just be the man in a woman’s life

But change her from living single to endless days as a wife

They say that life’s a fairytale so I’m looking for my happy ending

But before I get there, I guess dating is my only beginning

And that sucks!

It was a Friday night; me and my boys were chilling in the club

I was just hanging out, having fun, not really looking for love

But then you walked past me

I was awe-struck; your jaw-dropping beauty had me straight stuck

You had me mesmerized by those gypsy eyes

And your slim waist that leads down to those dancer’s thighs

I coyly approached like huge fan does a movie star

Scared to speak like a kid asking mommy for a candy bar

“Excuse me,” I said and you turned ever so sweetly

Then I asked you these questions ever so meekly

“You probably get approached like this on a regular basis, huh?”

“And told how fine you are by countless faces, huh?

“Well, add my name to the list”

“Your level of fine is so high, just looking at you gives me a pain in my eye”

“Maybe we can continue this conversation at a later day and time”

And that’s we began our beautiful courtship

Now some time passes by and we doing what couples do

I’m learning you, you’re learning me, ain’t nothing new

But I can see in your face that something has changed

You tell you have to go out of town for a couple of days

What kind of fool do I look like?

You hop on a train and head back home

Thoughts of a man that’s not me swirl around in your dome

Out of town on business my ass

You went back to home to play around with the trash

Also known as your ex-boyfriend

But I’m stingy

I can’t stand that you want him instead of me

It’s driving me crazy

But when it comes to this love game, I ain’t lazy

Anything you can do, baby I can do it better

So I sit down and write her, not you, a love letter

By the time you come home, I’m long gone

And the way things went down is all wrong

That’s how I got caught up in this love jones

When we split, you said that I would regret it

But like a typical man, I tried to forget it

And now we’re in the midst of this 2 town 2 timing 2 step

Dying to run back to you but too scared to hurt my rep

I look around and see my friends in love and happy

Not long ago, I thought all this shit was sappy

But now I’m fiending for it

Feeling like a crack addict going cold turkey

And seeing you out with him truly hurts me

Now I’m wishing I could throw me back

To that exact spot where we found L-O-V-E at

Feel like all I do is lose now, when do I get to win one?

Asking the Holy Father how could he play his own son

Right now I’m left out in the rain; my own hands caused all this pain

They say love is a many splendor thing

I think pain and heartache are what love brings

Love is supposed to be the best emotion of all

I believe love is like taking a long fall

Why are so many people falling victim to this shit

Like love is the only reason that we exist

I tend to agree with the L.O.X. on this

Money, power and respect are at the top of my list

I’m thinking love falls in the middle, around 5 or 6

And if you see Cupid, tell him I said, “Flip bricks!”

I know you’re wondering what could’ve happened to me

The romantic trauma I suffered must’ve been devastating

It’s nothing like that; I’ve just come to my senses

And the mere mention of love sets off all my defenses

I’ve been in love a time or two

And I believe that love makes men into fools

We end up in stores holding purses and shit

And answering questions like, “Do I look good in this?”

Maybe it’s not love I have a problem with

Just the senseless rigmarole that comes with it

Who really has the patience to date nowadays

It seems like everyone’s just out to get laid

I’m looking for that deep down, butterfly giving, soul stirring love

The kind that makes you think that person was sent from the heavens above

I want a soul mate, not a fucking booty call

I want somebody who’s down to be there through it all

A partner in all that life brings, whether it’s good or bad

Someone who’s an instant pick-me-up whenever I’m sad

But since no one else in the world is looking for that

I guess me will love I because I’ll always love me back

Real talk, I’m amazed by how much I’m feeling you

Can’t count how many times I catch myself thinking of you

I try to play it cool, sit back and see where I stand with you

But its unbearable, wherever you are I wanna be there too

The way I feel about you is all I’m really really tryin’ to tell ya

I wanna be your prince, will you be my Cinderella

That means I’m not just trying to be the man in your life

But change you from living single to endless days as a wife

Because life’s a fairy tale and I’m looking for a happy ending

Please say this can be our beginning

How many people have ever found true love

The kind you feel is from the heavens above

I found true love and I let it slip away

That mistake haunts me to this very day

Her vibe was sweeter than amaretto

Shit, I fell head over heels for her

But I was too scared to ever let her know

Then one day we were laying in bed

She looked me in the eye and this is what she said

“It’s all because of you I’m no longer feeling blue”

“You came my way and now life is filled with sunny days”

“I love you so, how much you’ll never know”

“Don’t ever take your love from me”

And I swore that I wouldn’t

As time went on, our love remained strong

Her heart sand my soul’s song

That made me write her a love poem

But eventually, I lost my lover and a friend

Because all good things come to an end

So here I stand, a single sexy man

Walking ‘round like I don’t give a damn

Plenty of women have come and gone

But to none I wanna hold on

Most prefer to ever to me as a whore

Because love don’t lie here anymore

Then again, I think I still love her