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Artist: Sweetback
Canonical path: /sweetback/love-is-the-word
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Love Is the Word
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Love Is the Word
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Hey, hey, hey, uh, yeah
And whatchu know about a sweetback love?
And whatchu know about a ladybug love?
Hey aya, tell 'em 'bout love
Guess I wondered where it's been
A search to find a love
It's come back to let me know
I found it in my heart and in my soul
My friends wonder what is wrong with me
I was caught up in a hazy love, you see
It's come back to let me know
Got a thing for love and I can't let it go
Love is the word, have you heard, it's superb
It's got groove, it's got style, it's got feeling
Love is the word that I've heard
It's so hard to describe what it is that I'm feeling
Ivana, you tell 'em bout love
Some people go around the world for love
But they may never find what they dreamed of
Now, I've comeback to let you know
That I got a thing for love and it's in my soul
My friends wonder what is wrong with me
'Coz I'm caught up in a hazy love, you see
It's comeback to let me know
Got a thing called love and it won't let go
Love is the word, have you heard, it's superb
It's got groove, it's got style, it's got feeling
Love is the word that I've heard
It's so hard to describe what it is that I'm feeling
Whatchu know about love?
The truest kinda love I know
Is when I love myself for my soul
What good am I to you if I don't love myself
Before I love someone else?
The realest kinda love I know
Is when I learn to love and let go, go
Sometimes you cannot hold on to
To the river when, when it flows, flows
My friends wonder what is wrong with me
They think it's just a phase but how could it be
All I do is think of love
And I'd do anything but I won't give up
Love is the word, have you heard, it's superb
It's got groove, it's got style, it's got feeling
Love is the word that I've heard
It's so hard to describe what it is that I'm feeling
Love is the word, have you heard, it's superb
It's got groove, it's got style, it's got feeling
Love is the word that I've heard
It's so hard to describe what it is that I'm feeling
Love is the word, have you heard, it's superb
It's got groove, it's got style, it's got feeling
Love is the word that I've heard
It's so hard to describe what it is that I'm feeling
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