First Love (Live at Sugarshack Sessions)

[Intro]
Let's go, uh
Use them fingers to play, Jonathan
Not everybody has fingers, y'all
The dude from Def Leppard didn't have a arm, he still played drums
Dude from Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi, cut the tips of his fingers off
Django Reinhardt, famous jazz guitar player, didn't even have fingers, so if you got 'em
Like my man Jonathan right here
It's not the first time he's pleasured somebody with his fingers
But if you gotta u—, if you got 'em you gotta use 'em and have fun with 'em
So I appreciate my man Jonathan right herе playin' that guitar
This song is for anyone that's so passionate about what they do
So passionatе about what they do that it's hard to maintain a relationship
This joint is called "First Love"
One, two, three, four

[Chorus]
My, my, my, my, my ex-girlfriends are all doing just fine
I cross one of their paths from time to time
They had to make a run
'Cause they could never be my number one
My first love is these words that rhyme

[Verse 1]
Uh, another love come and gone and another song
She had to run along like she had left the oven on
A choice demo in my voice memos
A poem that's sappy in my Notepad app
She can't be blamed
A woman's love can't be tamed
Any attempt to keep it sane will just further fan the flame
You'll be like "girl, I can explain", please let me do so
Settle down, settle down, don't get testy, Cujo
See, this music is much more than just a hobby of mine
It's got a godly design
Yeah, it's oddly divine
Which is probably a sign that I should not be resigned
To doing menial tasks like I'm in a remedial class
So if you leave me like the last one did
I can't be mad
Speaking of the last one
She just had a kid
I'm 'bout to go to CVS, and get her a card
And write a note to tell her family that I send my regards

[Chorus]
My ex-girlfriends are all doing just fine
I cross one of their paths from time to time
They had to make a run
'Cause they could never be my number one
My first love is these words that rhyme

[Verse 2]
Yo, you ain't gotta rap for you to relate
If your craft surpasses passion for the woman you date
And all the spats you had don't add anything to the debate
There's nothing soothing about another mood swing
It ain't just a dude thing, it moves both genders
Past obstacles that had removed most pretenders
The type of fervent calling that'll fuel coke benders
And burn like Hendrix did to all those fuel-soaked Fenders
I live in a van now, move home September
Next time you see me I'll be someone you don't remember
I love laying next to you at home in my bed
But even when I'm with you it's like I'm alone in my head
Roses are red, violets are blue
Moses is dead and soon I will be too
I'll probably never love a woman like she needs to be loved
So from now on I'm pimpin' like my hero Eazy-E was, uh

[Chorus]
My ex-girlfriends are all doing just fine, ooh yeah
I cross one of their paths from time to time, ooh yeah
They had to make a run
'Cause they could never be the number one
My first love is these words that rhyme, yeah
They could never be the number one
My first love is these words that
They could never be the number one
My first love is these words that
They could never beat these words that rhyme