Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop)

[Intro]
Right here what we gon' do is go back
Way back
Ooh
Way back, yeah
Way back
Ooh
Way back, yeah

[Verse 1: Erykah Badu]
I met him when I was a
A little girl, he gave
He gave me poetry
And he was my first
But in my heart I knew I
Wasn't the only one
'Cause when the tables turned
He had to break, but

[Pre-Chorus: Erykah Badu]
Whenever I got lonely
Or needed some advice
He gave me his shoulder
His words were very nice
But that is all behind me
'Cause now there is no other
My love is his and his is mine
A friend became the

[Chorus: Erykah Badu]
Love of my life
You are my friend
Love of my life
I can depend
Love of my life
Without you, baby
It feels like I sampled true love (yeah)
But the shit didn’t clear

[Interlude: Common]
A freak-freak, y'all, and ya don't stop
A to the beat y'all and ya don't stop
A freak-freak

[Verse 2: Erykah Badu]
Or could it be that it was
All just so simple then
A teenage love but you said
He's just a friend
He moved around and we kept
In touch through his friend Mike
The world was young and we knew
We couldn't rush but

[Pre-Chorus: Erykah Badu]
Whenever I got lonely
Or needed some advice
He gave me his shoulder
His words were very nice
But that is all behind me
'Cause now there is no other
My love is his and his is mine
A friend became the

[Chorus: Erykah Badu]
Love of my life
You are my friend
Love of my life
On you I can depend, yeah, yeah
Love of my life
Without you, baby
Feels like I sampled true love, yeah
But the shit didn’t clear
Love of my life
You are my friend
Love of my life
On you I can depend, yeah
Love of my life
Without you, baby
Feels like I sampled true love, yeah
But the shit didn’t clear

[Verse 3: Common & Erykah Badu]
Y'all know how I met her
We broke up and got back together
To get her back I had to sweat her
Thought she roll with bad boys forever in many ways
Them boys may be better, to grow I had to let her (Never)
She needed cheddar and I understood that (That)
Lookin' for cheese, that don't make her a hoodrat (Rat)
In fact she's a queen to me, her light beams on me
I love it when she sings to me
It's like that and a

[Outro: Erykah Badu]
Love of my life
Ooh, you know you rock my world and
Love of my life
You be boy and I'll be girl and
Love of my life
We don't stop until the break of dawn, ooh
Love of my life
Ooh, you know you rock my world and
Love of my life
You be boy and I'll be girl and
Love of my life
Yeah