Luv Is a Verb (Live 1996)

[Intro: TobyMac]
Take this mark for a ride!
Boom! Bang! Bip! Ha!
Down with the DC Talk
D-d-down with the DC Talk
Are you down with the DC Talk?
D-d-down with the DC Talk

[Verse 1: TobyMac, with Kevin Max, Michael Tait & Kevin Max]
Yo, I'm pullin' out my big black book (Black book, yeah)
'Cause when I need a word defined, that's where I look
So I move to the "L"'s quick, fast, in a hurry
Threw on my specs, thought my vision was blurry
I looked again but to my dismay
It was black and white with no room for gray
Ya see, a big "V" stood beyond my word
And yo, that's when it hit me that love is a verb, sing

[Pre-Chorus: Kevin Max & Michael Tait]
Words come easy but don't mean much
When the words they're sayin' we can't put trust in
We're talkin' 'bout love in a different light
And if we all learn to love it would be just right

[Chorus: Kevin Max & Michael Tait, TobyMac, Kevin Max]
Hoo!
Hey, tell me haven't you heard? (Yo, haven't you heard?)
Love is a serious word (A serious word)
Hey, I think it's time ya learned
I don't care what you say
I don't care what you've heard
The word "love" (Ha!)
Love is a verb (Ah!)

[Post-Chorus: TobyMac, with Kevin Max, Kevin Max]
Down with the DC Talk
D-d-down with the DC Talk
Are you down with the DC Talk?
D-d-down with the DC Talk
Here we go

[Verse 2: TobyMac, with Michael Tait & Kevin Max, Michael Tait & Kevin Max, Kevin Max]
Yo, I'm thinkin' of a way to explain-o
'Cause ya know when I'm flowin' like a bottle of Drain-o
Simple and plain (Oh), L-O-V-E ain't all that junk that you see on TV
Put soaps on a rope 'cause they ain't worth cope'n (Ho)
With it's a myth that there ain't no hope and (Ho)
Love is enough if it's unconditionally
Given now ya livin' out the Great Commission

[Pre-Chorus: Kevin Max & Michael Tait, Michael Tait]
Words come easy but don't mean much
When the words they're sayin' we can't put trust in
We're talkin' 'bout love in a different light
And if we all learn to love it would be just right

[Chorus: Kevin Max & Michael Tait, TobyMac, Kevin Max]
Boom!
Hey, tell me haven't you heard? (Yo, haven't you heard?)
Love is a serious word (A serious, serious word)
Hey, I think it's time you learned
I don't care what they say
I don't care what ya heard
The word "love" (Ha!)
Love is a verb (Yeah)

[Post-Chorus: TobyMac, Kevin Max]
Down with the DC Talk
D-d-down with the DC Talk
That's right
Down with the DC Talk
D-d-down with the DC Talk

[Bridge: Michael Tait & Kevin Max]
I'm talkin' about love is (I'm talkin' about)
I'm talkin' about love is (I'm talkin' about)
I'm talkin' about love is (I'm talkin' about)
I'm talkin' about love is (Yeah)

[Breakdown: TobyMac]
Come on, come on!
Come on, come on!
Come on, come on!
Come on, come on!
Come on, come on!
Come on, come on!
Come on, come on!
Come on, come on!

[Verse 3: TobyMac, with Kevin Max, Michael Tait & Kevin Max, Otto Price]
Back in the day there was a man (A man)
Who stepped out of Heaven and He walked the land (Walked the land)
He delivered to the people an eternal choice
With a heart full o' love and the truth in His voice
Gave up his life so that we may live
How much more love could the Son of God give?
Here is the example that we outta be matchin'
'Cause love is a word that requires some action

[Pre-Chorus: Kevin Max & Michael Tait, Michael Tait]
Words come easy but don't mean much
When the words they're sayin' we can't put trust in
We're talkin' 'bout love in a different light
And if we all learn to love it would be just right

[Chorus: Kevin Max & Michael Tait, TobyMac, Kevin Max]
Boom!
Hey, tell me haven't you heard? (Yo, haven't ya heard?)
Love is a serious word (Serious, serious word)
Hey, I think it's time ya learned
I don't care what they say
I don't care what ya heard
The word "love" (Ha!)
Love is a verb

[Outro: Michael Tait & Kevin Max, TobyMac, Michael Tait, Kevin Max]
Hey hey
Git-git down with the DC Talk
Tell me haven't you heard?
D-d-down with the DC Talk
Love love
Down with the DC Talk
Is a serious word, oh oh
D-d-down with the DC Talk
Hey hey
Down with the DC Talk
Oh oh-oh o-ooh oh
D-d-down with the DC Talk
What you say, what you heard
Love is a, love is a (Ha!), love is a verb! (We sing)
Hey hey
Tell me…
I can't hear you
Love love is a…
Come on, Portland!
One more time!
Hey hey, I think…
Yeah, what you say, what you heard
Love is a, love is a, love is a verb
Hey hey
Tell me haven't you heard?
Love, love
You know that's serious
Hey hey
Ooh yeah, yeah yeah, ooh yeah
What you say, what you heard
Love is a, love is a, love is a verb (Yeah) (Oh)