What We Do (For Love)
De La Soul

I'm tired

Me too

Uncle Ricky

Hmm


Could you tell us a bedtime story, like you used to?

Look, don't y'all think y'all too old for that now?

No

Listen, I got an adult question for y'all


Since y'all like 11 now

Y'all ever get horny?

Uncle Ricky

Now, I don't mean to sound perverted


But do you ever have like sexual urges?

No

No? Well, you will, so sit your behind down

And listen to Uncle Ricky and De La

Tell y'all a grown up story

Okay


I remember when Mama spoke of the birds

And the east side kept me off the curb

And Betsy Ross was sufferin' from the scaredy cat

Till my man, Ricky, brought the remedy for that


I massage your mane coat

Then, part your leg's, rope

And stroke so hard

You'll start to smell smoke


Ain't gotta drug problem but a love problem

But then again, that may be one in the same

I claim possession

Pull the girl among the eighth, like Charlie Heston

Ride off on the horse and show no remorse


She look nice

Honey oriental, brown eyes

Want fries?

Chicken, vegetable, fried rice?


And I'm tryin' to get you to go

Fast subtraction, grab some

Oh, don't stop, nasty black man


Man that action had me coughin' up

Cars, keys, and cash

Just to sniff a fat rabbit

I would give my very last


(When nature calls)

You know, them boys will come runnin'

(When nature calls)

You know, them girls don't mind comin'


(When nature calls)

You know, them boys will come runnin'

(When nature calls)

You know them girls don't mind comin'


Just to get it started, for startin' something

Is what we do to get some lovin'

What we do to get some lovin'


This what we do for love

(Do for love)

This what we do for love

(For love)

This what we do for love


You ain't lyin'

I, I, 9-5 it, more like 12-12

Can't get the thought off

(Sex)

From off my mental shelf


I'm like Bruce Lee

Beatin' up the cootchie, profusely

My tomboy chicks that act a little to butchy

Receive this

(Uh)


When my semen ceases

They'll be screamin' out

We love bein' the female species


Hello?

Veronica, it's Dove

Uh, I think, you got the wrong number

What?


Veronica, your baby's crying

Yo, chill

Baby?

Whatever yo, later


For the past two summers, I been sizin' up Veronica

Southern belle, I heard she blow notes like a harmonica

Yamacas couldn't satisfy her spendin' fetishes

She was all about gettin' the head like she was lettuces


Yah, them types be actin' like they ain't sleazy

Like this uptown chick, playin' opposite of easy

Delighted, the honey-fly difficult, couldn't knife it

Tight


Seen the imprint on honey's private

Now, she's love sick

Ruler Rick, scores again


Sex presents itself like trophies, I'm out to win

And it's easier to claim with the fame I've obtained

Her Mommy was a liar, she's so ashamed


(When nature calls)

You know, them boys will come runnin'

(When nature calls)

You know, them girls don't mind comin'


(When nature calls)

You know, them boys will come runnin'

(When nature calls)

You know them girls don't mind comin'


Just to get it started

For startin' something

Is what we do to get some lovin'

What we do to get some lovin'


This what we do for love

(Do for love)

This what we do for love

(For love)

This what we do for love


Well, I got this rude boy, Jamaican honey, at the rest home

Complete with yellow hair and Cinderella dress on

Whatever

Been around, stuck her till she poppin', bout


Hey, take your blood-clot finger off me bottom

Anyway, another dime, I met one time

I'm kind, chick in the world, butt fine


And her structure pumpin', told her

Got cha mumblin' 'bout

Slow down

What you tryin' to rupture somethin?


I don't bug out, I chill

Never copped a feel

But these pretty-ass girls come

And flaunt in the grill


Big-ass eyes

With the matchin', big-ass, thighs

Asked her, if she spare a moment to exchange some lies?

But you got a girlfriend


Ya, trick, so do you

And I heard, there's no preference in what gender ya do


So, stop playin' so squeaky clean

And let the dirty side see me later

So we can play away from the navy


So stuck on the love, you rearranging behaviours

Second episode, and you returnin' oral favors

Buyin' up groceries

Searchin' for hosiery


Holdin' hands publicly

And now, you supposed to be

Mr and Mrs, huh, lovin' and kisses, huh


But while you away, is when the milkman'll visit her

Dear to the heart, we dearly depart the fallen

So skip the games, ma

I stay tuned to the calling


(When nature calls)

You know, them boys will come runnin'

(When nature calls)

You know, them girls don't mind comin'


(When nature calls)

You know, them boys will come runnin'

(When nature calls)

You know them girls don't mind comin'


Just to get it started, for startin' something

Is what we do to get some lovin'

What we do to get some lovin'


This what we do for love

(Do for love)

This what we do for love

(For love)

This what we do for love


(When nature calls)

You know, them boys will come runnin'

(When nature calls)

You know, them girls don't mind comin'


(When nature calls)

You know, them boys will come runnin'

(When nature calls)

You know them girls don't mind comin'


Just to get it started, for startin' something

Is what we do to get some lovin'

What we do to get some lovin'


This what we do for love

(Do for love)

This what we do for love

(For love)

This what we do for love


(When nature calls)

You know, them boys will come runnin'

(When nature calls)

You know, them girls don't mind comin'


(When nature calls)

You know, them boys will come runnin'

(When nature calls)

You know them girls don't mind comin'


Just to get it started, for startin' something

Is what we do to get some lovin'

What we do to get some lovin'


This what we do for love

(Do for love)

This what we do for love

(For love)

This what we do for love


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