Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop) [Longer Version] [feat. Common]

Right here what we gonna do is go back Way back Ooh... Way back, yeah

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 up

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

Love of my life You are my friend (yea) Love of my life I can depend

Love of my life Without you, baby It feels like I sampled true love But the shit didn't clear

A freak-freak, y'all, and ya don't stop To the beat y'all and ya don't stop A freak-freak

How could it be that it was All just so simple then A teen age lover who said He's just a friend

He moved around and we kept In touch through his friend Mike The world was young and he knew We couldn't rush but

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

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

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 Lookin' for cheese, that don't make her a hood rat(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 now(Love of my life) Do you do 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...