[VERSE 1] IT'S HIS WAY OF LIVIN' WHO AM I TO TELL HIM THAT WHAT HE'S DOIN' JUST AIN'T RIGHT STANDING ON THE CORNER HUSTLIN' ALL DAY GAMBLIN' UNDER STREET LIGHTS EVEN THOUGH HE'S THUGGIN' I LOVE HIM AND I WANT HIM IN MY LIFE [CHORUS] NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE SAY I'M GONNA LOVE HIM ANYWAY CAUSE HE DOES A LOT FOR ME AND THAT IS WHY I'M GONNA BE A LOVER, A FRIEND, A SOLDIER, TIL THE END AND THAT'S HOW IT'S GONNA BE [VERSE 2] MOTHER AND MY FATHER DON'T UNDERSTAND ME THEY THINK I MESSED UP MY LIFE BUT I DON'T AGREE
THEY NEED TO MIND THEIR BUSINESS CAUSE IT'S MY LIFE AND EVEN THOUGH HE'S THUGGIN' I LOVE HIM (SHE LOVES HIM) AND I WANT HIM IN MY LIFE, LIFE AGAIN [CHORUS] [BRIDGE] SO WHAT YOU SAYIN, I CAN'T LOVE HIM CAUSE HE'S A HUSTLER OUT HERE THUGGIN' I KNOW YOU'RE WAITIN', SITTIN' AROUND HOPIN' THAT 5-O COME AND TAKE HIM AWAY WELL EVEN IF THEY DO I'LL REMAIN TRUE TO LOVE HIM IN THE END SAID I'LL BE A LOVER, A FRIEND, A SOLDIER, TIL THE END AND THAT'S HOW IT'S GONNA BE [CHORUS 2X AND FADE]