And maybe we aren't so different after all
And they're just the same as me and you
(I Need It, I, I, I Need it, I Need It)
We all need it
(I Need It, I, I, I Need it, I Need It)
One Love
One Love
One Love
(You Need It, You, You, You Need it, You Need It)
We all need it
(We Need It, We, We, We Need it, We Need It)
One unconditional love
Through the eyes of a broken heart, nothing looks the same
In the streets, no sign and she ain't begging for change
Give in to the addiction, living her life in vein
Introduction to the game, taught at a young age
By a man, that her worth was determined by what she gave
Now something meant for love is the way that she's getting paid
Ain't trying to change lanes, the road that's she's on is paved
Boulevard of broken dreams is normal up in her brain
Thoughts can't be tamed, and she about to lose it
Life is a magician, she's caught in an illusion
Make up and high heels cover up bruises
Opportunity gets drowned out by excuses
She ain't choose it, but gotta live with it
The mind state of somebody who just wants to forget it
She blames herself, not knowing she's already acquitted
So I put her story in a song, hoping she would hear it
Hook]
And maybe we aren't so different after all
And they're just the same as me and you
(I Need It, I, I, I Need it, I Need It)
We all need it
(I Need It, I, I, I Need it, I Need It)
One Love
One Love
One Love
(You Need It, You, You, You Need it, You Need It)
We all need it
(We Need It, We, We, We Need it, We Need It)
One unconditional love
About a year ago the Lord took her spouse
She think it was the devil though
Park her truck at the neighbor's house
Cause Chevrolet trying to repo
One woman, raised two sons
And a nephew cause her niece locked
With good behavior and time served
He'll be two when she get out
(If she make it that far)
Her money short, and her nerves bad
Ain't combed her hair in bout' three days
Cause her job said don't come back
(If she make it that far)
Food low and she struggling
But she was raised in South Park
Know all to well bout' hustlin'
They took the truck, she got a cash car
It barely ran, but it run
Baby done ran every leg of this race
But now she on her last one
Hate just taking just one
Whole fistful of prescriptions
Dropped the kids at her mommas house
Gave custody to her sister
On the ledge, when the devil pushed her
That grace is sufficient
Not because of, but in spite of
Injected her with His spirit
Now my momma still living
Betty Baby you did it!
So I put your story in a song
I pray to God she hear it!
One thing we all need is love. And you can't always expect that from people, but you can always expect it from the most high God
(I Need It, I, I, I Need it, I Need It)
We all need it
(I Need It, I, I, I Need it, I Need It)
One Love
One Love
One Love
This is the story of a child
Brought up in a two parent home, taught not to be wild
Fought not to be forgot in the ninth grade
That'd be the year that he'd find his place
Year that he'd find faith
Before that, not at all what you expected
Straight A's in school, but the farthest from perfection
Like college applications, layups and bad breath is
He tried his best, but still surrounded by rejection
(Yeah) so he lived life in the background
Silence was his best friend, pen down, want to tap out
Give up on his life, in hindsight, looking back now
Never would have thought in a million years that he'd rap now
But I'm glad he never gave up
Three different worlds that all needed the same love
Same God to come to the world to save us
Wrote it in a song so I remember where I came from
And maybe we aren't so different after all
And they're just the same as me and you
(I Need It, I, I, I Need it, I Need It)
We all need it
(I Need It, I, I, I Need it, I Need It)
One Love
One Love
One Love
We all need it
One unconditional love