here's what my mama said
do it for the love
not for the money
not for the guns and not for the honeys
do it 'cause it makes you feel alive
like the way we rockin' on saturday night
do it for the love of it
do it for the smell of it
do it for the joy and the taste and the hell of it
do it 'cause you love it and it makes no sense
not yens or euros or dollars or cents
when i was a little
little boy i knew i'd grow up
to be somebody that my mama said would always show up
to work
to school and all that's cool
but
following rules was never my strong suit
you know
i bought a guitar
a microphone too
set out to do what i was born to do
and mama said something as i was walking out the door
do it for the love
not for the money
not for the guns and not for the honeys
do it 'cause it makes you feel alive
like the way we rockin' on saturday night
do it for the love of it
do it for the smell of it
do it for the joy and the taste and the hell of it
do it 'cause you love it and it makes no sense
not yens or euros or dollars or cents
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do it for the love of it
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just for the love of it
life is never easy and you better know it
sometimes it's like the date you're waiting for that doesn't show up
you got to pay the rent
or else you owe it
and like a credit card
you know you better not blow it
and if you got beef with someone
let go it
and if you got love for someone
you better show it
mama said this as i was walking out the door
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do it for the love of it
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just for the love of it
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in the summertime
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that's right
that's right
so party people say
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put your hands in the air like this
y'all
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do it for the love of it
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do it for the love of it
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just for the love of it
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do it for the love of it
just for the love of it