What Love Is Lyrics

Confession, in all my high school years, I never kissed a girl

And then a year after that, I thought I was in love

Precious little dumbass

Got a DM from a girl who said she's moving to my city

Noticed we had common friends and she was a super pretty brown girl

So if it worked out, mama would be okay

Cause you know immigrant families want you to play it safe

The first time we met was on campus computer lab

We still found a way to make it romantic, you do the math

We hit it off quick, even my punchlines landed

And when we were apart, my heart started feeling stranded

From that day forward, between school sessions

We did what wise men say, cause only fools rush in

We had to sneak around, our families were traditional

And if we got caught, shit would get propositional

Lo and behold, about six months in

Her sisters found out about it like this just in

And blew it up like the tabloids

Even told her dad

A kind and religious man who didn't really get mad

Matter of fact, didn't show an inkling of rage

But wanted to meet my parents to be on the same page

They chatted about our future without us speaking a phrase

Then said if we wanna stay, we gotta get engaged

Damn

I know what love is

I really do

I'll do whatever it takes to be with you

I know what love is

I really do

I'll do whatever it takes to be with you

Foolish me, I rushed it, clutched the opportunity

We didn't wanna let anything get between our unity

We didn't have to hide it no more from the community

Brown nosing type, pun intended, it's buffoonery shit

A year later, she had to move back

Cause some family troubles, so her touch, I'd lose that

She said, yes this is lame, but love, trust is the same

So what's a few hundred clicks, we'll take buses and planes

And we did, and one night, we were watching a flick

And in between, found moments to get lockin' our lips

And then I saw her phone light up as she covered the screen

And so I asked, who was that

And she said, it's Harleen

And then I told her that I saw the name flash

It was Gary

Who the fuck is that

Thought it was a fair query

And I'm the type to say that if you're creeping, let it show

What kind of bitch would I be if I didn't wanna know

Look

I know what love is

I really do

I'll do whatever it takes to be with you

I know what love is

I really do

I'll do whatever it takes to be with you

If you need some closure around that story

I mean, that was it

It was over after that