Caught up in a web of deception, from this you oughta learn a new lesson So what you do, you keep on playing, you play on, player From love to confusion you keep gaining but you keep losin' So what cha find comfort in your bosom, booze on, heart bruis' on On the one, from the high to the low path, you see destruction but no aftermath All the voices you hear in your head, they all laugh ha ha ha ha ha yeah From your denials to your delusions everything you gain you keep losin' But you're not, no it's an illusion So what the hell you doin'?
Chorus: Here's looking at love kid (3x) Here's looking at you, here's looking at me Here's looking at love kid(2x) Here's looking at you, here's looking at me Here's looking at us, here's looking at we, huh shit, here's looking at...
You wake up every morning but you're not sleep Your test food but ya' not eat Your running fast but your not on your feet and your speed is there You run on but you're not, no, your climb inside but you can't grow Faster and faster until you fall to the floor You screamed 'No' but don't say 'No' You work and work with no pay, you punch a clock but never end your day You take vacation but ya' not play what we say by this time, Hear my friends, Drink, Feed You cry cry revolution, but yet you are disallusioned But your more content with being a pollution jump in the motion, and ask the notion
(Chorus)
Self love self preservation, Self love self preservation, Self love self preservation take a look at it Self love self preservation, Self love self preservation, Self love self preservation Here's looking at Self love self preservation, Self love, self preservation, Self love self preservation Repeat
L-O-V-E, L-O-V-E, love, L-O-V-E, L-O-V-E, love yourself (repeat)
Self love, self preservation, Self love self preservation, self love self preservation, here's looking at... (repeat)
If you don't like your job, maybe you should quit ,stop being a bitch and love yourself If you believe things can work out easily, I'm telling you if you don't like what your mama's telling you Then be a grown man and stand up on your own two and love yourself If your girlfriend's is on welfare, then baby walk away You don't have to care and love yourself And if standing on the corner and pushing rocks up in your socks ain't what you want to do that night then love yourself
L O V E your L O V E your L O V E self Here's looking at L O V E, love yourself
What I'm trying to tell you here is Life, it passes you by and if you don't get up off your ass, I'm telling you It's gonna fly, the time is gonna fly Then you find yourself 'bout 50 years old Sittin on the porch with your grandkids But you know what man? You ain't got shit, tell em... You still living that same bullshit ass reality that was passed on to you by your family from generation to generation to generation to generation and you ain't got shit, man. Your shit fucked up, right. It's real simple...this is for anybody any age, man. Get up off your ass, forget the past. Remember that the future is only thing you fuckin' got so run with that shit.
Love yourself, believe in yourself, be true to yourself, be you for yourself, do you. Um Hmmmmm.
Caught up in a web of deception, I guess you oughta learn a new lesson... work and work with no pay, punch a clock but never end your day, you run on but you not know, you climb inside but you can't grow. You cry, cry, cry revolution, but there is no solution because you're the pollution. Caught up in a web of deception... Nigga learn you a lesson.
