The Light '08 (It's Love)

[Intro: Common]

Shout outs to J Dilla

Just Blaze...

It's love...Common...

[Verse 1: Common]

I never knew a love, love, a love like this

It's sorta like the love that's played in tennis

Limitless, when intimate friends express it

I talked to the Most, and I know he blessed it

The cadence of destiny, patience, and ecstasy

We can be fresh on the cover of Ebony

But this is somethin' special we ain't tryna exploit

With a couple actresses, now I'm in the tabloids

Like bad boys, real love moves in silence

About out bih'ness, family bih'ness stay private

Don't sweat the small stuff, girl, cause we both giants

I looked into your eye's and I see divine vibrance

The way that Prince, Minnie Rip' and Joni Mitch' described it

A beautiful package, what's even better is inside it

Alive with the feelings that I'm feelin' with you

Forever became real, but even realer with you - it's love

[Hook: Marsha Ambrosius]

It's love, it's love every time I think about your smile

Anytime I need you by my side, you were there for me

'Cause you are the light that shines

And I want the world to see that you are the light

That shines, you are my life

Love...

[Verse 2: Common]

It's important we communicate

And watch this relationship illuminate the world

Black pearl in you is a lover and friend

Picture how your name will sound with the last name Lynn

Put a prayer in the air, that it never'll end

And if so, when we come back, it'll be better again

I will be by your side through the smile & laughs

The child we have, even when the clouds is bad

I know your heart had been broken by a love that pass

And when you're not lookin', that's when love can grab

Sometimes you gotta ask, "Are we movin' too fast?"

Ain't no limit to a love, that's given from above

Mean fish, collard greens, corn bread, you be rockin' it

Similar values, though in many ways we opposite

Attracted to your 'uh', and the way that you be poppin' it

Brighten my life reminded me to stay positive - it's love

[Hook: Marsha Ambrosius]

It's love, it's love every time I think about your smile

Anytime I need you by my side, you were there for me

'Cause you are the light that shines

And I want the world to see that you are the light

That shines, you are my life

Love...

[Verse 3: Common]

It's kinda fresh you listen to more than hip-hop

Pop, rock, and Green Day, respectin' what the King say

For me to give a ring, hey, only a queen may

Invites to loved ones, imagine a dream day

Walkin' down the aisles sayin' vows, us eternal

Til thus do us, for now, we stay fertile

Chicka-uh, chicka-uh, chicka-chicka-ta uh

Let's keep creatin', baby, what we makin' is love

[Bridge: Bilal]

Love is like a melody

Looked into her eyes and see

A night that shines as bright as day

All my troubles drift away

The light, the light, the light

(Looked into her eyes and see)

The light, the light, the li-hi-hi-light

[Hook: Marsha Ambrosius]

It's love, it's love every time I think about your smile

Anytime I need you by my side, you were there for me

Cause you are the light, that shines

And I want the world to see, that you are the light

That shines, you are my life

Love...

[Break: Just Blaze scratching]

"Once again, it's the light!"

[Outro: Just Blaze & Marsha Ambrosius]

You have somebody...don't be embarrassed, don't be afraid

Put 'em close, let em know...

You might not get another chance, trust!

(There is a light, that shines...oh who-whoa...)