LoveHate Thing

[Intro: Wale]

Uh

Shoutout to Marvin Gaye

Love you, then they hate you, then they love you again

Hate you, then they love you, then they hate you again, oh, uh

[Chorus: Sam Dew & Wale]

(Keep givin' me love) Hold me tight

(And then you take it away) Let me go

(Keep givin' me love) Heal my heart

(And then you take it away) Hurt my soul

(Keep givin' me love) Build me up (They'll never ever, ever know your soul)

(And then you take it away) Break me down (Never know your heart)

(Keep givin' me love) Make me smile

(And then you take it away) Make me frown

(Keep givin' me love) Give me love (Ain't no love in the heart of the city, that's what they told me)

(Take it away) Take it all away again (I'm just waitin' on somebody to show me)

(Keep givin' me love)

(And then you take it away) Da-da-da, da-da-da, oh, oh

(Keep givin' me love) Give me love

(And then you take it away) Take it all away again

(Keep givin' me love)

(You take it away) Da-da-da, da-da-da (Just waitin' on somebody to show me) (Yeah)

[Verse 1: Wale]

Ain't no love in the heart of city, that's what they told me

Beef with over a hundred niggas, don't none of 'em know me

Son of a mother studyin' at UDC

Sittin' in taxi cabs where Daddy roamin' the streets

Seven hallelujahs, my sutana was clean

On everything I wear it, all the America's tees

This whole system, most prolific in the DMV

Listen, when you get the keys, it's seldom, you don't get the beef

Make a nigga wan' get the piece to get to peace

You gon' need more than Wikipedia to get to me

PG to Mo County, bet they all know about me

Every hood, every 'burb, I got superb balance

From the city that made me love you forever for it

Hope you celebrate every moment, forever ignore it

You made me what I am, you made me what I'm not

They gon' love you a lil' different when you at the top, word

[Bridge: Wale]

Give me love, baby

Not enough, not enough, just a touch, baby

What the fuck, baby? It's just us, baby

This ain't right, this is life, this a love-hate thing, wassup?

Give me love, baby

Not enough, not enough, just a touch, baby

The fuck, baby? It's just us, baby

This ain't right, this is life, this a love-hate thing, in the end, give her love

[Chorus: Sam Dew & Wale]

(Keep givin' me love) Hold me tight

(And then you take it away) Let me go

(Keep givin' me love) Heal my heart

(And then you take it away) Hurt my soul

(Keep givin' me love) Build me up

(And then you take it away) Break me down

(Keep givin' me love) Make me smile

(And then you take it away) Make me frown

(Keep givin' me love) Give me love

(And then you take it away) Take it all away again

(Keep givin' me love)

(And then you take it away) Da-da-da, da-da-da (Yeah)

[Verse 2: Wale]

My affinity grows as the city gets cold

As you reaching your goals, you gon' meet you some foes

Having dinner with Leonsis, I'm dreamin' to own

But for now, me and my homies see the bottom floor

I'm tryna redefine the culture, renovate the soul

Women in town, but I'm manifestatin' every goal

I see potential in John, talk to him once a week

Media targets in our city, ain't ever sweet

I lost a lot of friends, and they ain't even dead

When I was on my way up, why you ain't see the stairs?

Lord father, if I opted to follow them

My heart would tear from my dreams, let me know that you here

And it's rare when I'm anywhere with too many heads

Niggas jealous and never tell it until they stare

How could you blame us envy?

We do the same thing for a livin', know the same niggas, but they all commend me

Champagne, I'ma spill it 'til we all fill up

Maybe it stopped me from givin' a fuck about opinions

And probably not, but I'm temporarily out of fizzucks

So tell the post to leave propaganda to politicians (Pow, pow, pow)

[Chorus: Sam Dew & Wale]

(Keep givin' me love) Hold me tight

(And then you take it away) Let me go

(Keep givin' me love) Heal my heart

(And then you take it away) Hurt my soul

(Keep givin' me love) Build me up

(And then you take it away) Break me down

(Keep givin' me love) Make me smile

(And then you take it away) Make me frown

(Keep givin' me love) Give me love

(And then you take it away) Take it all away again

(Keep givin' me love)

(And then you take it away) Da-da-da, da-da-da, oh, oh

(Keep givin' me love) Give me love

(And then you take it away) Take it all away again

(Keep givin' me love)

(And then you take it away) Da-da-da, da-da-da (Just waitin' on somebody to show me)

[Outro: Wale]

Uh, uh, uh, uh

Yeah, uh

Somebody tell 'em that I'm back, uh

Highs and lows, baby

Tell 'em that I'm back

Highs and lows

Just constantly give

'Cause I just smile

I just smile