Staying In Love Ain'T Easy

Hey, check
Hey, I just wanna do a shout-out to all the real lovers
That go through the ups and downs in real love in real life
Their stayin' in love ain't easy, y'all

Another day in love, somethin' ain't right
My baby and Bills are sleepin' at night
Guess you're wonderin' 'bout me
Y'all I'm pacin' the floor, wonderin' what it's gon' be
Will my check be enough? (Oh, no)
See, the mortgage and the light bill is eatin' it up (uh)
And sometimes it ain't easy
Got my woman at home, and sometimes she don't please me

It's like she got turned the vision (ah)
She only see it that way, say I'm a bad decision maker
Get the doctor on the phone
I need to holler at him 'cause truly something's wrong
I said doctor, doctor tell me what's wrong
Oh, my baby trippin' 'bout to mess up our home
It's like you made a decision
It's like you opened up and put a trip in revision

Because stayin' in love ain't easy
Sometimes it's just pleasin'
You do a lot of things with it loosened
But hold on and just hold on
Say sometimes it might
Take around a time to feel right
But don't give up the fight
Hang in there with all your might, yeah, and just hold on

(Now, verse two) a little somethin' 'bout me
Y'all, it ain't now 'posed to be (ah)
See, I admit I were wrong
See, I got caught in the streets, I shoulda had my ass home
I went and had a little fun
'Cause my baby was trippin' and weren't givin' me nothin'
Opened the loot, he got the gun
I tell you sparked to our plan (hey hol' up, baby, what you doing? Don't you see?)

Yeah, can you tell me where you were last night? (Huh?)
Love you baby, yeah, with all my might (hey)
But I can't let you do me wrong
She told me, "Gather your things and get up outta my home" (huh?)
A couple weeks ago, I was gone
So my baby forgave me and let me come back home
Yeah, see, two wrongs don't make it right (ah)
See, it's because of a lover that I'm slippin' down out

And baby, stayin' in love (stayin' in love) ain't easy
Sometimes, it's just pleasin'
You do a lot of things with it loosened
But hold on, yeah, just hold on, yeah (oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
Sometimes it might take a little time to get it right
So, don't give up the fight, but don't, baby
All your while (but they know), yeah, don't remember?
You gon' get tired sometime, but don't let it lose your mind

Stayin' in love (stayin' in love) ain't easy, love
Sometimes, it's just pleasin' (oh yeah)
You do a lot of things with it loosened
But, man, it's gon' get rough sometime, yeah
Heavy up at night, steady pace on the floor
But baby, every little time you get it right
Tellin' ya, fella, you're gone far as you can go, yeah
And she tellin' them girls she can't take no more, yeah

And when you love somebody (ah-ah)
You know it's just between the two of them
You know what I'm sayin'
You know my grandmama used to say
That love, ah, is a misunderstandin' between two fools, ah
I've been a fool before, ha-hah, how 'bout you?
Wave your hand, come on!

Stayin' in love ain't easy (oh, baby), sometimes it's just pleasin'
You do a lot of things with it loosened
Oh, sometimes I don't like the girls
She get on my nerves, but I love what they're now
Oh, tell yourself it's time to get away
It might take a little time, do you hear me?
Oh, yeah, but hold on, yeah, just hold on
So you won't get the good without us

Stayin' in love ain't easy (now they tell us it's cheap, and it's easy)
You do a lot of things with it loosened
But a wall you need to try to back up and look at the situation
Look in my plead, 'cause it only means two right here
Take a little time with you, babe, so don't give up the fight
Hangin' on with all your might
'Cause change is gonna come after a while
Get a grip and hold on

All you gotta say is strong, even when you ain't wrong
Please get a grip and hold on, hey, baby
You gon' get tired sometime, but don't let it lose your mind
You might get a little rough sometime

But hold on
All you gotta say is strong, even when you ain't wrong
Remember, if you still lovin', you gotta (hold on) hold on
You gon' get tired sometime, but don't let it lose your mind (hold on)

(Yeah, whoo) wait a minute, hold on (yeah, whoo!)
Sometime, it's too much (yeah, whoo) but whatever you do
But don't walk away, try not to walk away
See, you can't get to the good without a fight, no-no
You gotta fight for it, y'all
Real tough (yeah), it ain't easy, but hold on