Years ago, a man taught me that
We should live and let live
And when I heard it, I began to teach others
That that's what they should do
But one day
God told me to love and let live is better
Because when you live and let live
That's selfish; it's just you
But when you love and let live
You share that with your neighbor
And God said, We should love our neighbor
As we love ourselves
Can I ask you a question
A little something 'bout love
Like can it take you to heaven
When it do what it does
If you want that feeling
Raise your hands to the ceiling
And since they're already up there
Let's ask God for some healing
Father please forgive us for what we've done
After we look in the mirror and change that one
Oh love
Love and let live
Learn to forgive
You gotta' learn to forgive
Love and let live
Just remember what you want for yourself
Gotta do it for
Somebody else
Now since I asked you the question
Have you come up with an answer
Because this heartache and pain
Is killing people like cancer
I know the world is still grieving
And this hurt just ain't leaving
All you gotta do is hang on
And prepare for your season
God, I want to thank you for all you've done
For every victory that we've already won, won, won, won, won, won
Yeah
Love and let live
Love and let live
Learn to forgive
Learn to forgive
Love and let live
Yeah
Just remember what you want for yourself
Gotta do it for
Somebody else
The world is on fire
Gun smoke in the air
Found a man up in the room
With a rope and a chair
I begged him not to do it
Told me life ain't fair
Said he'd be knocking on the door
And trust me, hope ain't there
Told him hope is in your heart
That's what's pumping your blood
And true love is something that
You can't find in a club
Can't find it in a drug, let alone in a trap
Can't find it in a gang or in a clip of your gat
If you look for it there, you'll get a knife in your back
In the kitchen, sewing stitches, rubbing ice on your back
You'll be sitting up in prison doing life on your back
Better think outside the box, you ain't gon' like doing that
Facts
Now we really have to practice patience
'Cause we got a long way to go
All we gotta do is bury the hate
To, start helping each other grow
Love and let live
Yeah
Learn to forgive
You gotta learn to forgive
Love and let live
Gotta learn to let live
Just remember what you want for yourself
Gotta do it for
Somebody else
L-O-V-E L-E-T L-I-V-E
Gotta long way to go
You've gotta learn to let live
Somebody else
L-O-V-E L-E-T L-I-V-E
Gotta way to go
Learn to let live
You've gotta learn to let live
Yeah
You've got to learn to love, love, love, love, love
Yeah
Love, love, love, love, love
Gotta learn to let live, yeah
You've got to learn to Love, love, love, love, love
Yeah
Love, love, love, love, love
Yeah, yeah ooh
Ooh, ooh
Yeah
Ooh
Love
And let live
Ooh yeah
You gotta learn