Stop, Look Before You Love

Well, let me tell you something from the outside lookin' in
 Not as your love, but from the standpoint of a friend
 The word is out all over town
 That your old man's been out foolin' around
 That's okay 'cause you really oughta be with me
 I'll save you honey from all this misery
 If you just stop and look before you love
 There's a man out there tryin' to run over you
 You oughta stop and look before you love
 He'll never care for you the way I do, no
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 You keep tellin' me your love for him is so strong
 But who do you call when you wanna get it on?
 I ain't tryna start no mess between you and him, no baby
 He did that for himself when he betrayed you as a friend, yeah
 You're intelligent and you're also very cute
 You've got too much goin' for yourself to be anybody's fool
 So why don't you stop, baby? (Look before you love)
 There's a man out there tryna run a game on you
 You oughta stop, it don't mean you're no good, baby
 He's just tryna make a fool, tryna make a fool
 Tryna make a fool out of you, yeah
 Didn't your mama ever tell you
 You got to look both ways before you cross the street?
 If you're not careful, you get hit with a heartache
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 Come on, baby
 Open up your eyes and see, yeah
 That the one who really loves you is not him but me
 Oh, stop, can't stand it no longer, baby
 He don't even appreciate the good thing he's got
 I just can't sit back, and watch you have a heart attack
 No, baby, worried about some man who don't care a thing for you
 You oughta stop, baby (look before you love)
 I'll make it good to you
 You oughta know by now that I'm in love with you
 So why don't you stop? (Look before you love) you better face it, girl
 He'll never make you feel good the way I do
 Stop, oh