[Intro] (vocal chop) "Who the hell is Big Papa Love?" Heh... I'm glad you asked. [Verse 1] Six-eight, black fur, silver on my face Don't walk in slow, I own the damn place Red shades on, so you can't read my eyes Whole lotta gorilla wrapped around Love in disguise Name says Love, and I back that shit up Give you my last twenty, then I'll finish your cup Laugh too loud, got a mouth with no chain If you didn't flinch, then I ain't said your name I ain't polished, I ain't tryna shine What you get on Monday's what you get every time Shake my hand or don't, makes no difference to me Just don't mistake this kindness for something you get free [Pre-Chorus] I don't need everybody screaming my name Don't need one damn thing handed my way You ask who I am? Well, there it is. Big heart, sharp teeth, mind your business [Chorus] BIG PAPA LOVE Say it like you mean it Humble Beast, big bastard, you already seen it I give respect till you give me a reason Then it's a whole different kind of evening BIG PAPA LOVE Go on, say it louder Good to my people, a damn wrecking ball to others I ain't for everybody, don't want to be Pour mine neat, no chaser Careful how you stare (vocal chop: "Careful now, careful now, careful now") [Verse 2] I like good songs and a joke gone too far If the room gets stiff, I'm swinging at the bar Got a buddy getting stomped while he's already down? That's exactly when the beast comes around Never liked a bully, can't stand a mouth That grows a spine soon as the numbers come out Pick on somebody who ain't built for the fight Now six-eight's breathing right up on your right I ain't gotta yell, don't gotta perform One look and the whole damn room gets warned But if common sense clocked out for the night Well... Push your luck. See how much fight's left in me [Break] (beat cuts) Hold up. You thought this was three straight minutes of me telling you how tough I am? Man, I'm fifty-four. My knees are wrecked. (beat slams back in, harder) [Verse 3] I got bills, bad habits, people I'd bleed for Left my damn glasses somewhere by the door Got songs stuck in my head, kicking at the walls So I drag 'em out and call 'em part of me Some make you laugh, some cut like a busted lip Some probably should've died in the first take But if one gets somebody through a brutal-ass day Then the beast did something worth the damage today That's me, no statue, no highlight reel Just a big hairy bastard who don't back down Love in the name ain't there for the show It's the one thing that don't quit when the rest does [Final Chorus] BIG PAPA LOVE Say it like you mean it Humble Beast, big bastard, you already seen it Treat me good, brother, you got me for life Treat mine wrong, YOU'RE GONNA NEED JESUS BIG PAPA LOVE Say it with your chest out Left a couple messes everywhere I've walked about I ain't for everybody, don't want to be Pour mine neat, no chaser Test me if you're clear [Outro] (vocal chop) "Big Papa Love..." Don't make it weird. Just Papa's fine. (laughs, low and dangerous) I'm just sayin'.
