[Verse 1]
I used to make up sketches of the perfect companion
One with the right combo of pa**ion and understandin
Chillin on the stoop we would make up games
Spin the bottle truth or dare but I was way too lame
Till I met a chick in math cla**, her name was dawn
She was the first girl I knew that put make up on
I wanted to get wit her so I would make up lies
Pretend that I was gettin money like those guys
On the ave who hustled 9 to 5 just to make up time
Only came to school once a week cuz they was on the grind
Begged my mom for a starter jacket and got 4
Cuz I had mad deficiencies to make up for
So I started talkin back to teachers and actin up
I'd make up jokes that had the cla** crackin up
But I was only concerned with that one girl
With the make up, she made up my whole world
[Hook]
You see we, make love and fight then we lust
Then we make up undress and mess up your make up again
(we're going upside down, round and round again)
[Verse 2]
It was a rainy day, I was supposed to walk home with the fellas
I made up an excuse, cause I saw dawn wit no umbrella
Although it belonged to my moms, I gave it to her anyway
I was too shy to talk so I started to walk away
Until she said, you might as well stay till the bus come
This is the kinda situation the old me would run from
But I came back, put on my act, played it cool like them cats
Who would sit in the back, of the cla**room
I cracked jokes, talked about people walkin by
And she laughed at em, I was officially livin a lie
Cuz I knew if she had known that I was geek
That was from the streets, but far from street, I ain't have a chance
Then feelings started rushin like an avalanche
Bus was comin, so I just grabbed her hand
Wrote my number in her palm wit my bic pen
And we been goin steady since then, ha!
[Hook]
You see we, make love and fight then we lust
Then we make up undress and mess up your make up again
(we're going upside down, round and round again)
[Verse 3]
One day I showed up at the rest, decided I would surprise her
She didn't have no makeup on I didn't recognize her
I had to make up an excuse cuz I ain't have a spine
But I dont want a girl who's only pretty part time
Then she busted me, had the nerve call me a hypocrite
Said I ain't the only one lyin, you ain't no differ-ent
She knew that I made up lies about hust-lin
Knew I got all my cool clothing from my mother and
The sad part was that she liked me for me
And I hid behind the same insecurities
That she fell for, tryin to be somethin that I was not
She said I liked uou, way before the bus stop
She said not only can we not hang together
I just got an NES we coulda gamed together
So I guess the moral is, work wit what ya got
Better to be hated for what ya are than loved for what ya not
[Hook]
You see we, make love and fight then we lust
Then we make up undress and mess up your make up again
(we're going upside down, round and round again)