Stop, Look Before You Love

Well, let me tell you something From the outside looking in Not as your lover but from the standpoint of a friend The word is out all over town That your old man's been out fooling around That's okay 'cause you really ought to 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 trying to run over you You ought to stop and look before you love, Sugar He'll never care for you the way I do, no Hmm You keep telling me your love for him is so strong But who do you call when you wanna get it on? I ain't trying to start no mess Between you and him now baby He did that for himself When he betrayed you as a friend, yeah (You're) 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 Hmm There's a man out there trying to run a game on you You ought to stop (don't mean you're no good baby) look before you love He's just trying to make a fool, trying to make a fool Trying to make a fool out of you yeah Hmm 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 Hmm 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 ought to stop baby and look before you love I'll make it good to you You ought to know by now that I'm in love with you So, why don't you stop and look before you love You better face it girl He'll never make you feel good the way I do, no Stop, oh