Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Carl Marshall
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Carl Marshall
Songwriter
Lyrics
I have a friend and her name is Jane
Jane has a little situation she was dealing with, she came to talk to me about it
She said, "Mr. Carl, I respect you as a man with much wisdom and I wanna know
Could you give me your point of view on something I'm faced with"
And I asked her, "What is it, Jane?" She said
"I have a husband at home and a man in the other side of town
And I'm in love with both of them, what should I do?"
"I said first of all, Jane, how did you know that you love them?"
She said, "Mr. carl, my husband works 24-7, and come home
Bring all the pay and I'm still dissatisfied
Sometimes I can't stand to be around him
He gets on my nerves and when he gets on my nerves
I have to leave and go and be with my man
And when I'll be with my man, he makes me feel like a queen
He loves me up and down"
I-I-I said, "Hold on a minute Jane, hold on a minute
What about your husband? She said well I might just will be honest you
Mr. Carl, I think there is not a man in the face of this earth
That can make love to me better than my husband
And, and when he makes love to me, he cries when he makes love
And that turns me on, and I can't take that"
And I said, "Jane, this might hurt you, but I have to tell you the truth"
You've got to reap (you've got to reap) what you sow (You've got to reap what you sow)
And you'll always get more than you sow (you don't know)
You've got to reap (you don't know) what you sow (you maybe messing around)
And you'll always get more than you sow (you can have a disease)
You've got to reap (from messing with you) what you sow (you gotta be careful)
And you'll always get more than you sow (you'll always get more than what you sow)
You've got to reap (You've got to reap) what you sow (what you sow)
And you'll always get more than you sow
Now the very next day, Jane husband came by
His name is Robert, a friend of mine also
And I didn't tell Robert that Jane had been by the day before
You just don't do things like that
And I didn't tell Jane that I saw Robert at a Holiday Inn with Linda
I told Robert this
Don't let your woman give love you and you don't give back
If you don't treat her right, God is going to hold you responsible for the way she acts
When you have someone that is true, all I can tell you
The wrong you do, one day, is gotta come back, is gotta come back to you
You've got to reap (you've got to reap) what you sow (you've got to reap what you sow)
And you'll always get more than you sow (I really have to talk to Robert)
You've got to reap (I told him) what you sow (I saw him at the Holiday Inn)
And you'll always get more than you sow (with best friend, woman)
You've got to reap (when Jane thought he was at work) what you sow (you are doing your dirty)
And you'll always get more than you sow (you gotta reap)
You gotta reap (you gotta reap what you sow) what you sow
And you'll always get more than you sow (yeah-yeah)
Come hear guitar
You've got to reap what you sow, and you'll always get more than you sow
You've got to reap what you sow, and you'll always get more than you sow
You've got to reap (you've got to reap) what you sow (you gotta reap what you sow)
And you'll always get more than you sow (yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah)
You've got to reap (wow!) What you sow, and you'll always get more than you sow
You gotta reap (you gotta reap, you will always get more than you sow)
Now think about this (you gotta reap) when you sow good, good will come back to you, wow!
(you gotta reap) when you sow bad (what you sow), bad will come back to you
You'll always get more than you sow (yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah)
You've got to reap (you've got to reap) what you sow (what you sow)
And you'll always get more than you sow (you always get back more)
You've got to reap (you've got to reap) what you sow (woo-hoo!)
And you'll always get more than you sow
You've got to reap (you've got to reap) what you sow
Written by: Carl Marshall