[Intro: TobyMac & Choir, TobyMac, Dick Nelson & The D.O.C.]
Take this mug for a ride!
Boo! Bur! Hur! Ha! (Yeah, boy!) Ha-ha!
Down with the DC Talk
D-d-down with the DC Talk
Are you down with the DC Talk?
D-d-down with the DC Talk

[Verse 1: TobyMac, Choir, TobyMac & Kevin Max, James Brown]
(Uh) Pullin' out my big black book (Black book)
(Uh) 'Cause when I need a word defined, that's where I look
(Uh) So I turn to the "L"'s quick, fast, in a hurry
(Uh) Threw on my specs, thought my vision was blurry
(Uh) I looked again but to my dismay
(Uh) It was black and white with no room for gray
(Uh) Ya see, a big "V" stood beyond the word
(Uh) And, yo, that's when it hit me (Ha!) that "love" is a verb

[Pre-Chorus: Kevin Max & Michael Tait]
Words come easy but don't mean much
When the words they're sayin' you can't put trust in
We're talkin' 'bout love in a different light
And if we all learn to love it will be just right

[Chorus: Kevin Max, Michael Tait & Choir, TobyMac]
(Hoo!) Hey, tell me, haven't you heard? (Haven't you heard?)
"Love" is a serious word (Serious—serious word)
Hey, I think it's time you learned
I don't care what you say, I don't care what you heard
The word "love," (Ha!) "love" is a verb
[Post-Chorus: TobyMac & Choir, TobyMac]
Down with the DC Talk
D-d-down with the DC Talk
Are you down with the DC Talk?
D-d-down with the DC Talk

[Verse 2: TobyMac, Choir, TobyMac & Choir, TobyMac & Kevin Max]
(Uh) Thinkin' of a way to explain-o (Explain)
(Uh) 'Cause ya knowin' that I'm flowin' like a bottle o' Drāno
(Uh) Simple and plain (Oh), L-O-V-E
Ain't all that junk that you see on TV
Put soaps on a rope 'cause they ain't worth cope'n
With it's a myth that there ain't no hope and
Love is enough if it's unconditionally
Given now ya livin' out the Great Commission

[Pre-Chorus: Kevin Max & Michael Tait]
Words come easy but don't mean much
When the words they're sayin' you can't put trust in
We're talkin' 'bout love in a different light
And if we all learn to love it will be just right

[Chorus: Kevin Max, Michael Tait & Choir, TobyMac]
(Bur!) Hey, tell me, haven't you heard? (Haven't you heard?)
"Love" is a serious word (Serious—serious word)
Hey, I think it's time you learned
I don't care what you say, I don't care what you heard
The word "love," (Ha!) "love" is a verb
[Post-Chorus: TobyMac & Choir]
Down with the DC Talk
D-d-down with the DC Talk
Down with the DC Talk
D-d-down with the DC Talk
Down with the DC Talk
Ooh
D-d-down with the DC Talk
Ooh-ooh
Down with the DC Talk
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
D-d-down with the DC Talk

[Verse 3: TobyMac, Choir, TobyMac & Choir, James Brown]
(Uh) Back—back—back in the day there was a man (A man)
(Uh) Who stepped outta Heaven and He walked the land (Walked the land)
(Uh) He delivered to the people an eternal choice
(Uh) With a heart full o' love and the truth in His voice
(Uh) Gave up His life so that we may live
(Uh) How much more love could the Son o' God give?
(Uh) Here is the example that we outta be matchin'
(Uh) 'Cause "love" is a word that requires some action

[Pre-Chorus: Kevin Max & Michael Tait, TobyMac]
Words come easy but don't mean much
When the words they're sayin' you can't put trust in
We're talkin' 'bout love in a different light
And if we all learn to love it will be just right (Come on!)
[Chorus: Kevin Max, Michael Tait & Choir, TobyMac, TobyMac & Choir, Kevin Max]
(Bur!) Hey, tell me, haven't you heard? (Haven't you heard?)
"Love" is a serious word (Serious—serious word)
Hey, I think it's time you learned
I don't care what you say, I don't care what you heard
The word "love," (Ha!) love is a verb
(Boo!) Hey, tell me, haven't you heard (Haven't ya—haven't ya heard?)
(Bur!) "Love" is a serious word (Serious—serious word)
(Bah!) Hey, I think it's time you learned
I don't care what you say, I don't care what you heard
The word "love," (We gotta keep on lovin'!) "love" is a verb

[Outro]
[Choir] Hey, hey
[TobyMac] (Down with the DC Talk)
[Michael Tait] Tell me, haven't you heard?
[TobyMac] (D-d-down with the DC Talk)
[Choir] "Love," "love"
[Michael Tait] Yeah, yeah, yeah
[TobyMac] (Down with the DC Talk)
[Kevin Max] Is a serious word
[TobyMac] (D-d-down with the DC Talk)
[Choir] Hey, hey
[TobyMac] (Down with the DC Talk)
[Michael Tait] I'm think—, I'm thinkin'
[Kevin Max] I think, I think
[TobyMac] (D-d-down with the DC Talk)
[Choir] What you say, what you heard
[TobyMac] (Down with the DC Talk)
[Choir, Michael Tait & Kevin Max] "Love" is a verb!
[Choir] Hey, hey
[TobyMac] (Down with the DC Talk)
[Michael Tait] Tell me, haven't you heard?
[TobyMac] (D-d-down with the DC Talk)
[Choir] "Love," "love"
[TobyMac] (Down with the DC Talk)
[Kevin Max] Is a serious word, come on
[TobyMac] (D-d-down with the DC Talk)
[Choir] Hey, hey
[TobyMac] (Down with the DC Talk)
[Michael Tait] Hey, hey, hey, hey
[TobyMac] (D-d-down with the DC Talk)
[Kevin Max] I'm sayin'…
[TobyMac] (Down with the DC Talk)
[Choir, TobyMac, Michael Tait & Kevin Max] "Love" is a, "love" is a, "love" is a verb!
(Toby…)