i fell in love with a dope boy

took him to meet my mama

the first time he saw her

he wouldn’t get out the car

he knocked me up beforehand

they already knew i was pregnant 

he just got out of jail

i was scared to death of my parents

but i loved him so much, he was my whole world

my whole family on the straight and narrow

they don’t even cuss

the toll i took on my daddy 

made his brown hair turn grey in six months

but i loved that boy so much, i couldn’t let him go

even after he cheated,

even after he overdosed

i stood by his side and waited

for the day he would realize

the dope game wasn’t worth it

and he wanted me to be his wife

now it’s two years later

our daughter is well past one

that dope boy fixed the refrigerator 

that dope boy stays at home

that dope boy don’t want dope no more 

although sometimes it crosses his mind

but he knows where that path leads him

and he’d rather be by my side

love can change a man

love can change his ways

love can make a boy a man

love can save the day

i fell in love with a dope boy

but today he’s not the same

he reads books and plays nerf guns

the game has really changed

they say you can’t take the hood out 

cause that’s where he was raised

but i don’t wanna change his past

it made him so strong

it made him so thankful

it made him not want to do wrong

he knows what he has to lose

maybe before now he wasn’t sure

don’t tell me love ain’t real

cause i think it was his cure

love can change a man

love can save the day

love can take a dope boy 

and show him the right way

now my love ain’t a dope boy

he vacuums and he mops

he cuts the grass and rakes the leaves

cooks dinner and cleans the humidifier

raises kids with me 

he’s turned out to be a damn good father

i think of all the heartache i felt

loving a dope boy

wishing he would change his ways

it was worth it

because today

i’m in love with a real man

and he’s in love with me too

love can really change a man

love can heal all wounds

don’t tell me love ain’t real

cause if that shit is true

it can take a dope boy

straight out of prison with nothing to lose

and move him into a better life

with a heart filled with love

my life is living proof, don’t give up 

on someone who’s fucking up

stand by them and be stubborn

and believe in their love

they say there’s no cure for addiction

once you taste that high so sweet

you’ll spend the rest of your life trying to get it

theres medicine and therapy

but the one thing that will save somebody

from the streets

undoubtedly 

is a heart full of patience and love 

cause love can change a man

love can save the day

i fell in love with a dope boy

and took the dope out his name 

look in his eyes , he ain’t feening no more

you don’t see shame and pain 

instead you see love

that’s my husband

and it’s my love that changed his ways