do it for the love

here's what my mama said, do it for the love, not for the money, not for the guns and not for the honeys, do it 'cause it makes you feel alive, like the way we rockin' on saturday night, do it for the love of it, do it for the smell of it, do it for the joy and the taste and the hell of it, do it 'cause you love it and it makes no sense, not yens or euros or dollars or cents, when i was a little, little boy i knew i'd grow up, to be somebody that my mama said would always show up, to work, to school and all that's cool, but, following rules was never my strong suit, you know, i bought a guitar, a microphone too, set out to do what i was born to do, and mama said something as i was walking out the door, do it for the love, not for the money, not for the guns and not for the honeys, do it 'cause it makes you feel alive, like the way we rockin' on saturday night, do it for the love of it, do it for the smell of it, do it for the joy and the taste and the hell of it, do it 'cause you love it and it makes no sense, not yens or euros or dollars or cents, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, do it for the love of it, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, just for the love of it, life is never easy and you better know it, sometimes it's like the date you're waiting for that doesn't show up, you got to pay the rent, or else you owe it, and like a credit card, you know you better not blow it, and if you got beef with someone, let go it, and if you got love for someone, you better show it, mama said this as i was walking out the door, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, do it for the love of it, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, just for the love of it, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, in the summertime, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, that's right, that's right, so party people say, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, put your hands in the air like this, y'all, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, do it for the love of it, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, do it for the love of it, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, just for the love of it, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, do it for the love of it, just for the love of it