[Intro – airy falsetto & ad-libs over 808s + guitar riff from original]
Mmm, yeah… ohhh
This love, this love… (yeah)
Markette… uh-huh
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[Verse 1]
Every time I close my eyes, I think of you (think of you)
And no matter what the people say, I’ll stay true (I’ma stay true)
Girl, you got me high, I can’t come down (nooo)
Forever in my heart, you the one I found (I found, yeah)
And I know, baby, love ain’t always easy (nah)
But this love right here, it’ll never leave me (nooo)
I don’t want nobody else, girl, believe me
I’ma give you everything, just don’t deceive me (yeah)
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[Pre-Hook – Tory cadence, falsetto harmony]
(‘Cause this love…)
Is the kinda thing that make a man change his ways (ohhh)
(And this love…)
Is the kinda thing that make a thug wanna stay (stay)
I can’t let it go, nah… (nah)
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[Hook – Donnell Jones callback, reimagined]
This love is so, so, real
Girl, I’m never gonna let you go
This love is all I feel
Forever gonna let the whole world know
This love, this love, this love… ohhh
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[Verse 2 – Tory’s half-rap cadence layered with melody]
See, this love, girl, it feels brand new (brand new)
Every kiss, every touch, I’ma run back to you (back to you)
Ain’t no fakin’, girl, I’m locked in place
Every time you leave, I need your embrace (yeah)
And I know, you done heard that talk before (before)
But this love here, girl, it’s so much more (so much more)
Late nights, I’ma pull up at your door (door)
‘Cause you know what I’m comin’ here for (what I’m comin’ here for, yeah)
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[Bridge – direct melodic lift from Donnell’s bridge, with Tory ad-libs]
Baby, don’t you know… (yeah)
That this love is forever, girl (forever, girl)
Don’t let it go… (nah)
‘Cause this love is forever, girl (yeah, forever, girl)
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[Hook – big layered harmonies, Donnell phrasing intact]
This love is so, so, real (so, so real, babe)
Girl, I’m never gonna let you go (never gonna let you go)
This love is all I feel (all I feel)
Forever gonna let the whole world know (let the world know)
This love, this love, this love… ohhh (yeah)
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[Outro – falsetto fade, Donnell line reprise]
This love… (so, so real)
This love… (never let you go)
This love… (all I feel, all I feel)
This love, this love… forever, babe…
