If You Don't Put Nothin' In It chords by Johnny B. Moore
Verse 1
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We want to know if you're
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feeling all right tonight,
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Kenny Halsey, yeah?
If you came out tonight
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to have a real good time,
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can I hear you say, hell yeah?
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And that's exactly what
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we have in mind.
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But before we get down for you,
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won't you give it up
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for the band on the stand one time?
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Come on, make some noise for them.
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This is where my old man...
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You know we got them kind of men
that like to cheat on you
every now and then.
So when my man came in
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from out there cheating and playing around,
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he looked at me and said, Melvin,
I still love you, baby.
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I said, but I love you too. I said,
but if you decide you want to mess around,
I only want to let you know one thing.
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If you want to know what it is,
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can I hear the house say yes?
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If you want to know,
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say hell yes!
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I told you.
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If you don't put nothin' in,
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you can't
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get nothin' out.
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I ain't kiddin', that's the truth,
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If you don't put nothin' in it,
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I mean, you gotta put somethin'
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in it, baby.
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I'm gon na tell y 'all
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why it's like that.
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You know that love is a gamble,
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and that's
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what love is all about.
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Now let me tell you what it takes
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to keep your man.
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I got breakfast on the table,
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I got a coon outside.
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I got buttermilk and cornbread
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to lay by his eyes.
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I got brown candy
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and to slap across his face.
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They tell me when you feed them like that
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you ain't got to worry about
them going nowhere
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If you don't put nothing in,
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you can't get nothing
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out
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You know that love is a gamble,
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and that's what love is all about.
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Now I'm going to tell you all another story here,
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and this is the truth too, I ain't lying.
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They shot my man five times,
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they made sure he was dead.
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But I raised up my dream.
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He raised up his head.
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You got to put something in it,
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or you can't.
I ain't lyin',
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somebody better come here!
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You know that love is a gamble
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And that's what love is all about
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Now let me tell you ladies again
what it takes
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to keep your man get it.
Verse 2
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I got chillens on my table.
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Verse 3
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I got a coon outside.
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I got buttermil
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k and cornbread,
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to lay by his side.
Verse 4
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I got brown candy
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and to slap across
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his face.
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feed them like that
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you ain't got to worry
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about them going nowhere
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If you
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don't put nothing in,
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you can't get nothing out
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I ain't lying,
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somebody better come out!
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You know that
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love is a devil
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And that's what love is all about
Verse 9
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Now let me tell you this here,
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and I ain't lying either,
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but this is a true story right
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here.
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They shot my man one,
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two, three, four, five
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They made sure he was dead,
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dead, dead, dead
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But I raised up my dream,
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he raised up his hand
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You
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gotta put something in it
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Verse 14
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Or you can't get nothing out of it
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Ain't that right, y 'all?
Verse 15
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You know that love is a gamble
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And that's what love is all about
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And I ain't ly in' to ya
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Oh yeah
Thank ya!
Love ya!
Yeah!
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