It took time, from the first time that I met you girl, who thought we would make it this far

It took time, it's been a long, long road on this path that we were on, now here we are

It took time, it was a process to this trust thing, but this love thing, it wasn't easy girl

It took time, dealing with that pride and denial all the while, real love is all we needed girl

I bet you didn't expect when we first met that we would click, when I saw her on the under I was wondering who she with

Conversation opening up, she soakin' it up while peeping my grill, I'm dealing her with my spiel, hoping she feel I'm keeping it real

Guess I was spitting the right game, little light thing, totally into me

Wasn't quite yet mine, but in my mind, hoping she finna be

We was only 14 with big boy dreams of me and her together that summer right before ninth grade

Nice days, perfect weather, her momma wasn't really feeling me, she be killing me

If she was aware about our little love affair, her innocent daughter with this thug and player

That summer was hot, some of the thots really, really dug a player

But this girl here was unique, out of her friend Squeak, and some of her cousins there loved everything about the dame

I allowed the game that she played so well

Plus when the funk flared, she wasn't scared to break her nails

Had to make her mind, may have been a crime the way she stole my heart

Till a couple of issues we must have went through drove us apart

It took time

From the first time that I met you girl, who thought we would make it this far

It took time

It's been a long, long road on this path that we were on, now here we are

It took time

It was a process to this trust thing, but this love thing, it wasn't easy girl

It took time

Dealing with that pride and denial all the while, real love is all we needed girl

A lot of time done passed now, we've both had our share of significant others

At least ten when we split, friends with benefits, different with lovers

But been married with children and carry these feelings that we had for our exes

So you see we had soul ties, we saw with closed eyes and just hadn't accepted

In the meantime, in between time, my life, I gave it to Christ

Still in fornication, piss poor relations, but I craved me a wife

And when I saw you at the bus stop, you could make a truck stop

I was extra attentive, my desire for my wife is that she love Christ

But your looks was an extra incentive, no joke

I can hear it right there in my spirit when the Lord said that that's her

I really didn't know what to do, but I knew I was led to ask her

Hurt and protective, alert and so skeptic, you ain't wanna jump in too soon

Nine month courtship, the Lord built, ended up in us jumpin the broom

Five and three quarter years before I could hear distinguish what he was saying

He told me to love her, only me above her

And I mean, he wasn't playing, and where we going

Man, we ain't knowing, but I guess we'll know soon

Cause he brought us so far, we couldn't audit them scars cause he healed those wounds

It took time

From the first time that I met you, girl

Who thought we would make it this far

It took time

It's been a long, long road on this path that we were on

Now here we are

It took time

It was a process to this trust thing, but this love thing, it wasn't easy, girl

It took time

Dealing with that pride and denial all the while

Real love is all we needed, girl

All we needed was love

Real love

Real love

You gave me a real love

It's what I needed, baby

Real love

Real love

We're searching for a real love

Yeah