Love Not War
Jason Derulo & Nuka Lyrics

Bust it open for a gift
I want to please you by giving you expensive gifts.

I put diamonds on your wrist
I want to show you how much I value you and what you mean to me through this gift.

I can't buy your lovin'
I know materialistic things cannot buy your love, and it's much more than just gifts.

It's never enough
I feel like I can never show you or give you enough to make you feel loved and appreciated.

I took that girl on a trip
I tried to make it up to you by taking you out and showing you a good time when we were fighting.

'Cause we was arguin'
We had a fight, and I wanted to resolve the issue by doing something nice for you.

Ever since we stopped touchin'
Since we stopped communicating or spending time with each other, things have gone downhill.

We're not in touch
We've grown distant from each other, and it's affecting our relationship.

I know money can't buy, buy, buy your love
I understand that money cannot buy your love or fix our problems.

I guess I didn't try, try hard enough
I admit that I might not have put in enough effort to make things work between us.

But we could work this like a nine-to-five
We can put in the effort like we would for any job and try to make things work out.

Mama told me stop playin', playin' all the games
My mother advised me to stop playing games and be honest with my feelings.

Steady throwin' dollars, expectin' change
I can't keep throwing money at our issues and expect everything to magically get better.

But every war ends the same
Every fight has the same outcome, and we need to change our approach to break the cycle.

Can we just make love, not war?
Can we stop fighting and instead focus on our love for each other?

I solved my problems with a check
I tried to fix my mistakes by throwing money at them.

Now I'm payin' for it
Now I'm facing the consequences of using money as a quick fix.

You wanted nothin', uh
You didn't want me to fix the problem by giving gifts, but instead wanted love and honesty.

Nothin' but love
You wanted me to show my love and affection in ways that were not materialistic.

I can't lie, I'm a mess
I'm not perfect and make mistakes.

I'm too jealous, yes
I can be possessive and overprotective at times.

So hard to trust you
It's challenging for me to trust you because of my insecurities and past experiences.

When I don't trust myself
I have trouble trusting others when I don't even trust myself.

And my people say
The people around me are telling me to change my perspective and approach to our relationship.

Let's just trust in lovin', baby
Let's trust each other and have faith in our love for each other.

But, shawty, I know
But I know it's not that easy to change our ways and fix everything.

Call, we could work this like a nine-to-five, five, five
We can put in the effort and work on our relationship like we would for a regular job, and it's a continuous process.

Not war, baby
We should focus on love and not war to make our relationship work.