You've Got To Earn It - The Temptations

作词：William Robinson, Jr./Cornelius Grant

作曲：William Robinson, Jr./Cornelius Grant

Yeah yeah yeah

To get stones from a rock you've got to break it

Yeah yeah yeah

To get bread from dough you've got to bake it

Yeah yeah yeah

To get water from a faucet you've got to turn it

And if you want my love if you want my love

You've got to earn it earn it earn it earn it

Yeah yeah yeah

To get fire from a match you've got to strike it

Strike it strike it strike it strike it

To get the feeling from a kiss you've got to like it

Like it like it like it like it

To get ashes from wood you've got to burn it

And if you want my love if you want my love

You've got to earn it earn it earn it earn it

You've got to treat me kind all the time

Throw the other guys right out of your mind

Yeah yeah

Now listen

To make broken things work you've got to fix them

Fix them fix them fix them fix them

To make two things one you've got to mix them

Mix them mix them mix them mix them

To get butter from milk you've got to churn it

And if you want my love if you want my love

You've got to earn it earn it earn it earn it

If you deserve it you can get it earn it earn it

I'll be glad to see you with it earn it earn it

Just show me that you love me earn it earn it

And that you're thinking of me earn it