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The meaning of the lyrics of the song "Do for Love" by the artist "Yelawolf"

In "Do for Love", Yelawolf tells two stories about people driven to desperation by circumstances and forced to take extreme measures for the love of their families.

The first verse depicts a man exhausted by poverty and back-breaking work. He works tirelessly to feed his family, but the money is catastrophically short. Despair pushes him to crime - he decides to rob to provide his family with food, warmth, and at least a semblance of a normal life.

The second verse focuses on a single mother who is forced to work as a stripper to raise her son. She found herself in a difficult life situation but is fighting for the future of her child, sacrificing her own reputation and safety. The environment is dysfunctional, but she has no choice – she needs to survive at any cost.

The chorus "What you willing to do for love?" is a question addressed to the listener. Yelawolf makes one think about the sacrifices we are willing to make for the love of loved ones and shows that for some people, the line between good and evil becomes blurred under the pressure of circumstances.

[Verse 1:]

Daddy is up five AM again

It's a repeated scene

He's been at since ten

Nine to five hours don`t pay enough money

He took a third-shift and he's just gettin' in

Babies are hungry and mommy is bitchin'

'Bout bills that he need to go pay while he sittin'

Not even five minutes to drink a cold beer

Before hearing about what was left in the kitchen

Walk out the door for a walk to the store,

Bread was five dollars he only had four

Won't get a check til' the first of next week

And he said to himself I can't take anymore

With no heat in the house and no gas in the truck,

And his four-year-old's birthday about to come up

It's gun, mask, duct-tape, gloves, now

[Hook:]

What would you do for love? (ooooo)

What would you do for love?

What would you do for love? (ooooo)

What would you do for love?

What would you do for love? (ooooo)

[Verse 2:]

She's a single mother livin' in a hotel

In the south side of the city

And she works at a bar in the strip

To get tips savin' up for a place that is pretty

A twelve-year-old son to support,

Still in school with a father that's never around

He took her virginity, promised infinity

Then he took off and he hasn't been found

Most of the people she already knows

Have trouble survivin' and keepin' a home

That side of town ain't the place to raise a child

But she's doing her best and there's nowhere to go

Puts on a skirt, picks up her purse

He knows just what she does

His mama can't work at the bar every night

So his mama is hustlin'

And sellin' drugs

[Hook:]

What would you do for love? (ooooo)

What would you do for love?

What would you do for love? (ooooo)

What would you do for love?

What would you do for love? (ooooo)

(Woohoo, woohoo)

(Woohoo, woohoo)

[Outro 2x:]

What would you do for love? (ooooo)

What would you do for love?

What would you do for love? (ooooo)

What would you do for love?

What would you do for love? (ooooo)

What would you do for love?

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