Story Behind The Song

Imagine yourself going to a restaurant and looking off the menu. Sometimes looking for love can be like looking on a menu. You have your appetizer, main course, and dessert. Sometimes the appetizer can be compared to infatuation, which neither will totally satisfy, but you think it does and it can lead you to skip the dinner where the substance is and go straight to the dessert which doesn't have much substance. But as you have eaten the appetizer (infatuation), you realize that that nor the dessert (lust) filled you up. So you come to your senses and purchase the dinner (love) and realize if you had just gotten that, you wouldn't have to pay for the other dishes. Also, you wouldn't have wasted emotions that you wouldn't have had to.

Song Description

Verse 1 describes a man observing a woman by the state of infatuation. Verse 2 describes that same man looking at that same woman through the eyes of lust. Verse 3 brings it all home and supercedes the first two emotions to get to the core which is love.

Lyrics

(Chorus)
Lookin' at this love menu
This love menu
This love menu
Am I crazy or just a fool
(repeat 2x's)


(Verse 1)
When I think about the word infatuation
It takes me back to those situations
When I glanced from afar to see
A beautiful woman looking back at me
Scared to approach her, I was afraid
She wouldn't see me as the man God made
I would look solely on her physical
But desired more to see the spiritual
If I never tried to approach her
How would I ever get to know her?
Many women I have let pass by
Because I was over there being shy
Those women peaked interest in me
I didn't respond acting a lil' scary
Questioning if they were even looking at me
I must be tripping, she wasn't long at me
From head to toe, Man I didn't know what to do
Should I even go over there man___________
I don't wanna look like a fool
I was always trying to play it cool
This situation makes me feel
Like I'm in a restaurant trying to buy food
With so many choices, it's hard to choose
I'm kinda hungry, but I don't want much food
So I start with a lil' appetizer
A lil' somethin' to hold me over for a few hours
Whether it's be nachos or cheese sticks
I needed some type of food fix (echo on fix)

(Chorus)
Lookin' at this love menu
This love menu
This love menu
Am I crazy or just a fool
(repeat 2x's)

(Verse 2)
Seeing the same women looking backed at me
Stirred up a lil' bit of lust in me
But I wonder, man how could that be
See I didn't even try to get her name
I was over there playing those eye games
Looking and thinking about her was my thang
But as she would get up and start to leave
My heart would start to be deceived
Thinking her and I were meant to be
I wasn't seeing clearly, 'cuz the flesh is beast
It felt like I couldn't control it you see
It was trying to take control of me
Had me thinking I wanted to be
With every lady I had a chance to meet
But I knew I couldn't let lust
Try to take control of me
While pursuing what God called me to be
A God fearing man, seeking the Master Plan
To overcome this has been hard for me
What makes it harder is when you see
So much of it exposed in our society
Sex is free and has no decency
It's a shame when you see
No pride or real dignity
But for a person like me, ain't what it's supposed to be
It's like going to a restaurant
And ordering off the menu
Desiring something that will fill you up
But you don't want to spend the bucks
So you make the mistake
Of ordering the cheese cake instead of steak (echo on steak)

(Chorus)
Lookin' at this love menu
This love menu
This love menu
Am I crazy or just a fool
(repeat 2x's)

(Verse 3)
Now as I try to seek for love
Although I found it in the past
I want love that will truly last
This thing called love has kept me up at night
I would pray to God and start to write
Allowing my emotions to flow from inside
But I thank God there's still hope for me
I'm more than just a poet you see
I'm tired of writing about past loves
I just want my true to love to be
And not keep hearing women tell me
You're going to make a good husband one day
So, I guess til' then
I'll keep prayin' and writin'
Til' the Lord sends me a Godsend
That proverbs 31 lady is my desire
That's a woman that's kind and gentle
Strong and faithful, supportive with her shoulder
Loyal and meek, submission but not weak
Knows her man, loves her man
And will be there holding his hand through adversity
It's like going to a restaurant
And will be there holding his hand through adversity
It's like going to a restaurant
And looking at all you can eat
But yet you choose a balanced diet of vegetables, bread and meat
(Adlibs)

(Vamp)
Love, Love Menu
(repeat 6x's)
Love Menu
So much love
(repeat 5x's)

(Chorus) with adlibs by Jenia Smith
Lookin' at this love menu
This love menu
This love menu
Am I crazy or just a fool