(Just like) Romeo and Juliet

(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet – The Reflections

This song has a killer twist to it. Whenever a guy is laying out his rap to a girl and mentioning Romeo and Juliet, you’re always thinking that he means that he and his mate will have a love so intense that it will match the greatest lovers in history, but by the end of this number he’s talking about how he can’t find a job, and you remember they both wound up dead before their wedding day.

Got a little somethin’ I wanna do
Gonna buy (gonna buy) somethin’ I could ride in
A-Take my girl (take my girl) datin’ at the drive-in
Our love’s gonna be written down in history
A-Just like Romeo and Juliet
I’m gonna buy her pretty presents
Just like the ones in a catalog
Gonna show (gonna show) how much I love
Let her know (let her know) one way or the other
Our love’s gonna be written down in history
A-Just like Romeo and Juliet

(Ooh-ooh-oop)
(Dooo, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doo-doop)

Just Like Romeo and Juliet
Just Like Romeo and Juliet
Just Like Romeo and Juliet
Just Like Romeo and Juliet

Talk about love and romance
Just wait ’til I get myself straight
I’m gonna put Romeo’s fame
Right smack-dab on a date

Ah, all right, now, I’m speculatin’
Wonder what tomorrow’s gonna really bring
If I don’t (if I don’t) find work tomorrow
It’s gonna be (gonna be) heartaches ‘n’ sorrow
Our love’s gonna be destroyed like a tragedy
Just like Romeo and Juliet