Lyrics
Chorus
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh it all comes down to love
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh it all comes down to love
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Verse 1
Talking heads talking to us on the television
Silver screen preachers, politicians
Say they got the answers first they wanna squeeze us
Send a little money where the tax is on Jesus
Fix it with a prayer, fix it with a dollar
Anybody out there ever wanna halla?
Chorus (Repeat)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh it all comes down to love
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh it all comes down to love
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Verse 2
Self-help guru's got a best seller
Talk show host gotta drag-queen bank teller
1-900 look into the crystal
the N.R.A. says you better buy a pistol
Made a little pill but it might cause cancer
just a cheap thrill when you're looking for the answer
Now tell them the answer..
Chorus (Repeat)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh it all comes down to love
Oh, oh, oh, oh(u loving me, me loving u)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh it all comes down to love
Oh, oh, oh, oh,
Verse 3
Suits on Wall Street they make another million
Dealer on the backstreet talkin' to your children
They cry for help nobody listens
you lay awake at night wonderin' what's missing?
You can put an end to all the confusion
Open up your heart is the only solution....
Chorus (Repeat)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh it all comes down to love
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh it all comes down to love
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Bridge
i said sing it up Jo'burg tell it in Soweto
singing in the gold mine and in the ghetto
the blood of hector pieterson cry for apartheid
tell it in Washington the dream will not die
Bishop Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King
they only wanna tell you
they only wanna tell you
Chorus (Repeat)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh it all comes down to love
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh it all comes down to love
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Interlude
Du, du, du, du, du, tu, dup tu, tu, du, du,
Du, du, du, du
Du, du, du, du, du, tu, dup tu, tu, du, du,
Du, du, du, du
Chorus (Repeat)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh it all comes down to love
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh it all comes down to love
oh, oh, oh, oh
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
“It All Comes Down to Love” by BeBe Winans answers the confusion of public life with one repeated line, “it all comes down to love.” Each verse lists voices that claim to have the answer: television preachers and politicians, self-help gurus and talk show hosts, and wealthy traders on Wall Street. The lyric is sharply critical of religion treated as a product, noting the tax on Jesus and the idea of fixing problems with a prayer or a dollar.
The verse about the backstreet dealer talking to children and the cry for help that nobody hears shows the cost of the noise. The lyric’s own answer is open: “Open up your heart is the only solution.”
The bridge names Johannesburg, Soweto, Washington, Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King as witnesses to the same message. The theme is close to 1 John 4:8, 1 Corinthians 13:13 and John 13:35. The refrain keeps returning love as the point of the whole song.
Related Scripture
- 1 John 4:8 God is love
- 1 Corinthians 13:13 The greatest of these is love
- John 13:35 Love as the mark of Jesus’ disciples