CONDITIONAL LOVE

I was workin’ at Franklins field / picking cotton / picking greens the sun came down

I had to pass you to grind up his cornmeal / and every time I did / I wish you could stay around / we were just two slaves in a crowded field of slaves / me a housemaid / but we had such a jones for each other / ironically in the midst of these conditions / there’s still love

Chorus:  Conditional love / ironically in the midst of these conditions / conditional love

Matter of fact / I’d risk being abused by the overseer for a moment / to get to know your life / I mean our lives / ain’t that important / your physical life is the same ol’ bad condition as mine / but I’m talking bout your dreams / the things that can’t be taken by no one / your love

Chorus:  Conditional love / ironically in the midst of these conditions / conditional love