“Love is a verb.”

From time to time you’re gonna hear a preacher claim love isn’t a noun, but a verb. dc Talk singing “Luv Is a Verb.” Yeah, this was the state of Christian hip hop in the ’90s. Sad. dc Talk Largely I blame dc Talk’s 1992 song “Luv Is a Verb,” in which they looked up love in a dictionary and were apparently gobsmacked to discover yep, it’s a verb. Pullin’ out my big black book ’Cause when I need a word defined, that’s where I look So I move to the L’s quick, fast, in a hurry Threw on my specs; thought my vision was blurry I looked again but to my dismay It was black and white with no room for gray Ya see, a big V stood beyond my word And yo, that’s when it hit me, that luv is a verb Lots to pick apart there. Other Christian songs can talk about the death and resurrection of Christ, the atonement of humanity, the forgiveness of sins, and salvation itself, in one verse. But dc Talk needed the entire first verse to talk about using a dictionary. It’s not a deep son