From the recording Storybook
This song started as an open beat by Abuladon. I found lyrics for it and sing the lead vocals. Abuladon sings the backing vocals and does the rapping.
It was originally titled "How to Be Happy" but Abuladon felt "What We Need" was a better title. I came around to agreeing with him on that. The song is about the loss of love to the materialism that clutters up the spaces between us.
Lyrics
We got the credits cards
We got the DVD's
We got the everything that we need
We got the radical, we got the carnival
We got the chemicals, we got the speed
PRE-CHORUS:
Do we exceed what we need?
Do we believe we need more things?
CHORUS:
What we need is love and you and me
What we need is to learn how to be happy
We got the episode
We got the private road
We got the collection of this and that
We got the fancy clothes
We got the utensils
We got the room service
We got the fat
PRE-CHORUS AND CHORUS
(rap by Abuladon)
PRE-CHORUS AND CHORUS