I Gat Love
By PROTEK illasheva feat. Eli-J
What “I Gat Love” means
This song is a heartfelt gospel-style song about unconditional love, compassion, and forgiveness. The lyrics repeatedly say that love comes from God and should be shown to everyone, even when people are hurting, judged, or facing troubles. The tone is warm, encouraging, and spiritual, with a strong message that love is stronger than hate, pain, and social criticism. For a language learner, the song is interesting because it uses simple repeated ideas, biblical references, and emotional phrasing to teach the vocabulary of care, faith, and support.
About PROTEK illasheva
Protek Illasheva is a Nigerian Christian rapper and hip-hop artist. He is known for blending faith-based messages with contemporary rap and Afro-gospel sounds, and he has released projects such as Heaven Indigene and Counter Culture. His music often focuses on spiritual themes, encouragement, and positive values.
"I Gat Love" featuring Eli-J was released on May 1, 2020, as part of the album Counter Culture. The song is a faith-centered hip-hop track about love, forgiveness, and choosing kindness instead of hate, and its video was highlighted as part of the album’s visual releases. It is culturally significant in Nigerian Christian hip-hop because it presents gospel ideas in a modern rap style.
Line highlights
"love is God and God is love"
This is the song’s central spiritual message. It comes from Christian belief and means that love is not just a feeling, but something divine and deeply connected to God.
"I don't care what people say"
This line shows loyalty and unconditional support. The speaker is saying that other people’s opinions do not matter when it comes to loving and standing by someone.
"love is patient"
This phrase echoes the famous Bible verse about love from 1 Corinthians 13. It teaches that real love waits, forgives, and does not react with anger.
"love is what makes me see"
This suggests that love changes the way the speaker understands other people’s suffering. Love gives empathy, helping the speaker notice someone else’s pain and respond kindly.
"I got so much love in my heart"
This is a simple but powerful expression of emotional abundance. It means the speaker feels full of love and wants to share it with others.
"Doesn't matter what you do"
This line emphasizes acceptance. In the song’s message, love should continue even when a person makes mistakes or is difficult to understand.
Lyrics preview (English)
- See love done and be loved on boast love
- I am not angry, love done, curse love I make
- I go into my brother's a person take
- This money love is what makes me say
- Sorry, I do not know when you are, I know
- What your be true cannot see us cause
- You are smiling, cannot see through what
- Neverland hit, come around and take away
Play the song above for the full karaoke-synced lyrics with line-by-line translation.