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First of all, don't mistake me for what y'all see
What's that?
To some I'm just a girl, but to others a MC
And I be too complex to be labeled or branded
God gave me life to multiply and expand it
So I'll be every woman in all things to all
All
From that friend that got your back to that sister that you
Call, I'll be the wife of noble character in Proverb 31
Word
Esteem you through the ages, help you reach the sun
Mother of creation, while you father expectation
Daughter of Mount Zion, mourning for
Our nation's sin and emancipation
While world keep us caged behind walls of insecurity
And false pictures being paved- Tell 'em
...
We aided our demise, now wake up and realize when it
Comes to self-worth, there ain't no time to compromise
'Cause I've been through it all, from the mountain to the valley
Come from Park and Roxbury to the streets of Cali
So- Ladies
Lend an ear
No need
For the fear
With this message that we're speaking so clear
In the rhythm
Ladies
Free your mind and your heart will follow
Do it now, girl, you ain't promised tomorrow
Ladies
Lend an ear
No need
For the fear
With this message that we're speaking so clear
In the rhythm
Ladies
Free your mind and your heart will follow
Do it now, girl, you ain't promised tomorrow
Mistreated and abused, fantasized about and used
We've been all things to all men from a goddess to a serpent
Worshipped and hung, kissed and cursed by the same tongue
Treated as a woman tossed among children
Taken and left, chosen by thighs, waist
And breasts, made a mess of what God created
True beauty got baited, traded for sex and money
Funny 'cause- ...
Men can do the same, women turn cold or learn how to play the game
No shame, clutching part of the seductress, all
Good when you're living it, land of the corrupted
Body gets fed, spirit's left neglected
Hearts filled, idle worship, true God is detested
Cry for signs and wonders, expected, manifested
Without turning from our ways, live the life that was intended
So we walk through our struggles, forced to carry on
Living in Babylon, all women stay strong
Ladies
Lend an ear
No need
For the fear
With this message that we're speaking so clear
In the rhythm
Ladies
Free your mind and your heart will follow
Do it now, girl, you ain't promised tomorrow
Ladies
Lend an ear
No need
For the fear
With this message that we're speaking so clear
In the rhythm
Ladies
Free your mind and your heart will follow
Do it now, girl, you ain't promised tomorrow
I don't have wealth or career or no job
Nah
Just stay home, barefoot, and be a mom?
I look for security in a man on TV
TV
Even in politics or the presidency, but I gave into years of
Condescendment from my pastor, father, brothers in government
My sistren- Sistren
...
I know it's hard not to react, just listen
To gain the virtues of God, got to forgive Him
Carry grace, humility, and respect
Receive through all the tears that you wept
And now I've noticed- What?
...
That your heart has been hardened 'cause it keeps taking you
Back into the garden where Adam still pressures to please
Please
Now he's gonna get down and blame it on me
What?
His assumptions of the woman in me are all off
He won't ask for directions, to my heart he'll stay lost
And we all bring steadily suffering
From insecurity, rapidly plummeting
You gotta get up, you know you ain't alone
In the name of sisterhood, we must stay strong
Stay strong
Ladies
Lend an ear
No need
For the fear
With this message that we're speaking so clear
In the rhythm
Ladies
Free your mind and your heart will follow
Do it now, girl, you ain't promised tomorrow
Ladies
Ladies
Ladies
Ladies
Ladies
Ladies
Ladies
Ladies
Ladies
Ladies
Ladies
You ain't promised tomorrow