Intro]

You brotha's

Ya'll forget you got a mama

Got a lady that stick with you through thick and thin

But you dog her

And you ain't been through half the shit she been



You step in the church

Every morning six A.M. up from work

Daddy always kept it real

Taught you how a man s'pose to feel

Not afraid to cook and clean

Ain't even into the party scene

But no matter what you do

Every man that you meet

Want his cake and eat it too



1 - She been lied to, cheated on

The victim of every sad song

Her mother and her father

Definition of the perfect daughter



But she can't find a man

Who done been half the things

She done been



If you out there raise your hand

Raise your hand

Check it out



You like the thought of makin love

Occassional kisses and a few hugs

Want a family, raise some kids

Just like your mamma and your daddy did yeah

But every guy you start to dig

Comes with baggage and no gig, yeah

(Got no kind of a job)

Got a baby mama, and alot of bills

You foot the bill, but he come and go at will



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Said, give your baby a standing ovation

Got her own college education

Raise her babies all alone

Always in a house but never at a home



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24 hours in labor (She done been)

She been abused by her man (She done been)

Out there on welfare (She done been)

Ya'll don't seem to understand (She done been)

He in messin' once a month (She done been)

Scrappin up dollas to get the baby lunch (She done been)

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Ya'll don't seem to understand (She done been)

You don't seem to understand (She done been)

Call bitches and hoes for no reason (She done been)

Getting raped on by the man she was pleasin' (She done been)

It was her best friend (She done been)

Be a model man who done been through

What she done been yeah



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