[Intro]
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You brotha's
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Ya'll forget you got a mama
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Got a lady that stick with you through thick and thin
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But you dog her
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And you ain't been through half the shit she been
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You step in the church
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Every morning, six A.M., up from work
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Daddy always kept it real
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Taught you how a man s'pose to feel
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Not afraid to cook and clean
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Ain't even into the party scene
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But no matter what you do
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Every man that you meet
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Want his cake and eat it too
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[1]
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She been lied to, cheated on
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The victim of every sad song
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Her mother and her father
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Definition of the perfect daughter
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But she can't find a man
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Who done been half the things
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She done been
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If you out there raise your hand
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Raise your hand
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Check it out
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You like the thought of makin love
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Occassional kisses and a few hugs
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Want a family, raise some kids
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Just like your mamma and your daddy did yeah
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But every guy you start to dig
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Comes with baggage and no gig, yeah
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(Got no kind of a job)
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Got a baby mama, and alot of bills
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You foot the bill, but he come and go at will
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[Repeat 1]
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Said, give your baby a standing ovation
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Got her own college education
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Raise her babies all alone
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Always in a house but never at a home
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[Repeat 1]
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24 hours in labor (she done been)
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she been abused by her man (she done been)
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out there on the welfare (she done been)
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ya'll don't seem to understand (she done been)
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pms ing once a month (she done been)
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scrapping up dollars to get the baby lunch (she done been)
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left at the alter by her sucker man (she done been)
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ya'll don't seem to understand (she done been)
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you don't seem to understand (she done been)
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called bitches and hoes for no reason (she done been)
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getting reeked on by the man she was pleasing (she done been)
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it was her best friend(she done been)
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can you find a man who done been through what she done been yeah
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[Repeat 1]
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She Done Been
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Gerald Levert |