Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
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Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
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Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
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Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
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(Funky)
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(Funky)
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[Queen Latifah]
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The ladies will kick it, the rhyme that is wicked
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Those that don't know how to be pros get evicted
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A woman can bear you, break you, take you
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Now it's time to rhyme, can you relate to
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A sister dope enough to make you holler and scream
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[Monie Love]
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Ayo, let me take it from here, Queen...
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Excuse me but I think I'm about do
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To get into precisely what I am about to do
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I'm conversating to the folks who have no whatsoever clue
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So listen very carefully as I break it down for you
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Merrily merrily merrily merrily hyper happy overjoyed
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Pleased with all the beats and rhymes my sisters have employed
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Slick and smooth throwing down the sound totally a yes
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Let me state the position: Ladies first, yes? (Yes)
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(Yeah, there's going to be some changes in here)
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Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
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[Monie Love]
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Believe me when I say being a woman is great, you see
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I know that all the fellas out there will agree with me
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Not the being one but the being with one
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Because when it's time for loving it's the woman that gets some
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Strong, stepping, strutting, moving on
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Rhyming, cutting, and not forgetting
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We are the ones that give birth
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To the new generation of prophets because it's Ladies First
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[Queen Latifah]
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I break into a lyrical freestyle
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Grab the mic, look at the crowd and see smiles
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Cause they see a woman standing up on her own two
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Sloppy slouching is something I won't do
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Some think that we can't flow (can't flow)
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Stereotypes, they got to go (got to go)
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I'm a mess around and flip the scene into reverse
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(With what?) With a little touch of "Ladies First"
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Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
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Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
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Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
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(Yeah, there's going to be some changes made here)
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[Queen Latifah]
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Who said that the ladies couldn't make it, you must be blind
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If you don't believe, well here, listen to this rhyme
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Ladies first, there's no time to rehearse
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I'm divine and my mind expands throughout the universe
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A female rapper with the message to send the
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Queen Latifah is a perfect specimen
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[Monie Love]
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My sister, can I get some?
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[Queen Latifah]
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Sure, Monie Love, grab the mic and get dumb
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[Monie Lovie]
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Yo, praise me not for simply being what I am
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Born in L-O-N-D-O-N and sound American
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You dig exactly where I'm coming from
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You want righteous rhyming, Imma give you some
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To enable you to aid yourself and get paid
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And the material that has no meaning I wish to slay
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Pay me every bit of your attention
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Like mother, like daughter, I would also like to mention
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I wish for you to bring me to, bring me to the rhythm
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Of which is now systematically given
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Desperately stressing I'm the daughter of a sister
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Who's the mother of a brother who's the brother of another
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Plus one more; all four
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Have a job to do, we doing it
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Respect due, to the mother who's the root of it
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And next up is me, the M-O-N-I-E L-O-V-E
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And I'm first cause I'm a L-A-D-I-E
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[Queen Latifah]
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Contact and in fact, the style, it gets harder
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Cooling on the scene with my European partner
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Laying down track after track, waiting for the climax
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When I get there, that's when I tax
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The next man, or the next woman
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It doesn't make a difference, keep the competition coming
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And I'll recite the chapter in verse
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The title of this recital is "Ladies First"
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Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
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Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
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Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
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Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
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[Queen Latifah]
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Step out into the night
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Queens of civilization are on the mic
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The scene is right, the crowd is hype
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I expel the wack and those who bite
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Why, cause I'm that type
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Swaying with beats 45 King style
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He wants me to sing but I swing, so meanwhile
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A footnote for the opposite sex
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Monie ripped the mic, I rocked it next
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Plex, you never catch me at my worst
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You get the drift? It's Ladies First
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