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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