Work your thing out, out, out
Work your thing out, out, out
Work your thing out, out, out
Work your thing out, out, out

There's so many of you girls
I hear you been runnin'
From the beautiful queen
That you can be becomin'
You can look in my palm
And see the storm comin'
Read the book of my life
And see I've overcome it

Just because the length
Of your hair ain't long
And they often criticize you
For your skin tone
Go on and hold your head high
'Cos you a pretty woman
Get your runaway stride honed
And keep it goin'
Girl, live your life

I just wanna be myself
Don't sweat girl
Be yourself
Follow me, follow me
Follow me, girl be yourself
That's why I be myself
And I grew to love it

(Work your thing out, out, out)
Let 'em get mad
They gon' hate anyway, don't you get that
(Work your thing out, out, out)
Doesn't matter
If you go along with their plan
(Work your thing out, out, out)
They'll never be happy
'Cos they're not happy with themselves
(Work your thing out, out, out)

(Ah, ah, work what you got)
I'm talkin' about things that I know
(Ah, ah, work what you got)
It's okay show yourself some love
(Ah, ah, work what you got)
Don't worry about who's sayin' what
(It's gonna be fine, work what you got)
Work what you got

Feelin great 'cos
The light's on me
Celebratin' the things
That everyone told me
Would never happen
But God has put his hands on me
And ain't a man alive
Could ever take it from me

Workin' with what I got
I gotta keep on
Takin' care of myself
I wanna live long
Ain't never ashamed
What life did to me
Wasn't afraid to change
'Cos it was good for me
I wanna

I just wanna be myself
Don't sweat girl, be yourself
Follow me, follow me
Follow me, I be myself
That's why I be myself
And I grew to love it

(Work your thing out, out, out)
Let 'em get mad
They gon' hate anyway, don't you get that
(Work your thing out, out, out)
Doesn't matter
If you go along with their plan
(Work your thing out, out, out)
They'll never be happy
'Cos they're not happy with themselves
(Work your thing out, out, out)

(Ah, ah, work what you got)
I'm talkin' about things that I know
(Ah, ah, work what you got)
It's okay show yourself some love
(Ah, ah, work what you got)
Don't worry about who's sayin' what
(It's gonna be fine, work what you got)
Work what you got

Work that, work that
Work that girl
Don't hold back
You just be yourself
You just work that
Work that, work that girl
Don't hold back
You just be yourself

You just work that
Work that, work that girl
Don't hold back
You just be yourself
(Work you head girl)
You just work that
Work that, work that girl
(Work that job girl)
Don't hold back
You just be yourself
(Work what you got)

(Ah, ah, work what you got)
I'm talkin' about things that I know
(Ah, ah, work what you got)
It's okay show yourself some love
(Ah, ah, work what you got)
Don't worry about who's sayin' what
(It's gonna be fine, work what you got)
Work what you got

Work that, work that
Work that girl
Don't hold back
You just be yourself
You just work that
Work that, work that girl
Don't hold back
You just be yourself

Work that, work that
Work that girl
Don't hold back
You just be yourself
You just work that
Work that, work that girl
Don't hold back
You just be yourself

Work what you got!