[00:00:00] Independent Woman - Roxanne Shante
[00:00:10] Ladies listen up I really hope you're ready
[00:00:13] Cause what I've got to say is far from petty
[00:00:15] We've come a long way baby so maybe
[00:00:18] Shanté can help a sister that's way behind lost in the mind and can't find
[00:00:23] Her way to a better day you know the kind
[00:00:26] So wrapped up in fairy tale dreams
[00:00:28] So naive that every male seems
[00:00:31] Honest and loyal ready to spoil
[00:00:33] Buying him gifts as if the boy's loyal
[00:00:36] But shanté is here just to say a few things
[00:00:38] Some you heard before but some are new things
[00:00:41] So lend me your ears dry up your tears
[00:00:43] And let's hear the cheers for the years
[00:00:45] Of the independent woman
[00:00:48] Yeah
[00:00:49] Louder
[00:00:50] Yeah
[00:00:54] Louder
[00:00:57] How many runny-nose kids can you have
[00:00:59] How many nights can you work on the ave
[00:01:01] Your so-called man has a car and a visa
[00:01:04] He's living large while you're living on pizza
[00:01:07] Unemployed while you wait for the perfect mate
[00:01:09] Let's get one thing straight cause it's getting late
[00:01:12] What you're waiting for is really never coming
[00:01:14] No one hears the sorry tunes that you're humming
[00:01:17] I'm here to bring the news that if you're singing the blues
[00:01:20] Everyday it will not change the views
[00:01:22] That people have of you they say you're lost
[00:01:25] Nobody forced you to quit your future's tossed
[00:01:27] You put your faith in the guys with the hazel eyes
[00:01:30] You thought you would get a prize all you got was lies
[00:01:33] Now you're stuck in a room with a mopping broom
[00:01:35] Did you assume that one day you will find a groom
[00:01:38] Are you dizzy who would ever marry you
[00:01:40] You're looking for a man that will carry you
[00:01:43] And buy you nice things like diamond rings
[00:01:46] You're amazed at the truth that my rhyming brings
[00:01:48] But the truth is the only way you'll ever see
[00:01:51] That the life that you're hoping for will never be
[00:01:53] But the race isn't over put down the rope
[00:01:56] Shanté is here to say there's still hope
[00:01:58] So lend me your ears dry up your tears
[00:02:01] And let's hear the cheers for the years
[00:02:02] Of the independent woman
[00:02:04] Yeah
[00:02:06] Louder
[00:02:07] Yeah
[00:02:11] Louder
[00:02:13] So much to live for she wants to die
[00:02:16] Life's full of pitfalls maybe that's why
[00:02:19] Her pops went to jail her mother tapped her vein
[00:02:21] City took custody and trapped her in pain
[00:02:24] Feeling so alone in the room with a stranger
[00:02:26] Hates her own blood and nothing's gonna change her
[00:02:29] Angry at the world cause it doesn't play fair
[00:02:31] So much despair does she feel no one to care
[00:02:34] Not a single family member will remember her
[00:02:37] Smoke's in her eyes and the past is a blur
[00:02:39] She's on her own now living with some other girls
[00:02:42] With the same damn lives but from a different world
[00:02:45] These girls are lost how the city is full of fools
[00:02:47] So many years no guidings and no kinda rules
[00:02:50] No love to give yo they need love to live
[00:02:52] If not instead they'll ponder in a bed
[00:02:54] Sex is the thing that makes her feel wanted
[00:02:57] Love and care for she's undaunted
[00:02:59] Because whoever is laying there won't really matter
[00:03:03] Such a sad song when young dreams shatter
[00:03:05] I really don't think glue is gonna fix it
[00:03:07] But homegirl can walk the right path if she picks it
[00:03:10] So lend me your ears dry up your tears
[00:03:12] And let's hear the cheers for the years
[00:03:14] Of the independent woman
[00:03:16] Yeah
[00:03:18] Louder
[00:03:19] Yeah
[00:03:23] Louder
[00:03:25] The black woman role grows larger each day
[00:03:28] Nothing in the way so what we teach may
[00:03:30] Somehow help those young sisters that doze
[00:03:33] And sleepwalk through life with their eyes closed
[00:03:36] You don't need a man all you need is to know you can
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