《Independent Woman》歌词

歌曲： Independent Woman

所属专辑：Bad Sister

歌手： Roxanne Shante

时长： 04:37

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Independent Woman - Roxanne Shante[00:00:00]

Ladies listen up I really hope you're ready[00:00:10]

Cause what I've got to say is far from petty[00:00:13]

We've come a long way baby so maybe[00:00:15]

Shanté can help a sister that's way behind lost in the mind and can't find[00:00:18]

Her way to a better day you know the kind[00:00:23]

So wrapped up in fairy tale dreams[00:00:26]

So naive that every male seems[00:00:28]

Honest and loyal ready to spoil[00:00:31]

Buying him gifts as if the boy's loyal[00:00:33]

But shanté is here just to say a few things[00:00:36]

Some you heard before but some are new things[00:00:38]

So lend me your ears dry up your tears[00:00:41]

And let's hear the cheers for the years[00:00:43]

Of the independent woman[00:00:45]

Yeah[00:00:48]

Louder[00:00:49]

Yeah[00:00:50]

Louder[00:00:54]

How many runny-nose kids can you have[00:00:57]

How many nights can you work on the ave[00:00:59]

Your so-called man has a car and a visa[00:01:01]

He's living large while you're living on pizza[00:01:04]

Unemployed while you wait for the perfect mate[00:01:07]

Let's get one thing straight cause it's getting late[00:01:09]

What you're waiting for is really never coming[00:01:12]

No one hears the sorry tunes that you're humming[00:01:14]

I'm here to bring the news that if you're singing the blues[00:01:17]

Everyday it will not change the views[00:01:20]

That people have of you they say you're lost[00:01:22]

Nobody forced you to quit your future's tossed[00:01:25]

You put your faith in the guys with the hazel eyes[00:01:27]

You thought you would get a prize all you got was lies[00:01:30]

Now you're stuck in a room with a mopping broom[00:01:33]

Did you assume that one day you will find a groom[00:01:35]

Are you dizzy who would ever marry you[00:01:38]

You're looking for a man that will carry you[00:01:40]

And buy you nice things like diamond rings[00:01:43]

You're amazed at the truth that my rhyming brings[00:01:46]

But the truth is the only way you'll ever see[00:01:48]

That the life that you're hoping for will never be[00:01:51]

But the race isn't over put down the rope[00:01:53]

Shanté is here to say there's still hope[00:01:56]

So lend me your ears dry up your tears[00:01:58]

And let's hear the cheers for the years[00:02:01]

Of the independent woman[00:02:02]

Yeah[00:02:04]

Louder[00:02:06]

Yeah[00:02:07]

Louder[00:02:11]

So much to live for she wants to die[00:02:13]

Life's full of pitfalls maybe that's why[00:02:16]

Her pops went to jail her mother tapped her vein[00:02:19]

City took custody and trapped her in pain[00:02:21]

Feeling so alone in the room with a stranger[00:02:24]

Hates her own blood and nothing's gonna change her[00:02:26]

Angry at the world cause it doesn't play fair[00:02:29]

So much despair does she feel no one to care[00:02:31]

Not a single family member will remember her[00:02:34]

Smoke's in her eyes and the past is a blur[00:02:37]

She's on her own now living with some other girls[00:02:39]

With the same damn lives but from a different world[00:02:42]

These girls are lost how the city is full of fools[00:02:45]

So many years no guidings and no kinda rules[00:02:47]

No love to give yo they need love to live[00:02:50]

If not instead they'll ponder in a bed[00:02:52]

Sex is the thing that makes her feel wanted[00:02:54]

Love and care for she's undaunted[00:02:57]

Because whoever is laying there won't really matter[00:02:59]

Such a sad song when young dreams shatter[00:03:03]

I really don't think glue is gonna fix it[00:03:05]

But homegirl can walk the right path if she picks it[00:03:07]

So lend me your ears dry up your tears[00:03:10]

And let's hear the cheers for the years[00:03:12]

Of the independent woman[00:03:14]

Yeah[00:03:16]

Louder[00:03:18]

Yeah[00:03:19]

Louder[00:03:23]

The black woman role grows larger each day[00:03:25]

Nothing in the way so what we teach may[00:03:28]

Somehow help those young sisters that doze[00:03:30]

And sleepwalk through life with their eyes closed[00:03:33]

You don't need a man all you need is to know you can[00:03:36]

Then you can stand on your own two feet and[00:03:38]

Achieve anything that you want out of life[00:03:41]

Do for yourself then you can be a wife[00:03:44]

And you'll feel so good that you wanna shout[00:03:46]

Because you got to the top and got there without[00:03:49]

Relying on tom dick or billy dee[00:03:51]

You don't have to turn the lights on to really see[00:03:54]

So lend me your ears dry up your tears[00:03:57]

And let's hear the cheers for the years[00:03:59]

Of the independent woman[00:04:01]

Yeah[00:04:03]

Louder[00:04:04]

Yeah[00:04:05]

Louder[00:04:09]

Yeah[00:04:10]

Louder[00:04:14]

Yeah[00:04:16]

Louder[00:04:19]

Yeah[00:04:21]

Louder[00:04:25]

Yeah[00:04:26]

Louder[00:04:31]