Good Woman Down - Mary J. Blige

In my life, I’ve seen it all

And now it’s time

For me to pass on this knowledge to you

All my sisters

My troubled sisters

This is my gift to you

Been many days, couldn’t take the pain

Felt I should take my life away

See it every day in every other young sister’s fate

See, I’m cryin' now, mind full of doubt

Runnin' in the streets, no self-esteem

Thinkin' that used to be me

What a shame

Damn, life is a mutha, it’s hard to sit back

And see the same thing that happened to me happen to you

This ain’t love, but here’s the love I wanna give to you

It doesn’t matter what they say or do

Don’t let it get to you

Don’t be afraid, you can you can break through

Take what I been through to see that

You can’t hold a good woman down

Went through the same point of giving up, felt like I had enough

Went to the edge of the ledge but I didn’t jump

My life will sum it up

You can’t hold a good woman down

Ooh, when I used to see my daddy beat

My mother down, down to her feet

I used to say that ain’t gon' ever be me (Never be me)

Now look at you, bruised up from him

Girl recognize you’re better than

Him telling you that he’ll never hit you again

Girl, don’t cry

Damn, life is a mutha, it’s hard to sit back

And see the same thing that happened to me happen to you

This ain’t love, but here’s the love I wanna give to you

It doesn’t matter what they say or do

Don’t let it get to you

Don’t be afraid, you can you can break through

Take what I been through to see that

You can’t hold a good woman down

Went through the same point of giving up, felt like I had enough

Went to the edge of the ledge but I didn’t jump

My life will sum it up

You can’t hold a good woman down

Through your changes I will hold your hand

Use my songs as remedy

Whenever you’re feeling down and blue

I’ll be there for you

Trust and know that I’ve been where you’re at

Seen the things that you can’t see

Looking at you resembles me

But you gotta hold on

It doesn’t matter what they say or do

Don’t let it get to you

Don’t be afraid, you can you can break through

Take what I been through to see that

You can’t hold a good woman down

(You can’t hold a good woman down)

Went through the same point of giving up, felt like I had enough

Went to the edge of the ledge but I didn’t jump

(Went to the edge of the ledge but I didn’t jump)

My life will sum it up

That you can’t hold a good woman down

You can’t hold me, you can’t hold me down, you can’t hold me

You can’t hold me down, you can’t hold me

You can’t hold a good woman down, oh oh

You can’t hold me down, can’t hold me down, no

There you have it

I’m still with you my sisters

My troubled sisters

I still have troubles, too

(You can’t hold a good woman down)

You’re not alone

I’ll always be there for you

Rock on

(You can’t hold a good woman down)