ghetto woman
Singer:janelle monae
i see you working night to morning light yet no one cares
cause even though they laugh and talk about the clothes you wear
i wish they could just realize
that all you've ever needed was someone to free your mind
cause even in your darkest hours i still see your light
and when you cry don't you know that i am crying with you?
yeah way down and you feel
you were built to last through any weather
oh ghetto woman hold on to your dreams
and all your great philosophies
you're the reason i believe in me
when you doubt if you're a star
just know we still believe
even when the news portrays you less than you could be
i wish they could just realize
all you ever needed was someone to free your mind
you're the 7th wonder reigning over us at night
don't you know we're right there crying with you
yeah way down and you feel like you're alone
you were built to last through any weather
oh ghetto woman hold on to your dreams and all your great philosophies
you're the reason i believe in me
some say this ghetto land will take you down and poison you
some say she can do all the things a man can do
who said the ghetto's just a place where queens dance naked on the moon?
we say a woman came to change the face of each and every room
when i was just a baby my momma dropped out of school
it was only second semester the baby due
the doctor said december the first your due date"