Afeni

[00:00.60] Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-oh, yeah
[00:25.45] Now since we all came from a woman
[00:27.38] Got our names from a woman and our game from a woman
[00:30.99] I wonder why we take from our women
[00:32.85] Why we rape our women
[00:34.24] Do we hate our women?
[00:36.45] Now since we all
[00:37.74] My brothers (My brothers), I love you (I love you)
[00:40.45] I hate to know some of you treat us like Glover (Glover)
[00:42.98] Black card revoked, maybe you could use Discover (Discover)
[00:45.54] Define yourself, do you feel the same way 'bout your mother? (Mother)
[00:48.21] Do you overlook our beauty, but you lovin' on all the others (Others)
[00:51.17] Hope you teach your daughters all to stay away from suckas
[00:53.52] Like yourself if you don't love yourself
[00:55.52] I'm so Southern (Southern), I was taught to feed the soul with or without hot ovens
[00:59.04] Here's a plate, know your hate come from a black man struggle (Struggle)
[01:01.96] We all in the same shape, so I know I fit your puzzle (Puzzle)
[01:04.78] Either way, we got your back, we only pray you'll be our muscle (Pray you'll be our muscle)
[01:07.89] Strength in the times we all overcome with trouble
[01:10.28] Every day we pullin' doubles for ourself and home (For ourself and home)
[01:12.82] My mom and daddy taught me, early on, protect your own (Protect your own)
[01:15.62] We never stopped lovin' you, so turn your love back on (Your love back on)
[01:18.58] And I pray you feel the same way as that 2Pac song
[01:21.08] We ain't your hoes or your bitches, trophies, or meant for pimpin'
[01:23.80] Recognize a gift from God outweighs a birthday or a Christmas
[01:26.60] To protect our lives, you gon' take it to the limit? (You gon' take it to the limit?)
[01:29.96] Rib of my rib, do you still feel us in ya
[01:32.13] Now since we all came from a woman
[01:33.46] Got our names from a woman and our game from a woman
[01:37.12] I wonder why we take from our women
[01:39.05] Why we rape our women
[01:40.45] Do we hate our women?
[01:42.68] Now since we all came from a woman
[01:44.57] Got our names from a woman and our game from a woman
[01:48.26] I wonder why we take from our women
[01:50.07] Why we rape our women
[01:51.46] Do we hate our women?
[01:54.12] I don't know where I would be
[01:57.11] If you weren't here with me
[01:59.55] If you don't hear anybody else sayin'
[02:02.44] Please know you're appreciated ('Ated)
[02:05.08] The way you walk, way you talk so fine (Fine)
[02:07.55] And ooh, you got a brilliant mind (Brilliant mind)
[02:10.90] There ain't nobody better (Better)
[02:13.72] Each and every one of you matter to me
[02:16.99] To my sisters (To my sisters), I know we on it (I know we on it)
[02:19.63] I feel your pain, I'm a woman disappointed
[02:21.98] They should never take what's never given to 'em 'cause they want it (Want it)
[02:24.85] I was taught, if you love me, you would never cut the corners (Corners)
[02:27.33] What we made in the night, we got a raise in the mornin' (Mornin')
[02:30.27] This is sucka niggas warnin', you should never hit a woman (Woman)
[02:32.97] We should have some things in common
[02:34.26] Just like Common, he respect us
[02:35.96] A law is not a lecture, how you love us it affect us (It affect us)
[02:39.36] I ain't playin' the middle like Nadeska
[02:41.45] It ain't complex to be emotional or affectionate
[02:44.16] To my brothers that do, I hope my sisters don't think less of 'em (Don't think less of 'em)
[02:47.62] 2Pac gone, you know Rap had to message him
[02:49.89] We tried to do our best for them, mother panther vibes (Panther vibes)
[02:52.63] We need strong men, so our baby boys survive (Baby boys survive)
[02:55.35] Love our great fathers, I know some statistics lied
[02:57.94] But all the ones that didn't, yo, you gotta do your job
[03:00.48] I know this life ain't easy, every one of us is flawed (Flawed)
[03:03.63] At least love your woman, we the closest thing to God (God)
[03:06.22] And tell her keep her head up, every day that it gets hard (Gets hard)
[03:09.54] If you truly recognize that
[03:10.90] Now since we all came from a woman
[03:12.78] Got our names from a woman and our game from a woman
[03:16.57] I wonder why we take from our women
[03:18.22] Why we rape our women
[03:19.73] Do we hate our women?
[03:21.92] Now since we all
[03:22.51] I know I wouldn't be nothing (Nothing)
[03:25.39] Without you by my side (Side)
[03:28.01] You have always been the savior, you're the closest thing to God
[03:33.53] So, I just want to thank you (Thank ya), for bein' so good to me
[03:39.27] And I apologize, for not always bein' what I'm supposed to be
[03:49.95] I just wanted to write this letter, I promise, I'm gonna do better
[03:55.82] I don't know where I would be (Be)
[03:58.42] If you weren't here with me (Me)
[04:00.98] If you don't hear anybody else sayin'
[04:03.79] Please know you're appreciated ('Ated)
[04:06.40] The way you walk, way you talk so fine (Fine)
[04:09.53] And ooh, you got a brilliant mind (Brilliant mind)
[04:12.26] There ain't nobody better (Better)
[04:15.16] Each and every one of you matter to me
[04:18.89] Come here, let me untwist your hair and massage your head
[04:25.02] Let me pick your brain
[04:27.08] I wanna let you into this safe space I hold and keep sacred for you
[04:32.68] I know you are kind of hurt
[04:35.46] I kinda wish I could take the pain away from you
[04:38.83] I seen how the Devil likes to have his way with you
[04:41.34] I felt their hate for you
[04:43.44] Their innate ways to fake and play with you in this life you were given
[04:46.57] Over this nightmare you are livin', pardon them for not seein' your purpose, but for what it's worth
[04:52.55] We're in this life thing together, so...
[04:56.79] Can't you love me deeper than that?
[04:59.48] Like God intended you to?
[05:03.84] Can't you remember where you came from, like you ain't came from my seed of love?
[05:08.27] Your broken spirit can't always be the excuse
[05:12.60] Thought I taught you the gravity of respect and paying dues, thought you knew
[05:17.47] My God don't like ugly
[05:22.58] My God said she need an apology Needs to know you see all the beauty she created
[05:30.91] Needs you to know wouldn't be no you if it wasn't for us
[05:34.17] My God said, "How much harder we gotta love you?"
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