[Verse 1:]
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Carry on Ghetto Woman
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I see you working night to morning light yet no one cares
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Carry on Ghetto Woman
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Cause even though they laugh and talk about the clothes you wear
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I wish they could just realize
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That all you¡¯ve ever needed was someone to free your mind
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Carry on Ghetto Woman
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Cause even in your darkest hours I still see your light
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[Refrain:]
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And when you cry don¡¯t you know that I am crying with you?
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When people put you down, yeah way down and you feel
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like you¡¯re alone
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Let love be your guide
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You were built to last through any weather
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Oh Ghetto Woman hold on to your dreams
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And all your great philosophies
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You¡¯re the reason I believe in me, for real
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[Verse 2:]
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Carry on Ghetto Woman
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When you doubt if you¡¯re a star, just know we still believe
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Carry on Ghetto Woman
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Even when the news portrays you less than you could be
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I wish they could just realize
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All you ever needed was someone to free your mind
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Carry on Ghetto Woman
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You¡¯re the 7th wonder reigning over us at night
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[Refrain:]
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When you cry, don¡¯t you know we¡¯re right there crying with you
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People put you down, yeah way down and you feel like you¡¯re alone
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Let love be your guide
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You were built to last through any weather
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Oh Ghetto Woman hold on to your dreams and all your great philosophies
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You¡¯re the reason I believe in me, for real
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[Bridge:]
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Some say this ghetto land will take you down and poison you
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Some say she can do all the things a man can do
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Who said the ghetto¡¯s just a place where queens dance naked on the moon?
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We say a woman came to change the face of each and every room
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[Verse 3 (Rap):]
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When I was just a baby my momma dropped out of school
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It was only second semester the baby due
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The doctor said ¡°December the first your due date¡±
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The daddy he was gone off to college he couldn¡¯t wait
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Only just a teen with dreams to be on TV
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And living with a mom and my grandma who used to feed me
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We would move around in the city place to place
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The landlord come for the rent face to face
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Her eyes too heavy from working nights as a janitor
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She¡¯d keep it to herself and nobody could understand her
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Even when she thought that she couldn¡¯t she carried on
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She couldn¡¯t imagine both of her daughters here all alone
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Before the tuxedos and black and white every day
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Used to watch my momma get down on her knees and pray
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She¡¯s the reason that I¡¯m even writing this song
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Ghetto Woman no it won¡¯t be long. Now sing along
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[Chant:]
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Let it use you
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Let it use you
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When the love is strong
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It won¡¯t let you be alone
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Let it use you
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Just let the spirit lead you
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Ghetto Woman
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Janelle Monae |