Can't Hold Us Down by Christina Aguilera
featuring Lil' Kim
So- What am I not s'pposed to have an opinion
Should I keep quiet just because I'm a woman
Call me a bitch cause I speak what's on my mind
Guess it's (1)____________ for you to swallow if I sat and smiled
When a female (2)__________ (3)________
Suddenly big talker don't know how to act
So he does what (4)__________ little boy would do
Makin' up a few false rumors or two
That for sure is not a man to me, slanderin' names for popularity
It's sad you only get your fame through controversy
But now it's time for me to come and give you (5)________ to say
CHORUS
This is for my girls all around the world
Who (6)________ come (7)____________ a man who don't respect your worth
Thinkin' all women (8)____________ be (9)________ not heard
So what do we do girls, shout out loud
Lettin' 'em know we're gonna (10)__________ our ground
So lift you hands higher and wave 'em proud
Take a (11)________ breath and say it loud
Never can, (12)__________ will
Can't hold us down
Nobody can (13)________ us down.
Never can never will.
So- What am I not (14)________________ to say what I'm saying
Are you offended with the message I'm bringin'
Call me whatever 'cause your (15)__________ don't mean a thing
Guess you ain't even a man enough to handle what I sing
If you look back in history it's a common double standard of society
The guy gets all the glory the (16)________ he can score
While the (17)________ can do the same and yet you (18)________ her a whore
I don't (19)____________________ why it's OK,
The guy gets all the glory and the girl (20)________ named
All my ladies come together and make a change
And start a new beginning for us, everybody sang
CHORUS-repeat
Lil' Kim:
Check it- Here's something I (21)________ can't understand
If the guy have three girls then he's the man
He can either give us some head, sex her off
If the (22)________ can do the same, then she's a whore
But the table's about to turn
I'll bet my fame on it
Cats (23)________ my ideas and put their name on it
It's aiight though, you can't hold me down
I got to keep on movin'
To all my girls with a man who be tryin' to mack
Do it right back to him and let that be that
You (24)________ to let him know that his name is wack
And Lil' Kim and Christina (25)________________ got your back
You're (26)________ a little boy
Think you're so cute, so coy
You must (27)________ so big to make up for smaller things
You're just a little boy
All you do is annoy
You must talk so big to make up for smaller things
CHORUS-repeat 2X
Can't hold us down!
(repeat and fade out)
So- What am I not s'pposed to have an opinion
Should I keep quiet just because I'm a woman
Call me a bitch cause I speak what's on my mind
Guess it's (1)____________ for you to swallow if I sat and smiled
When a female (2)__________ (3)________
Suddenly big talker don't know how to act
So he does what (4)__________ little boy would do
Makin' up a few false rumors or two
That for sure is not a man to me, slanderin' names for popularity
It's sad you only get your fame through controversy
But now it's time for me to come and give you (5)________ to say
CHORUS
This is for my girls all around the world
Who (6)________ come (7)____________ a man who don't respect your worth
Thinkin' all women (8)____________ be (9)________ not heard
So what do we do girls, shout out loud
Lettin' 'em know we're gonna (10)__________ our ground
So lift you hands higher and wave 'em proud
Take a (11)________ breath and say it loud
Never can, (12)__________ will
Can't hold us down
Nobody can (13)________ us down.
Never can never will.
So- What am I not (14)________________ to say what I'm saying
Are you offended with the message I'm bringin'
Call me whatever 'cause your (15)__________ don't mean a thing
Guess you ain't even a man enough to handle what I sing
If you look back in history it's a common double standard of society
The guy gets all the glory the (16)________ he can score
While the (17)________ can do the same and yet you (18)________ her a whore
I don't (19)____________________ why it's OK,
The guy gets all the glory and the girl (20)________ named
All my ladies come together and make a change
And start a new beginning for us, everybody sang
CHORUS-repeat
Lil' Kim:
Check it- Here's something I (21)________ can't understand
If the guy have three girls then he's the man
He can either give us some head, sex her off
If the (22)________ can do the same, then she's a whore
But the table's about to turn
I'll bet my fame on it
Cats (23)________ my ideas and put their name on it
It's aiight though, you can't hold me down
I got to keep on movin'
To all my girls with a man who be tryin' to mack
Do it right back to him and let that be that
You (24)________ to let him know that his name is wack
And Lil' Kim and Christina (25)________________ got your back
You're (26)________ a little boy
Think you're so cute, so coy
You must (27)________ so big to make up for smaller things
You're just a little boy
All you do is annoy
You must talk so big to make up for smaller things
CHORUS-repeat 2X
Can't hold us down!
(repeat and fade out)
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