Giving Something Up — текст песни (Amel Larrieux)

`76 when a man told his wife baby doll, sorry I can`t stay
left with 5 kids she was forced to become superwoman
and go earn some pay
a college educated girl
washing dishes in a man`s world
now what good is a degree
when you got mouths to feed

she is that girl maybe you know, maybe you`ve been,
maybe you are today
insert your year where the year is if to this story you can relate

[chorus]
givin` somethin` up
we always givin` something up
we are givin` something up
we always givin something up
(repeat)

`97 a mother has no choice but to go find work
and leave her kids alone
far from heaven so she`s gone 5 days out the week
to bring a piece home
her man is off somewhere up some dress
bringin` her back some other woman`s sickness
her baby girl is cryin`, mama please,
when you`re gone the neighbor`s chasing me

around the world from Pakistan down to Soweto back to New York City
insert your year where the year is if to this story you can relate

[chorus]

givin`, tryin`, self-relying
feedin`, teachin`, always reachin`
dreamin`, losin`, being abused and
dyin`, cryin`, sacrificin`
hurtin`, being told we`re worthless
birthin`, buried alive in the earth and
hopin`, mendin` spirits broken
smilin` and somehow survivin`

[chorus]