Mary J. Blige — Good Woman Down

[Produced by 9th Wonder] [Intro] In my life, I've seen it all And now it's time For me to pass on this knowledge to you All my sisters My troubled sisters This is my gift to you [Verse 1] Been many days, couldn't take the pain Felt I should take my life away See it every day in every other young sister's fate (Young sister, sister) See, I'm cryin' now, mind full of doubt Runnin' in the streets, no self-esteem Thinkin' that used to be me What a shame [Pre-Chorus] Damn, life is a mutha, it's hard to sit back And see the same thing that happened to me happen to you This ain't love, but here's the love I wanna give to you [Chorus] It doesn't matter what they say or do (Do) Don't let it get to you (You) Don't be afraid, you can, you can, you can break through Take what I been through (Through) To see that You can't hold a good woman down (Down) Went through the same point of giving up (Up, up) Felt like I had enough ('Nough) Went to the edge of the ledge but I didn't jump My life will sum it up (Up) You can't hold a good woman down [Verse 2] Ooh, when I used to see my daddy beat My mother down, down to her feet I used to say that ain't gon' never be me (Never be me) Now look at you, bruised up from him Girl, recognize you're better than Him telling you that he'll never hit you again Girl, don't cry [Pre-Chorus] Damn, life is a mutha, it's hard to sit back And see the same thing that happened to me happen to you This ain't love, but here's the love I wanna give to you [Chorus] It doesn't matter what they say or do (Do) Don't let it get to you (You) Don't be afraid, you can, you can, you can break through Take what I been through (Through) To see that You can't hold a good woman down (Down) Went through the same point of giving up (Up, up) Felt like I had enough ('Nough) Went to the edge of the ledge but I didn't jump My life will sum it up (Up) You can't hold a good woman down [Bridge] Through your changes I will hold your hand Use my songs as remedy Whenever you're feeling down and blue I'll be there for you Trust and know that I've been where you're at Seen the things that you can't see Looking at you resembles me But you gotta hold on [Chorus] It doesn't matter what they say or do (Do) (Ooh, girl, don't cry) Don't let it get to you (You) Don't be afraid, you can, you can, you can break through Take what I been through (Through) To see that You can't hold a good woman down (Down) (You can't hold a good woman down) Went through the same point of giving up (Up, up) Felt like I had enough ('Nough) Went to the edge of the ledge but I didn't jump (Went to the edge of the ledge but I didn't jump) My life will sum it up (Up) You can't hold a good woman down [Post-Chorus] You can't hold me, you can't hold me down, you can't hold me You can't hold me down, you can't hold me You can't hold a good woman down, oh, oh You can't hold me down, can't hold me down, no, no, no [Outro] There you have it I'm still with you, my sisters My troubled sisters I still have troubles too (You can't hold a good woman down) You're not alone I'll always be there for you Rock on (You can't hold a good woman down)