[Hook] Said you brought me to the land with the soil and the sand and you make me grow (grow grow grow grow) Said you taught me how to breathe with the trees and the leaves and you make me grow (grow grow grow grow) Said you make me blush, put my heart in a rush and you make me grow (grow grow grow grow) Said the world don't spin till you flip that thing and you make us grow (grow grow grow grow) [Verse 1] Sister sister, let your light shine Despite crimes of unjust measures of this time They fight signs of greatness, politic and hate this Double standard paint, they major If you want a doctorate then get to it If you wanna shake ya ass then you do it 'Cause a booty and weave and a uni degree They do not have to be mutually exclusive You are soul, you are might You are honey, you are granite, you are ice You are elegant and nasty and bold and a fright You ensnare me and you scare me But my god you are the light, you the light [Hook] Said you brought me to the land with the soil and the sand and you make me grow (grow grow grow grow) Said you taught me how to breathe with the trees and the leaves and you make me grow (grow grow grow grow) Said you make me blush, put my heart in a rush and you make me grow (grow grow grow grow) Said the world don't spin till you flip that thing and you make us grow (grow grow grow grow) [Bridge] If you know about the motherly love Say a(wo)men If you talking 'bout birds and you know about a dove Say a(wo)men If you believe in a world where you know that you can Say a(wo)men And when you pray to the god on your knees and your hands Say a(wo)men Check it out like [Speech: Abi - Sojourner Truth, “Ain’t I a woman?”] Then that little man in black there, he says women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them [Verse 2] I don't know what it means to be you I viewed the world through eyes trained to demean you Conditioned lies taught me to believe you Were just a prize, alive for my retrieval, but Your crown snapped me from the ominous You cautioned us of our views that were profitless And now the sisters and the teens and the misses and the dreams, Have taught me a bad B and queen can be synonymous Vis-a-vis the dominance Breathe and see the confidence Please believe your opulence You've been the truth since the days of old So watch the cracks fill as the world's re-told Watch the world grow [Hook] Said you brought me to the land with the soil and the sand and you make me grow (grow grow grow grow) Said you taught me how to breathe with the trees and the leaves and you make me grow (grow grow grow grow) Said you make me blush, put my heart in a rush and you make me grow (grow grow grow grow) Said the world don't spin till you flip that thing and you make us grow (grow grow grow grow)
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