Raise A Man
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Alicia Keys
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(gentle music)
♪ Marble in a foyer ♪
♪ I've been lovin' on you all day ♪
♪ Would've stayed if you told me to stay ♪
♪ As you can see I stayed anyway ♪
♪ I'm just not like these
other girls, I swear, I swear ♪
♪ I just have to love you ♪
♪ I just wanna need you, if that's okay ♪
♪ And you're just not like
these other men out here ♪
♪ Oh no, you just wanna hold me ♪
♪ And that's okay ♪
♪ Can I be a woman for you, baby ♪
♪ In a time when it's not allowed ♪
♪ How am I supposed to pretend ♪
♪ That I don't want you,
the way I do, oh yeah ♪
♪ 'Cause every time you're around me ♪
♪ I feel virgin all over again ♪
♪ And every time you're all around me ♪
♪ How can I renege ♪
♪ Boy I just need your hand ♪
♪ Is it okay that I'm not independent ♪
♪ Is it okay that I ♪
♪ Is it okay that I show weakness ♪
♪ Is it okay that I ♪
♪ Is it okay to can't wait to see you ♪
♪ Is it okay that I ♪
♪ Is it okay to love a man right now ♪
♪ If you understand ♪
♪ Then show me your hands, ooh hoo ♪
♪ Show me your hands ♪
♪ Boy if you understand ♪
♪ Somebody raised a man, ooh hoo ♪
♪ Raised a man ♪
♪ Ooh-ho-oh ♪
♪ Ooh-ho-oh ♪
♪ Everyday, and every night
I pray for one accord ♪
♪ I adore you even more ♪
♪ And every minute that passes me by ♪
♪ We can't afford for us to be ignored ♪
♪ See we need each other more
than we even know, oh ho ♪
♪ Somebody made a man ♪
♪ So show me how to raise a man, ooh hoo ♪
♪ Raise a man ♪
♪ You can't be a man ♪
♪ If we don't raise a man, ooh hoo ♪
♪ Raise a man ♪
♪ If you want a man ♪
♪ Then you gotta raise a man, ooh hoo ♪
♪ Raise a man ♪
♪ If you understand ♪
♪ Then show me your hands, ooh hoo ♪
♪ Show me your hands ♪
(gentle music)
♪ Oh, aye, aye ♪
♪ Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye ♪
♪ Woo ♪
(all clapping)
(group cheering)