[Hook]
Get my black brothers out these jails
Cause I got what it takes to be a strong woman
Living in the whiteman hell
But I got what it takes to be a strong woman
No other girls got my hair
Yeah I got what it takes to be a strong woman
And I'm a strong woman, strong woman
Strong woman, strong woman
[Verse 1]
Well ain't I'm black, and ain't I'm proud
Ain't I'm Eve, the real Madonna, ain't I'm Isis
Didn't I grow up in that crack house, vicious cycles
Didn't I make it out that jungle with the psychos
Didn't I strip, didn't I ho
Didn't I disrespect myself doing p**no
Ain't I'm lonely with my baby daddy missing
It hurt so much I picked a woman to replace him
Ain't I'm focused moving in these streets
Didn't I still hold up my head through agony
I ain't no b**h I know my worth
Although you hate my guts after I gave you birth
[Hook]
[Verse 2]
Ain't it cloudy ain't it raining
Ain't I'm smiling when I'm dealing with my pain
Ain't it empty sometimes in my 'frigerator
Ain't I'm struggling to make them monthly payments
Ain't I'm carrying bags and pushing strollers
Don't I carry too much burdens on my shoulders
Didn't I wanna die when I lost everything
Didn't I hit that pipe and try to blow out my brains
Wasn't my baby born on crack and he selling d** now
Remember me begging you for money at the bus stop
Didn't I sleep in shelters looking up at the stars
Thinking bout taking my life; crying out to the stars
[Hook]
[Bridge]
This one is dedicated to my mommy
The strongest woman I know