Laru Larrieux - Giving Something Up lyrics

[Verse 1] '76 when a man told his wife, “Baby doll, sorry I can't stay” Left with five 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] Giving something up We always giving something up We are giving something up We always giving something up Giving something up We always giving something up We are giving something up We always giving something - we always giving something up [Verse 2] '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 Bringing her back some other woman's sickness Her baby girl is crying, 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] Giving something up We always giving something up We are giving something up We always giving something up Giving something up We always giving something up We are giving something up We always giving something - we always giving something up [Bridge] Giving, trying, self-relying Feeding, teaching, always reaching Dreaming, losing, being abused and Dying, crying, sacrificing Hurting, being told we're worthless Birthing, buried alive in the earth and Hoping, mending spirits broken Smiling and somehow surviving [Chorus] Giving something up We always giving something up We are giving something up We always giving something up Giving something up We always giving something up We are giving something up We always giving something - we always giving something up