Gerald Levert She Done Been
You brotha's, y'all forget you got a mama
Got a lady that stick with you through thick and thin
But you dog her
And you ain't been through half the shit she been
You step in the church
Every morning, six am, up from work
Daddy always kept it real
Taught you how a man supposed to feel
Not afraid to cook and clean
Ain't even into the party scene
But no matter what you do
Every man that you meet
Want his cake and eat it too
She been lied to, cheated on
The victim of every sad song
Her mother and her father
Definition of a perfect daughter
But she can't find a man
Who done been half the things
She done been
If you out there, raise your hand
Raise your hand, check it out
You like the thought of making love
Occasional kisses and a few hugs
Want a family, raise some kids
Just like your mama and your daddy did, yeah
But every guy you start to dig
Comes with baggage and no gig, yeah
(Got no kind of a job)
Got a baby mama and a lot of bills
You foot the bill but he come and go at will
She been lied to, cheated on
The victim of every sad song
Her mother and her father
Definition of a perfect daughter
But she can't find a man
Who done been half the things
She done been
She done been
She done been
She done been
Said, give your baby a standing ovation
Got her own college education
Raise the babies all alone
Always in a house but never at a home
Said, she can't find a man
Who done been half the things
She done been
If you out there, raise your hand
Raise your hand, raise your hand
(She done been)
Twenty-four hours in labor
(She done been)
She been abused by her man
(She done been)
Out there on the welfare
(She done been)
Y'all don't seem to understand
(She done been)
PMS ing once a month
(She done been)
Scrapping up dollars to get the baby lunch
(She done been)
Left at the alter by her sucker man
(She done been)
Y'all don't seem to understand
You don't seem to understand
(She done been)
Called bitches and hoes for no reason
(She done been)
Getting reeked on by the man she was pleasing
(She done been)
It was her best friend
(She done been)
Can you find a man who done been through
What she done been, yeah
She can't find a man
Who done been half the things
She done been
She done been
She done been
She done been
She done been