Giving Something Up (исполнитель: Amel Larrieux)
VERSE 1 '76 when a man Told his wife 'baby doll sorry i can't stay' Left with 5 kids she was forced to [bad word] Superwoman and go earn some pay Washing dishes in a man's world college-educated girl Maybe you've been, maybe you are today Now what good is a degree When you've got mouths to feed She is that girl, maybe you know her Insert your year where the year is If to this story you can relate [bad word] Giving something up We're always giving something up We're always giving something up We are giving somethin up We're always giving something up We are giving something up We are giving something up We're always giving something We're always giving something up VERSE 2 '97, a mother has no choice But to go find work and leave her kids alone Bringing her back some other woman's sickness 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 Her baby girl is crying 'Mama please Around the world, from Pakistan When you're gone the neighbor's chasing me' Down to Soweto, back to New York City Insert your year where the year is If to this story you can relate [bad word] BRIDGE Giving, trying, self-relying (background repeated w/ each line: Giving, yes, ah) Feeling, teaching, always preaching Dying, crying, sacrificing Hurting, being told we're worthless Birthing, buried alive in the earth and Dreaming, losing, being abused and Hoping, mending, spirits broken Flying and somehow surviving [bad word] (repeated w/ ad libs till end)