Hold It Down

Aguilera Christina
 Stripped
 Can't Hold Us Down
 So what am I not supposed to have an opinion
 Should I be quiet just because I'm a woman
 Call me a bitch cos I speak what's on my mind
 Guess it's easier for you to swallow if I sat and smiled
 When a female fires back
 Suddenly the target don't know how to act
 So he does what any little boy will do
 Making up a few false rumors or two
 That for sure is not a man to me
 Slanderin' names for popularity
 It's sad you only get your fame through controversy
 But now it's time for me to come and give you more to say
 This is for my girls all around the world
 Who've come across a man who don't respect your worth
 Thinking all women should be seen, not heard
 So what do we do girls?
 Shout louder!
 Letting them know we're gonna stand our ground
 Lift your hands high and wave them proud
 Take a deep breath and say it loud
 Never can, never will, can't hold us down
 Nobody can hold us down
 Nobody can hold us down
 Nobody can hold us down
 Never can, never will
 So what am I not supposed to say what I'm saying
 Are you offended by the message I'm bringing
 Call me whatever cos your words don't mean a thing
 Guess you ain't even a man enough to handle what I sing
 If you look back in history
 It's a common double standard of society
 The guy gets all the glory the more he can score
 While the girl can do the same and yet you call her a whore
 I don't understand why it's okay
 The guy can get away with it & the girl gets named
 All my ladies come together and make a change
 Start a new beginning for us everybody sing
 This is for my girls all around the world
 Who've come across a man who don't respect your worth
 Thinking all women should be seen, not heard
 What do we do girls?
 Shout louder!
 Letting them know we're gonna stand our ground
 Lift your hands high and wave 'em proud
 Take a deep breath and say it loud
 Never can, never will, can't hold us down
 Lil' Kim:
 Check it - Here's something I just can't understand
 If the guy have three girls then he's the man
 He can either give us some head, sex her off
 If the girl do the same, then she's a whore
 But the table's about to turn
 I'll bet my fame on it
 Cats take my ideas and put their name on it
 It's aiight though, you can't hold me down
 I got to keep on movin'
 To all my girls with a man who be tryin to mack
 Do it right back to him and let that be that
 You need to let him know that his game is whack
 And Lil' Kim and Aguilera Christina got your back
 But you're just a little boy
 Think you're so cute, so coy
 You must talk so big
 To make up for small lil' things
 So you're just a little boy
 All you'll do is annoy
 You must talk so big
 To make up for small lil' things
 This is for my girls...
 This is for my girls all around the world
 Who've come across a man who don't respect your worth
 Thinking all women should be seen, not heard
 So what do we do girls?
 Shout louder!
 Letting them know we're gonna stand our ground
 Lift your hands high and wave 'em proud
 Take a deep breath and say it loud
 Never can, never will, can't hold us down
 This is for my girls all around the world
 Who've come across a man who don't respect your worth
 Thinking all women should be seen, not heard
 So what do we do girls?
 Shout louder!
 Letting them know we're gonna stand our ground
 Lift your hands high and wave 'em proud
 Take a deep breath and say it loud
 Never can, never will, can't hold us down
 Spread the word, can't hold us down