Ghetto Woman-Janelle Monáe

[ti:Ghetto Woman] [ar:Janelle Monáe] [al:The Electric Lady (Target Delu] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ghetto Woman - Janelle Monáe (加奈儿·梦奈) [00:15.45]Carry on Ghetto Woman [00:18.17] [00:19.92]I see you working night to morning light yet no one cares [00:23.04] [00:23.97]Carry on Ghetto Woman [00:25.98] [00:27.78]Cause even though they laugh and [00:29.53]Talk about the clothes you wear [00:31.22]I wish they could just realize [00:34.70] [00:35.95]That all you've ever needed was someone to free your mind [00:39.51]Carry on Ghetto Woman [00:42.07] [00:44.26]Cause even in your darkest hours I still see your light [00:46.94] [00:47.63]And when you cry don't you know [00:50.63]That I am crying with you [00:51.81] [00:54.80]When people put you down yeah way down and you feel [00:59.24]Like you're alone [01:00.17] [01:02.85]Let love be your guide [01:04.04] [01:05.35]You were built to last through any weather [01:07.62] [01:10.86]Oh Ghetto Woman hold on to your dreams [01:13.80]And all your great philosophies [01:15.67]You're the reason I believe in me for real [01:19.73]Carry on Ghetto Woman [01:22.17] [01:23.85]When you doubt if you're a star [01:25.67]Just know we still believe [01:26.43] [01:27.37]Carry on Ghetto Woman [01:29.93] [01:31.67]Even when the news portrays you less than you could be [01:35.11]I wish they could just realize [01:38.72] [01:39.77]All you ever needed was someone to free your mind [01:42.90] [01:43.66]Carry on Ghetto Woman [01:46.10] [01:47.91]You're the 7th wonder reigning over us at night [01:50.84] [01:51.65]When you cry don't you know [01:54.03] [01:54.71]We're right there crying with you [01:56.15] [01:58.95]People put you down yeah way down [02:02.51]And you feel like you're alone [02:04.13] [02:06.82]Let love be your guide [02:08.00] [02:09.31]You were built to last through any weather [02:11.88] [02:14.86]Oh Ghetto Woman hold on to your dreams [02:17.92]And all your great philosophies [02:19.79]You're the reason I believe in me for real [02:24.04]Some say this ghetto land will [02:27.16]Take you down and poison you [02:28.40] [02:32.14]Some say she can do all the things a man can do [02:36.27] [02:40.27]Who said the ghetto's just a place [02:42.14]Where queens dance naked on the moon [02:43.78] [02:48.15]We say a woman came to change [02:50.16]The face of each and every room [02:51.78] [03:11.87]When I was just a baby [03:12.98]My momma dropped out of school [03:13.85]It was only second semester the baby due [03:15.60]The doctor said “December the first your due date” [03:17.67]The daddy he was gone off to college he couldn't wait [03:19.80]Only just a teen with dreams to be on TV [03:21.72]And living with a mom and [03:22.84]My grandma who used to feed me [03:23.90]We would move around in the city place to place [03:25.59]The landlord come for the rent face to face [03:27.59]Her eyes too heavy from working nights as a janitor [03:29.64]She'd keep it to herself and nobody could understand her [03:31.70]Even when she thought that she couldn't she carried on [03:33.78]She couldn't imagine both of her daughters here all alone [03:35.71]Before the tuxedos and black and white every day [03:37.13]Used to watch my momma [03:38.39]Get down on her knees and pray [03:39.82]She's the reason that [03:40.88]I'm even writing this song [03:41.43]Ghetto Woman no it won't be long Now sing along [03:43.81]Let it use you [03:44.61] [03:45.42]Let it use you [03:46.42] [03:47.35]When the love is strong [03:48.79] [03:49.61]It won't let you be alone [03:50.92] [03:51.48]Let it use you [03:52.29] [03:53.42]Just let the spirit lead you