Ghetto Woman Lyrics - The Electric Lady - Janelle Monae

VERSE 1: 

Carry on Ghetto Woman 

I see you working night to morning light yet no one cares 

Carry on Ghetto Woman 

Cause even though they laugh and talk about the clothes 

You wear 

I wish they could just realize 

That all you've ever needed was someone to free your 

Mind 

Carry on Ghetto Woman 

Cause even in your darkest hours I still see your light 

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And when you cry don't you know that I am crying with 

You? 

When people put you down, yeah way down and you feel 

Like you're alone 

Let love be your guide 

You were built to last through any weather 

Oh Ghetto Woman hold on to your dreams 

And all your great philosophies 

You're the reason I believe in me, for real 

VERSE 2: 

Carry on Ghetto Woman 

When you doubt if you're a star, just know we still believe 

Carry on Ghetto Woman 

Even when the news portrays you less than you could be 

I wish they could just realize 

All you ever needed was someone to free your mind 

Carry on Ghetto Woman 

You're the 7th wonder reigning over us at night 

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When you cry, don't you know we're right there crying with 

You 

People put you down, yeah way down and you feel like 

You're alone 

Let love be your guide 

You were built to last through any weather 

Oh Ghetto Woman hold on to your dreams and all your 

Great philosophies 

You're the reason I believe in me, for real 

Some say this ghetto land will take you down and poison 

You 

Some say she can do all the things a man can do 

Who said the ghetto's just a place where queens dance 

Naked on the moon? 

We say a woman came to change the face of each and every room 

VERSE 3 (RAP): 

When I was just a baby my momma dropped out of school 

It was only second semester the baby due 

The doctor said "December the first your due date" 

The daddy he was gone off to college he couldn't wait 

Only just a teen with dreams to be on TV 

And living with a mom and my grandma who used to feed 

We would move around in the city place to place 

The landlord come for the rent face to face 

Her eyes too heavy from working nights as a janitor 

She'd keep it to herself and nobody could understand her 

Even when she thought that she couldn't she carried on 

She couldn't imagine both of her daughters here all alone 

Before the tuxedos and black and white every day 

Used to watch my momma get down on her knees and 

Pray 

She's the reason that I'm even writing this song 

Ghetto Woman no it won't be long. Now sing along 

Let it use you 

Let it use you 

When the love is strong 

It won't let you be alone 

Let it use you 

Just let the spirit lead you