Can't Hold Us Down (feat. Lil' Kim)

So, what am I not supposed to have an opinion?

Should I be quiet just because I'm a woman?

Call me a bitch 'cause 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 big talker don't know how to act

So he does what any little boy would do

Makin' 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 name 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

Thinkin' all women should be seen not heard

So what do we do girls? Shout louder

Lettin' 'em know, we're gonna stand our ground

So 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

Nobody can hold us down, nobody can hold us down

Nobody gonna hold us down, never can, never will

So, what am I not supposed to say what I'm sayin'?

Are you offended with the message I'm bringin'?

Call me whatever 'cause 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

And 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

Thinkin' all women should be seen not heard (You can't get rid of us)

So what do we do girls? Shout louder

Lettin' 'em know, we're gonna stand our ground

So 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

Here's something I just can't understand

If a guy have three girls, then he's the man

He can even give her some head then sex her raw

If a girl do the same, then she's a whore

But the tables 'bout to turn, I bet my fame on it

Cats take my ideas and put they name on it

It's aight though, you can't hold me down

I got to keep on movin'

To all my girls with a man who be tryna mack

Do it right back to him and let that be that

You need to let him know that his game is wack

And Little Kim and Christina Aguilera got ya back

You're just a little boy

Think you're so cute, so coy

You must talk so big to make up for smaller things

Said, you're just a little boy, all you do is annoy

You must talk so big to make up for smaller 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

Thinkin' all women should be seen not heard

So what do we do girls? Shout louder

Lettin' 'em know, we're gonna stand our ground

So 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

Thinkin' all women should be seen not heard

So what do we do girls? Shout louder

Lettin' 'em know, we're gonna stand our ground

So 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

Yeah, we here, we back again, yeah

Lil' Kim and Christina Aguilera

Yeah, can't hold us down, uh