If You Can't Give Her Love, Give Her Up

You gotta learn today to look at things right on (oh yeah) Black is black, white is white, that's a proven fact It even goes the same when it comes down to a woman That's been the greatest gift that god could give man Which is me and you Y'all can understand where I'm comin' from If you got somebody that you love I don't believe in playin' hard to get For something that I might already have Listen to me Ooh We gotta stop fussin' over the ladies Beatin' em and mistreatin' em And leaving them with a baby We gotta start them right Huggin' and lovin' and bein' real nice Although at times they be tempting And sometimes they get you old and grey But a woman was made to love One change in this sound like a sleigh What I'm tryin to say, y'all If you can't give her love Give her up, give her up And If you can't give her up, make up your mind, oh Give her up or give her her freedom I don't mean that a woman run wild And let her get out every once in a while, ooh Don't get up, get her up at home Because you don't want to hurt, just leave her alone There's a lot of men I don't know That would like to be you, so soon Who would accept a ready made family And do the things for you woman that you should be doing Hey, hey If you can't give her love, why don't ya give her Give her up, give her up And If you can't give her up, you got to give her up Or give her her freedom Ooh baby, oh my, my my baby