Don't Give It Up

Alright girls, come on now

We gon' have to get together

And figure out what we gon' do

With all these men

You know how they can be, don't ya?

Oh yeah, they sit back and they take all the good years away

Take everything they can get

And then when you hit twenty five

Talkin' 'bout, oh, you done got too old for me

I'ma have to go out and find me somebody 'bout eighteen

They ain't playin'

See, you laugh it off if want to

But they serious as a heart attack

Do you know what I mean?

So what we got to do is get our heads together

And figure out how we gon' change things around a little bit

You know what I mean?

We got to work on this from mornin' till night

'Cause as long as you let 'em get away with it

They gon' do it

Now, take this for instance

When a dude drives up, see, in this big, fine car

Starts tellin' you, ha, eyein' you all over, baby, you fine

Yeah

And if he tries to get you in the car, tellin' you

He gon' make you a star

Better be ware, honey

Then he gon' knock on your door

Gon' bring you all the flowers and diamonds

I tell you what you do

I want you to take it

If he bring it, take it

Gotta keep what ya got

While ya high

And don't give nothin' up to nobody

No matter what they say

You got to tell 'em right away

That you ain't givin' nothin' up to nobody

No how (When ya hot, ya hot)

That's right, girls, don't give nothin' away

(When ya not ya not)

(When ya hot, ya hot)

Uh-uh, whoa

Temptation is such, it gon' give you half as much

(Temptation, temptation)

As you get when your man is good to you

And as long as he makes you feel

That his love is really real

Then, baby, here's what you got to do

You got to dig the situation

Have a good relation

Show appreciation

But without hesitation

You got to let him know

That he's gonna have to go

If he ever starts messin' 'round on you

(No, no, no, no)

And you got to keep what you got

While ya hot

And don't give nothin' up to nobody

Hey, and no matter what they say

You got to tell 'em right away

I ain't givin' nothin' up to nobody

No how

I ain't givin' up nothin'

(You gotta do it)

You ain't gettin' nothin' yet, do you?

(Do it)

(You gotta do it)

That's right, now listen

Now I'm gonna hold on to my man

Just as long as I can hold him

(Just hold on, just hold on)

See, but I ain't gonna take no stuff

'Cause like I told ya, I had enough

(Just hold on)

And even though my love is strong

I ain't gon' let him do me wrong

And if he acts like he wants to go

I'm gonna walk him right out the door

And I'm gonna keep what I got

While I'm hot

I ain't givin' nothin' up to nobody, hey

(When ya hot, ya hot)

(When ya not, ya not)

And no matter what they say

I'd tell 'em right away

I ain't givin' nothin' up to nobody, no how

(Do it, you gotta do it)

I ain't givin' nothin' away

(Do it)

I'm gon' get everything I got

That's right

(Do it)

(You gotta do it)

(Do it)

(You gotta do it)

Let the music get down

(No, no)

(I ain't givin' nothin' up)

(To nobody)

No how

I ain't givin' nothin' up

No

(Give up)

(Give up)

(Give up)

(Give up)

I'm gon' keep what I got

While I'm hot

It ain't gon' give it up to nobody

And no matter what they say

I'm gonna tell 'em right away

I ain't givin' nothin' up to nobody

No how

I ain't givin' nothin' up, no

(Do it)

Not now

Not next week

Next year or in the here after

(Look out)

What you got to give me?

See, that's what I wanna hear about

That's right (Do it)

See the whole trick is we should all be walkin' around here

In diamonds and furs, drivin' in big, fine cars

(Look out)

But they ain't gon' do that

You young girls out there

You better watch your step, because they lookin' for you, honey

They after you like white on rice

That's right, don't give 'em a chance

(Look out)

(Look out)

(Look out)

(Look out)