Can't Hold Us Down -(Featuring Lil' Kim) lyrics

Song information

Artist: Christina Aguilera
Album: Stripped

Lyrics

So-what am I not s'pposed to have an opinion?
Should I be quiet to speak because I'm a woman?
Call me a bitch (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 fame through controversy (so sad)
But now it's time for me to come and give you more to say

Chorus:
This is for my girls all around the world
Who have come across a man that don't respect your worth
Thinkin' all women should be seen, not heard
So what do we do girls?
Shout louder
Letting them know we're gonna stand our ground (our ground)
So lift your hands high and wave'em proud (wohoh)
Take a deep breath and say it loud
Never can, never will
Can't hold us down

Nobody can hold us down (us down)...nobody can hold us down (us down)...nobody can hold us down (hold us down)
Never can never will..

So what am I not supposed to say what I'm saying
Are you offended with the message I'm bringin'
Call me whatever 'cause your words don't mean a thing
Cuz 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 its ok
The guy can get away with it while a girl gets named
All my ladies come together and make a change

Start a new beginning for us, everybody sing

Chorus

Lil' kim:
Here's something I just can't understand
If the guy have three girls then he's a man
He can either give her some head, or sex her raw
If the girl do the same, then she's a whore
But the table's about to turn
I'll bet my fame on it
Cats take my ideas and put their 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 tryin to mack
Do it right back to him and let that be that
You need to let him know that his game is whack
And lil' kim and christina aguilera got your 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
You're just a little boy
All you'll do is annoy
You must talk so big, to make up for smaller things
This is for my girls..

Repeat chorus x2

Ahh wahoo ahh

Spread the word
Can't hold us down
Yeh we here
We back again
Yeh lil kim and christina aguilera
Yeh
Can't hold us down!