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[Verse 1]
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Daddy's Mama was a child of the nation
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Raised on a white man's little reservation
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Three girls, one more in the belly of her Mama
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Robbed by death giving life to her daughter
[Verse 2]
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Baby grew up fast, yeah she was a fast one
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One half child, the other half woman
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Shotgun wedding 'fore the baby arrived
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Man run off, left a child to raise a child
[Chorus]
D B
Partake of pleasure and reap the shame
A B
The hand that holds the power assigns the blame
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And this whole world turns on a woman's pain
[Instrumental]
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D B A B C#
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[Verse 3]
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"Throw me a bone and I'll make you a woman"
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God said to Adam in the Garden of Eden
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The moment her lips touched forbidden fruit
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He said "I'll curse you with pain and a man will rule you"
[Chorus]
D B
Partake of pleasure and reap the shame
A B
The hand that holds the power assigns the blame
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And this whole world turns on a woman's pain
[Outro]
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