Raise A Man - Alicia Keys (艾莉西亚·凯斯)

Lyrics by：Alicia Keys/Larrance Dopson/Terius Nash/Khirye Tyler

Composed by：Alicia Keys/Larrance Dopson/Terius Nash/Khirye Tyler

Marble in a foyer foyer

I've been lovin' on you all day

Would've stayed if you told me to stay stay

As you can see I stayed anyway

I'm just not like these other girls I swear swear

I just have to love you

I just wanna need you if that's okay that's okay

And you're just not like these other men out here

No no

You just wanna hold me and that's okay

Can I be a woman for you baby

In a time when it's not allowed

How am I supposed to pretend

That I don't want you the way I do oh yeah

'Cause every time you're around me

Around me around me

I feel virgin all over again

And every time you're all around me me

How can I renege boy I just need your hand

Is it okay that I'm not independent

Is it okay that I

Is it okay that I show weakness

Is it okay that I that I

Is it okay to can't wait to see you

Is it okay that I

Is it okay to love a man right now

If you understand

Then show me your hands

Show me your hands

Boy if you understand

Somebody raise a man

Raise a man

I've never been treated a way I didn't wanna be treated

It's hard to explain I know it's hard to believe

I want what's comin' to me

Perfection perfection perfection protection protection please love

With me all night long

Makin' love to our favorite song

Your love teaches me how to love

So deep so baby it's so sweet

Can't wait to pass you down down

To the face that resembles you and me

Is it okay that I'm not independent

Is it okay that I

Is it okay that I show weakness

Is it okay that I

Is it okay to can't wait to see you

Is it okay that I

Is it okay to love a man right now

If you understand

Then show me your hands

Show me your hands

Boy if you understand

Somebody raise a man

Raise a man

Every day and every night I pray for one accord

I adore you even more

And every minute that passes me by

We can't afford for us to be ignored

Say we need each other more than we know

Somebody made a man

To show me how to raise a man

Raise a man

You can't be a man

If we don't raise a man

Raise a man

If you want a man

Then you gotta raise a man

Raise a man

If you understand

Then show me your hands

Show me your hands