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Those early days who said 
Patience never pays?  
It's a man's world we're living in 
But that don't mean you have to start giving in 
 
When he says, woman, there's a place for you 
That don't mean that's what you have to do 
There's a gift somebody gave to you 
It's called talking and saying out loud 
 
My mama never knew but I do, I do 
My mama never knew 
Oh she never knew 
But I do, yes I do 
Oh my mama she never knew 
Yes I do 
 
It was late, late in life 
When my mama started to fight 
She said man, boy what the hell are you 
Gonna break up this room with a word or two 
 
If it seems I ain't good enough for you 
Then you know just what you have to do 
Pack your bags honey, take your life with you 
Go on walk out that door I won't say it no more 
 
My mama never knew but I do, I do 
My mama never knew 
Oh she never knew 
But I do, yes I do 
Oh my mama she never knew 
She never knew 
Yes I do 
 
Tied to the cross 
Sometimes I feel like an anchor in your life 
I'm just a woman 
But more than a woman I have in my life 
She said, you bring me down 
You turn me around 
If there's a justice 
I want justice in this life 
 
My mama never knew but I do, I do 
My mama never knew but I do 
Yes I do 
 
Those early days who said 
Patience never pays?  
It's a man's world we're living in 
But that don't mean you have to start giving in 
 
When he says, woman, there's a place for you 
That don't mean that's what you have to do 
There's a gift somebody gave to you 
It's called talking and saying out loud 
 
My mama never knew but I do, I do 
My mama never knew 
Oh she never knew 
But I do, yes I do 
Oh my mama she never knew 
Yes I do 
 
Just like a woman 
She knows everything