Raise A Man

[00:00.70]Alicia Keys - Raise A Man
[00:24.15]Marble in a foyer
[00:26.54]I've been loving on you all day
[00:29.33]Would've stayed if you told me to stay
[00:32.06]As you can see I stayed anyway
[00:35.11]I'm just not like these other girls I swear
[00:39.10]I just have to love you
[00:42.09]I just wanna need you if that's okay
[00:46.44]And you're just not like these other men out here
[00:50.69]No no
[00:53.61]You just wanna hold me and that's okay
[00:57.98]Can I be a woman for you baby
[01:01.87]In a time when it's not allowed
[01:09.01]How am I supposed to pretend
[01:13.51]That I don't want you the way I do oh yeah
[01:20.29]Cause every time you're around me
[01:24.44]I feel virgin all over again
[01:30.20]And every time you're all around me
[01:35.21]How can I renege boy I just need your hand
[01:42.74]Is it okay that I'm not independent
[01:45.63]Is it okay that I
[01:48.27]Is it okay that I show weakness
[01:51.10]Is it okay that I
[01:53.88]Is it okay that I can't wait to see you
[01:56.91]Is it okay that I
[01:59.51]Is it okay to love a man right now
[02:03.66]If you understand
[02:09.27]Then show me your hands ooh ooh
[02:12.31]Show me your hands
[02:14.83]Boy if you understand
[02:20.19]Somebody raise a man ooh ooh
[02:23.53]Raise a man
[02:28.23]I've never been treated a way I didn't wanna be treated
[02:34.88]It's hard to explain I know it's hard to believe
[02:38.53]I want what's coming to me
[02:42.79]Perfection protection please love
[02:50.63]With me all night long oh
[02:57.96]Makin' love to our favorite song
[03:00.79]Your love teaches me how to love
[03:07.55]So deep baby it's so sweet
[03:12.26]Can't wait to pass you down
[03:16.46]To the face that resembles you and me
[03:24.38]Is it okay that I'm not independent
[03:27.36]Is it okay that I
[03:29.92]Is it okay that I show weakness
[03:32.76]Is it okay that I
[03:35.54]Is it okay that I can't wait to see you
[03:38.47]Is it okay that I
[03:41.15]Is it okay to love a man right now
[03:45.08]If you understand
[03:51.00]Then show me your hands ooh ooh
[03:53.73]Show me your hands
[03:56.41]Boy if you understand
[04:01.82]Somebody raise a man ooh ooh
[04:05.21]Raise a man
[04:09.41]Oh-oh- oh
[04:19.07]Oh-oh
[04:30.69]Every day and every night I pray for one accord
[04:39.06]I adore you even more
[04:41.89]And every minute that passes me by
[04:47.40]We can't afford for us to be ignored
[04:52.79]Say we need each other more than we know oh oh
[05:04.21]Somebody made a man
[05:09.26]To show me how to raise a man ooh ooh
[05:13.06]Raise a man
[05:15.45]You can't be a man
[05:20.71]If we don't raise a man ooh ooh
[05:24.14]Raise a man
[05:26.47]If you want a man
[05:31.99]Then you gotta raise a man ooh ooh
[05:35.38]Raise a man
[05:37.70]If you understand
[05:43.42]Then show me your hands ooh ooh
[05:46.80]Show me your hands