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Artist: Mary J. Blige
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Work That
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Work That
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Work your thing out (out, out) (4x)
Cause so many you girls
I hear you been running
From the beautiful queen
That you can be becommin
You can look in my palm
And see the storm coming
Read the book of my life
And see of overcomming
Just because the length
Of your hair ain't long
And they often criticize you
For your skin tone
Wanna hold your head high
Cause you a pretty woman
Get your front way stride home
And keep it going
Girl, live your life
I just wanna be myself
Don't sweat girl be yourself
Follow me, follow me, follow me
Girl be yourself
Guess what I'll be myself
(And I grew to love it)
(Work your thing out)
Let em get mad
They're gonna hate any weight
Don't you get that
Doesn't matter if you go
Along with their plan
They'll never be happy
Cause they're not happy
With themselves
(I am work what you got)
I'm talking about things that I know
(I am work what you got)
It's okay show yourself some love
(I am work what you got)
Don't worry about who's saying what
(It's gonna be fine work what you got)
Work what you got
Feeling great
Because the light's on me
Celebrating the things
That everyone told me
Would never happen but
God has put his hands on me
And ain't a man alive
Could ever take it from me
Workin with what I got I gotta
Keep on taking care of myself
I wanna live long
Ain't never ashamed
What life did to me
Wasn't afraid to change
Cause it was good for me
I wanna
(I just wanna be myself)
I just wanna be
(Don't sweat girl be yourself)
Don't sweat girl
Follow me, follow me
Follow me I be myself
Follow me follow me
(Guess what I'll be myself)
(And I grew to love it)
(Work your thing out)
Let em get mad
They gonna hate any weight
Don't you get that
Doesn't matter if you go
Along with their plan
They'll never be happy
Cause thier not happy
With themselves
(I am work what you got)
I'm talking about things that I know
(I am work what you got)
It's okay show yourself some love
(I am work what you got)
Don't worry about who's saying what
(It's gonna be fine work what you got)
Work what you got
Work that, work that, work that
Don't' hold back just be yourself
Work that work that
Work that work that
Don't hold back, oooh
Work you head girl
Work you thing out
Work that job girl
Work what you got
(I am work what you got)
I'm talking about things that I know
(I am work what you got)
It's okay show yourself some love
(I am Work what you got)
Don't worry about who's saying what
(It's gonna be fine work what you got)
Work what you got
Work that work that work
That don't hold back just be yourself
Work it out work it out ladies
Work that work that
Work that work that don't hold back
Work your thing out
Oooh
Work what you got
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Mary J. Blige performs "Work That", and this lyric page sits inside the Mary J. Blige catalog on LyroVerse.
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