Powerful Women
Dolly Parton, Pitbull
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(Who runs this?) It's Mr. Worldwide (Who runs this?) With the one and only (Who runs this?) Dolly Parton (Well, hey) And this is dedicated to (Who runs this?) All my powerful women working nine to five Two, three jobs just to survive All my powerful women No man at home Raising all the kids alone All my powerful women Y'all deserve a throne Keep your head up and stay strong All my powerful women No matter what Never give up I remember working hard with my mom You name it, she did it You name it, she sewed it (yeah) You name it, she cleaned it (yeah) You name it, she owed it (yeah) She had to provide (yeah) We had to survive So you name it, she stole it Our whole life was layaway Pay, pay, pay But the bills never went away Put your hands to the sky This goes out to the women Working hard nine to five Workin' nine to five (nine to five) What a way to make a livin' (yeah) Barely, gettin' by (get it, girl) It's all takin' and no givin' They just use your mind And they never give you credit It's enough to drive you Crazy if you let it Nine to five (nine to five) For service and devotion You would think that I Would deserve a fair promotion Want to move ahead The boss won't seem to let me I swear sometimes that man is Out to get me (break it down) Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Here's to your mama And here's to mine (Take it, Dolly) (Dolly) Mama worked hard her entire life She had twelve kids at thirty-five Working 24/7, 365 Working five to nine and Nine to five They let you dream Just to watch em' shatter You're just a step On the boss man's ladder You got dreams He'll never take away (he'll never take away) You're all in the same boat With the luck of your friends Waiting for the day your ship will come in Tide's gonna turn And it's all gonna roll you away Workin' nine to five (Nine to five) what a way to make a livin' Barely, gettin' by (I'm gettin' by) it's all takin' and no givin' They just use your mind (They use your mind) and they never give you credit It's enough to drive you Crazy if you let it Nine to five For service and devotion (that's just what I want) You would think that I Would deserve a fair promotion (you'd think that I) Want to move ahead, but the boss won't seem to let me I swear sometimes that man is Out to get me, he's out to get me Here's to Jane and Lilly And the girls that fight For equal pay Equal rights Now some of us Are pit bulls too We appreciate The things you do Thanks again for shining light On the women that work From nine to five It's my pleasure Dolly
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Written by: Armando C. Perez, Dolly Parton, Jose Carlos Garcia, Paul Blair
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