In my life I've seen it all and now it's time   For me to pass on this knowledge to you   All my sisters my troubled sisters   This is my gift to you      Been many days couldn't take the pain   Felt I should take my life away   See it everyday in every other young sisters' face      See 'em cryin' out, oh my, full of doubt   Runnin' in the streets no self esteem   Thinkin' that used to be me what a shame?      And life is a mutha, it's hard to sit back and see   The same thing that happened to me happen to you   This ain't love but here's the love I wanna give to you      It doesn't matter what they say or do don't let 'em get to you   Don't be afraid you can, you can breakthrough   Take what I've been through to see that   You can't hold a good woman down      Went through the same point of givin' up   I felt like I had enough went to the edge of the ledge   But I didn't jump my life will sum it up   You can't hold a good woman down      When I used to see my daddy beat   My mother down, down to her feet   I used to say that ain't gon' never be me      Now look at you bruised up from him   Girl recognize you're better than him tellin' you   That he'll never hit you again, girl don't cry      And life is a mutha, it's hard to sit back and see   The same thing that happened to me happen to you   This ain't love but here's the love I wanna give to you      It doesn't matter what they say or do don't let 'em get to you   Don't be afraid you can, you can breakthrough   Take what I've been through to see that   You can't hold a good woman down      Went through the same point of givin' up   I felt like I had enough went to the edge of the ledge   But I didn't jump my life will sum it up   You can't hold a good woman down      Through your changes I will hold your hand   Use my songs as remedy   Whenever you're feelin' down or blue   I'll be there for you      Trust and know that I've been where you're at   Seen the things that you can see   Lookin' at you resembles me   But you gotta hold your own      It doesn't matter what they say or do don't let 'em get to you   Don't be afraid you can, you can breakthrough   Take what I've been through to see that   You can't hold a good woman down      Went through the same point of givin' up   I felt like I had enough went to the edge of the ledge   But I didn't jump my life will sum it up   You can't hold a good woman down      You can't hold me, you can't hold me down   You can't hold me, you can't hold me down   You can't hold me, you can't hold a good woman down   You can't hold me down, can't hold me down, no no no      There you have it, I'm still with you my sisters   My troubled sisters, I still have troubles, too   You're not alone, I'll always be there for you, rock on      You can't hold a good woman down