Say, what am I not supposed to have an opinion
Should I keep quiet just because I\'m a woman
Call me a bitch (bitch) \'cause
I speak what\'s on my mind
Guess it\'s easier for you to swallow
If I sat and smiled

When a female fires back
Suddenly big talker don\'t know how to act
So he does what any little boy (little boy)
Would do
Makin\' up a few false rumors or two
That for sure is not a man to me
Slanderin\' names for popularity
It\'s sad you only get your fame
Through controversy (so sad)
But now it\'s time for me to come
And give you more to say

This is for my girls all around the world
(Around the world)
Who will come across a man
That don\'t respect your word
Thinkin\' all women should be seen not heard
So what do we do girls, shout louder
Lettin\' \'em know we\'re gonna stand our ground
So lift your hands higher and wave \'em proud
Take a deep breath and say it loud
Never can, never will
Can\'t hold us down

Nobody can hold us (hold us down)
Nobody can hold us (hold us down)
Nobody can hold us (hold us down)
Never can never will

Say, what am I not supposed
To say what I\'m saying
Are you offended with the message I\'m bringin\'
Call me whatever \'cause your words
Don\'t mean a thing
Guess you ain\'t even a man enough
To handle what I sing

If you look back in history
It\'s a common double standard of society
The guy gets all the glory the more he can score
While the girl can do the same
And yet you call her a whore
I don\'t understand why it\'s OK
The guy can get away with it the girl gets named
All my ladies come together and make a change
And start a new beginning for us, everybody say

This is for my girls all around the world
(Around the world)
Who will come across a man
That don\'t respect your word
Thinkin\' all women should be seen not heard
So what do we do girls, shout louder
Lettin\' \'em know we\'re gonna stand our ground
So lift your hands higher and wave \'em proud
Take a deep breath and say it loud
Never can, never will
Can\'t hold us down

Lil\' Kim:
Here\'s something I just can\'t understand
If a guy has three girls than he\'s the man
He can even give her some head
And sex and roar
If a girl do the same than she\'s a whore
But the tables \'bout to turn
I bet my fame on it
Cats take my ideas and put they name on it
It\'s aight though
You can\'t hold me down
I gotta keep on movin\'
To all my girls who got a man
Who be tryin\' to mack
Do it right back to him and let that be that
You need to let him know that his game is whack
And Lil\' Kim and Christina Aguilera got your back

You\'re just a little boy
Think you\'re so cute, so coy
You must talk so big to make up
For smaller things
You\'re just a little boy
All you do is annoy
You must talk so big to make up
For smaller things

This is for my girls all around the world
Who will come across a man
That don\'t respect your word
Thinkin\' all women should be seen not heard
So what do we do girls, shout louder
Lettin\' \'em know we\'re gonna stand our ground
So lift your hands higher and wave \'em proud
Take a deep breath and say it loud
Never can, never will
Can\'t hold us down

(This is for my girls)
This is for my girls all around the world
Who have come across a man
That don\'t respect your word
Thinkin\' all women should be seen not heard
So what do we do girls, shout louder
(Shout louder)
Lettin\' \'em know we\'re gonna stand our ground
So lift your hands higher and wave \'em proud
Take a deep breath and say it loud
Never can, never will
Can\'t hold us down

This is for my girls all around the world
(Around the world)
Who will come across a man
That don\'t respect your word
Thinkin\' all women should be seen not heard
So what do we do girls, shout louder
Lettin\' \'em know we\'re gonna stand our ground
So lift your hands higher and wave \'em proud
Take a deep breath and say it loud
Never can, never will
Can\'t hold us down