Do do do do, do do, do
Do do do do, do do, do

I can pay my own light bill baby (Do do do do, do do)
Pump my own gas in my own car (Do do do do, do do)
I can buy my own shoe collection (Do do do do, do do)
I've been blessed thus far (Do do do do, do do)

I can kill the spider above my bed (Do do do do, do do)
Although it's hard because I'm scared (Do do do do, do do)
I can even stain and polyurethane (Do do do do, do do)
But some things just don't change (Do do do do, do do)

I need you, yeah (Do do do do, do do)
Sometimes so hard to say, oh (Do do do do, do do)
I need you (Do do do do, do do)
Somethings remain (Do do do do, do do)

I can buy my own groceries baby (Do do do do, do do)
Get my hair tight my nails right (Do do do do, do do)
I can floss my own bling bling (Do do do do, do do)
Write the the words to the songs I sing (Do do do do, do do)

I can even raise the child we'll make (Do do do do, do do)
Make sure he's loved and knows what God gave us (Do do do do, do do)
I can teach him how to walk and stand (Do do do do, do do)
But he needs you to help him be a man (Do do do do, do do)

We need you (Do do do do, do do)
So hard to say (Do do do do, do do)
We need you (Do do do do, do do)
Somethings don't change

I could be congresswoman or a garbage woman
Or police officer or a carpenter
I could be a doctor and a lawyer
And a mother an good girl
Women what you've done to me, kind of lover I can be

I could be a computer analyst (Do do do do, do do)
The queen with the nappy hair raising her fist
Or I could be much more and a myriad of this (Do do do do, do do)
Hot as the summer, sweet as the first kiss
And even though I can do all these things (Do do do do, do do)

I need you (Do do do do, do do)
And even though I can do all these things (Do do do do, do do)
We need you, we need you, we need you (Do do do do, do do)
And even though I can do all these things (Do do do do, do do)
By my damnself

I need you (Do do do do, do do)
I do, I do, I do, I do
And even though I can do all these things (Do do do do, do do)
I need you (Do do do do, do do)
We need you, we do (Do do do do, do do)
We need you, yeah, we need you (Do do do do, do do)


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The Fact Is (I Need You) Lyrics as written by Pete Kuzma Jill H. Scott

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    I think this song is about the fact that African-American women are mostly taught to be independent. Even though we can do basically everything ourselves, like kill spiders, pay bills and whatnot, we still need men, specifically African-American men. I think she gets more specific when she talks about raising a child. While she can raise him to be the best person he can be, only a man can teach a boy how to be a man. This song basically talks about the fact that there are such high percentages of black men that do not take care of their children, whether they're in jail or simply just don't care.

    I like the fact she just flat out says, "I need you." "We need you." As a black woman, I've been raised to believe that I don't need a man to make my life. And while I can do what I need and want to do, I will still have that need for a man to be a man, whether it's my father, brother, husband, boyfriend, whatever.

    Jill Scott did an amazing job with this song.

    loveablelo06on June 16, 2009   Link
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    Umm...it's:

    I can even stain and polyurethane...

    and

    I can be a computer analyst.

    RoxyMonoxideon September 12, 2010   Link

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