The Body Song

I wasn't born free But I gotta nice body I gotta nice body And I see them look at me My mama told me I gotta take care of my body So a man will love me But she didn't teach me how to love me I wasn't born free But I gotta nice body I gotta nice body And I'll use it to get what I want My mama told me I gotta take care of my body So a man will love me But she didn't teach me how to love me And my Daddy He warned me He warned me He warned me He warned me He said "Baby girl don't be too free with your body" That boys will be boys And try to take advantage of me And his words still haunt me His words still haunt me The boys they told me "Hey you with the body Come here and show me!" But they never saw me As a woman for loving Just a nice body And that is all I'll ever be So come and take every piece of me Now check it Don't you know Your body is more important than your personality There's nothing more attractive than your dissipated sexuality The boys they love to serve it up with a misogynistic brutality If everybody's doing it then you don't you question my morality I've got a nice body I have to show everybody That I gotta nice body Imma show Imma show Imma show it to everybody That I got a nice body I have to show everybody I gotta nice body I wasn't born free But I gotta nice body I gotta nice body And I'll use it to get what I want Mama told me I gotta take care of my body So a man will love me