[00:12.03]I can pay my own light bill baby
[00:18.85]Pump my own gas in my own car
[00:21.35]
[00:25.66]I can buy my own shoe collection
[00:27.14]
[00:32.52]I've been blessed thus far
[00:34.27]
[00:39.39]I can kill the spider above my bed
[00:42.02]
[00:46.21]Although it's hard because I'm scared
[00:48.89]
[00:52.90]I can even stain and polyurethane
[00:54.71]
[01:00.03]But some things just don't change
[01:02.71]
[01:07.33]I need you yeah
[01:09.02]
[01:12.96]Sometimes so hard to say oh
[01:16.65]
[01:20.90]I need you
[01:21.89]
[01:27.52]Some things remain
[01:28.46]
[01:34.15]I could buy my own groceries baby
[01:36.85]
[01:41.10]Get my hair tight, my nails right
[01:43.54]
[01:47.97]I can floss my own bling bling
[01:50.29]
[01:54.80]Write the words to the songs I sing
[01:57.49]
[02:01.55]I can even raise the child we'll make
[02:05.24]
[02:08.56]Make sure he's loved and knows what God gave us
[02:11.04]
[02:15.28]I can teach him how to walk and stand
[02:18.73]
[02:22.29]But he needs you to help him be a man
[02:25.98]
[02:30.97]We need you
[02:31.91]
[02:36.66]So hard to say
[02:38.10]
[02:45.10]We need you
[02:46.16]
[02:49.66]Some things don't change
[02:50.13]
[02:51.82]I could be congresswoman
[02:52.95]
[02:53.57]Or a garbage woman or
[02:54.82]
[02:55.64]Police officer, or a carpenter
[02:57.51]
[02:58.01]I could be a doctor and a lawyer and a mother and a good girl
[03:01.89]God what you've done to me
[03:03.57]
[03:04.13]Kind of lover I could be
[03:05.76]I could be a computer analyst, the Queen with the nappy hair raising her fist
[03:10.95]
[03:12.32]Or I could be much more and a myriad of this
[03:15.01]
[03:15.89]Hot as the summer, sweet as the first kiss
[03:18.70]
[03:19.26]And even though I can do all these things
[03:21.82]
[03:33.01]I need you
[03:33.07]
[03:34.13]And even though I can do all these things
[03:37.07]
[03:39.69]We need you
[03:40.75]
[03:43.13]We need you
[03:44.01]
[03:44.69]We need you
[03:45.38]
[03:46.13]And even though I can do all these things by my damn self
[03:52.13]
[03:53.88]I need you
[03:55.38]
[03:57.32]I do, I do, I do, I do
[03:59.00]
[04:00.38]And even though I can do all these things
[04:06.82]
[04:07.76]I need you
[04:08.63]
[04:10.51]We need you
[04:11.25]
[04:12.69]We do
[04:13.19]
[04:20.07]We need you yeah
[04:21.13]
[04:24.58]We need you

I can pay my own light bill baby
Pump my own gas in my own car
I can buy my own shoe collection
I've been blessed thus far
I can kill the spider above my bed
Although it's hard because I'm scared
I can even stain and polyurethane
But some things just don't change
I need you yeah
Sometimes so hard to say oh
I need you
Some things remain
I could buy my own groceries baby
Get my hair tight, my nails right
I can floss my own bling bling
Write the words to the songs I sing
I can even raise the child we'll make
Make sure he's loved and knows what God gave us
I can teach him how to walk and stand
But he needs you to help him be a man
We need you
So hard to say
We need you
Some things 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 and a good girl
God what you've done to me
Kind of lover I could be
I could be a computer analyst, the Queen with the nappy hair raising her fist
Or I could be much more and a myriad of this
Hot as the summer, sweet as the first kiss
And even though I can do all these things
I need you
And even though I can do all these things
We need you
We need you
We need you
And even though I can do all these things by my damn self
I need you
I do, I do, I do, I do
And even though I can do all these things
I need you
We need you
We do
We need you yeah
We need you