If You Can't Give Her Love, Give Her Up - Bobby Womack

Black is Black, White is White, that’s a proven fact --

And even goes the same -- when it comes down to a woman

The greatest gift god could give man, Me and You

Y’all can understand where I’m comin' from

You’ve got somebody that you love -- I don’t believe in playin' hard to get

For somebody you might already have -- Listen to Me

(Chorus) OOOOHHHH

You gotta stop fussin' over the ladies

Beatin' em and mistreatin' em

And leaving them with a baby

Ya gotta start them right

Huggin and lovin and bein real nice

Although at times -- they be tempting

And sometimes they get ya' old and grey

But a woman was made to love

One change in this sound like a sleigh

What I’m tryin to say, Yaalll

If you can’t give her love --

Give her up

And If You can’t give her up -- make up your mind -- Oh

Give her up -- or give her her freedom

I don’t mean that a woman run wild

And get a job every once in a while -- OOOOHHH

Don’t get up -- get her up at home

Cause you don’t want to hurt == just leave her alone

There’s a lot of men -- I don’t know

That would like to be your ---

Who would accept a ready made family

And be the things for ya' woman that you should be doing --

Heeeyyyy, Heeyyyy

If you can’t give her love --

Give her up

And If You can’t give her up -- make up your mind -- Oh

Give her up -- or give her her freedom

Ohhh, Baby -- My, My My, My, My ba-by