I agree that awareness should be raised but ultimately I think broadcasting positive messages will produce more positive results than negative messages (even if it is to bring awareness). But, that being said… still needs to be a part of the whole process.

Thanks for posting the link; now hope that Laura doesn’t find you (j/k)! =P

I think my conscience was born after finding and reading Ibsen’s “A doll’s house” among my mother’s books.

So-What am i not s’pposed to have an opinion?
Should i be quiet 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 target don’t know how to act
So he does what any 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
But now it’s time for me to come and give you more to say

Chorus:
This is for my girls all around the world
Who have come across a man that don’t respect your worth
Thinkin’ all women should be seen, not heard
So what do we do girls?
Shout louder,
Letting them know we’re gonna stand our ground (our ground)
So lift your hands high and wave’em proud (wohoh)
Take a deep breath and say it loud,
Never can,never will
Can’t hold us down

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

So 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
Cuz 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 its OK,
The guy can get away with it while any girl gets named
All my ladies come together and make a change

Start a new beginning for us,everybody sing

Chorus

Lil’ Kim:
Here’s something I just can’t understand
If the guy have three girls then he’s a man
He can either give her some head, or sex her raw
If the girl do the same, then she’s a whore
But the table’s about to turn
I’ll bet my fame on it
Cats take my ideas and put their name on it
It’s aight though, you can’t hold me down
I got to keep on movin’
To all my girls with 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’ll do is annoy
You must talk so big, to make up for smaller things,
This is for my girls…

Repeat Chorus X2

Ahh Wahoo 7X ahh
Spread the word
Can’t hold us down
Yeh we here
We Back again
Yeh Lil Kim and Christina Aguilera
Yeh
Can’t hold us down!

Examples:

Sisters are Doin it for Themselves by Aretha Franklin

Now there was a time when they used to say
That behind every great man there had to be a great woman.
But in these times of change you know that it’s no longer true

So we’re comin’ out of the kitchen

‘Cause there’s something we foryot to say to you
we say:

Sisters are doin’ it for themselves

Standin’ on their own two feet an ringin’ on their own bells.
Sisters are doin’ it for themselves.

Now this is a song to celebrate
The conscious liberation of the female state.
Mothers
daughters and their daughters
too

Woman to woman
we’re singing with you.
The inferior sex has got a new exterior

We got doctors
lawyers
politicians
too.
Everybody
take a look around -
Can you see
can you see

can you see there’s a woman right next to you.
We say: Sisters are doin’ it for themselves
. . .

Now we ain’t makin’ stories and we ain’t layin’ plans

‘Cause a man still loves a woman and a woman still loves a man -
Just the same though -

Sisters are doin’ it for themselves.
Now there was a time when they used to say . . .
Sisters are doin’ it for themselves
. . .
Sisters are doin’ it for themselves

Strength of a Woman by Shaggy

[Opening]
Ugh
Wah
Ugh
Ummmmm
Yo
SHAGGY
Ugh
Yo
This one goes out to all my women you know
My strong women, ugh

[Verse 1]

So amazing how this world was made
I wonder if GOD is a woman
The gift of life astounds me till this day
I give it up for the woman
She’s the constant wind that fills my sail
Oh that woman
With her smile and her style,my
She’ll protect like a child
That’s a woman

[Chorus]

She’ll put a smile upon your face
And take you to that (ah) higher place
So don’t you under estimate
The strength of a woman
The strength of a woman

[Verse 2]

Woke up this morning
I got up with the scent of a woman
Just picture if you could what life would be
Ain’t much good without a woman
She can nag and be a constant pain
Oh that woman
But those hips she’s got me whipped
And it’s just to hard to resist
What a woman
Ugh, hey

[Chorus]

Tosses in

Ugh, ugh, ugh

[Verse 3]

Tender lips that’s so so sweet
Gentle words she softly speaks
Such an angel when we need
GOD bless the ground beneath her feet
She can take you on a high
Be your comfort when you cry
But if you look into her eyes
You’ll see the strength of a woman
Strength of a woman
Ugh, ugh, ugh

[Chorus]

[Fade]

Strength of a woman

I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor

First I was afraid
I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
without you by my side
But I spent so many nights
thinking how you did me wrong
I grew strong
I learned how to carry on
and so you’re back
from outer space
I just walked in to find you here
with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed my stupid lock
I should have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second
you’d be back to bother me

Go on now go walk out the door
just turn around now
’cause you’re not welcome anymore
weren’t you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
you think I’d crumble
you think I’d lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
as long as i know how to love
I know I will stay alive
I’ve got all my life to live
I’ve got all my love to give
and I’ll survive
I will survive

It took all the strength I had
not to fall apart
kept trying hard to mend
the pieces of my broken heart
and I spent oh so many nights
just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry
Now I hold my head up high
and you see me
somebody new
I’m not that chained up little person
still in love with you
and so you felt like dropping in
and just expect me to be free
now I’m saving all my loving
for someone who’s loving me

Reflection by Christina Aguilera

Look at me
You may think you see
Who I really am
But you’ll never know me
Every day
It’s as if I play a part
Now I see
If I wear a mask
I can fool the world
But I cannot fool my heart

Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?

I am now
In a world where I
Have to hide my heart
And what I believe in
But somehow
I will show the world
What’s inside my heart
And be loved for who I am

Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
Why is my reflection
Someone I don’t know?
Must I pretend that I’m
Someone else for all time?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?

There’s a heart that must be
Free to fly
That burns with a need to know
The reason why

Why must we all conceal
What we think, how we feel?
Must there be a secret me
I’m forced to hide?
I won’t pretend that I’m
Someone else for all time
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?