Ain't I a woman
Like Sojourner Truth?
Ain't I a woman
Like Naomi and Ruth?
Ain't I a woman
Like Joan of Arc
Aren't we the beams
That shatter the dark?

Why can't you give me
Just a little love?
Oh, Oh, why can't you give me
Just a little love?
Oh, Oh, why can't you give me
Just a little love?
Oh, Oh, why can't you give me
Just a little love?

Blood money killed
Your father and mother.
Oh, oh blood money honey
Is like no other.
Oh, oh blood money killed
Your sister and brother.
Oh, oh blood money honey
Is like no other.
Oh, oh blood money killed
Your father and mother.

Why can't you give me
Just a little love?
Oh, oh why can't you give me
Just a little love?
Oh, oh why can't you give me
Just a little love?

Cherie Griffith

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