Every day she tells her daughter "Baby, you're not just a pretty face" She says, "You gotta work much harder Than every single man, that's just the way"
But she goes to the same job every day She's overworked and underpaid Just 'cause the way her body's made Ain't that insane?
If you never been told how you gotta be What you gotta wear, how you gotta speak If you never shouted to be heard You ain't lived in a woman's world And if you can't see that it's gonna change Only want the body and not the brains If you think that's the way it works You ain't lived in a woman's world, no
Try living, try, try living (Oh, no) Try living, try, try living (Oh) Try living in a woman's world
Every night she tells her daughter "Don't you know a change is gonna come? " There's a whisper in the water And I know the tide is gonna turn, no, no, no
But she goes to the same job every day She's overworked and underpaid Just 'cause the way her body's made Ain't that insane?
If you never been told how you gotta be What you gotta wear, how you gotta speak If you never shouted to be heard You ain't lived in a woman's world And if you can't see that, it's gonna change Only want the body and not the brains If you really think that's the way it works You ain't lived in a woman's world, uh-huh
Just look at how far that we've got (That we've got) And don't think that we'll ever stop This ain't the way it's gonna be (Ain't the way it's gonna be) No, this ain't the way it's got to be Know that there will be a day (Oh, yeah) When everyone's treat the same (No, oh) It's the only way it's gotta be (Only way it's got to be) It's the one way it's gotta be yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
If you never been told how you gotta be What you gotta wear, how you gotta speak If you never shouted to be heard You ain't lived in a woman's world And if you can't see that, it's gonna change Only want the body and not the brains If you think that's the way it works You ain't lived in a woman's world
(You ain't) Try living, try, try living (Living in a woman's world) Try living, try, try living In a woman's, in a woman's world (Oh, na, na, na) Try living, try, try living (Try living) Try living, try, try living (Yeah, ooh) In a woman's, in a woman's world (Oh)
Gotta be a change Try living, try, try living You got to try Try living, try, try living Try Try living in a woman's, a woman's world (Oh)