Ncredible Gang – Motivation ft. Nick Cannon
CORINNE LYDELL CANNON
I WILL BE NINETY-EIGHT YEARS OLD
YOU KNOW, YOU DON’T
START DOING SOMETHING
GOOD AND THEN STOP AND GET BACK
I THINK SOMETIMES OUR WOMEN
OUR BLACK WOMEN
HAVE BEEN SELLING
THEMSELVES CHEAP
WE DON’T HAVE TO HAVE
SOMEBODY ELSE TO
MAKE YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE
♪ DON’T LET EM PLAY ♪
MY NAME’S CAMILLE
GWENDOLYN ARTIS
AND I’M NINETY-THREE YEARS OLD
VIVIAN ROBINSON
I WAS BORN 1923
JEAN RAE JUDGE AND I’M
EIGHTY YEARS YOUNG
MY NAME IS DOLORES ROBINSON
♪ DON’T LET EM PLAY ♪
MY NAME IS CHARLENE HILL
MY NAME IS MABLE HINES
I AM EIGHTY-NINE YEARS OLD
MY NAME IS WANDA HILL
AND I’M NINETY YEARS OLD
MY NAME IS MARY
ELIZABETH HARRISON
I’M NINETY-TWO YEARS OLD
♪ DON’T LET EM PLAY YOU ♪
WHAT MOTIVATES ME TO BE
A STRONG BLACK WOMAN?
I DON’T KNOW HOW TO
BE ANYTHING ELSE
I AM MOTIVATED BY THE MOTHER
THAT HELPED TO CREATE ME
AND BRING ME INTO THIS WORLD
THE BEST THING THAT I THINK
THAT WOULD HELP EVERYBODY
IS IF WE HAD MORE LOVE
♪ THEY GON HATE CUZ THEY
A FIVE AND YOU A 10 ♪
♪ AND THEY SEE YOU
DRIVING IN A BENZ ♪
♪ BUT YOU CANT LET IT
GET UNDER YOUR SKIN ♪
♪ THEY DON’T REALLY
WANNA SEE YOU WIN ♪
♪ SO TELLEM KEEP THEY PLAY UP ♪
♪ AND YOU CAN LEAVE THE
HOUSE WITHOUT MAKEUP ♪
♪ AND YOU DON’T NEED A MAN
CUZ YOU GOT YA OWN PAPER ♪
I JUST WISH THAT
I COULD JUST GO
TO EVERY LITTLE
INSECURE BLACK GIRL
AND JUST TELL THEM HOW
BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE
LOVE YOURSELF
AND KNOW WHAT YOU WANT IN LIFE
USE THE TIME YOU HAVE TODAY
BECAUSE TOMORROW MAY NEVER COME
HAVE A MIND OF YOUR OWN
STOP BEING THESE
“STEP FORD WIVES”
FOLLOWING ONE ANOTHER
BECAUSE NOBODY GIVING YOU THIS
YOU’VE GOT TO EARN IT YOURSELF
♪ DON’T LET EM PLAY ♪
FOR LITTLE BLACK
GIRLS OUT THERE
WHO DON’T HAVE SOMEBODY
TO PUMP THEM UP
FIRST GET YOUR EDUCATION
DON’T DEPEND ON A MAN
A MAN IS A MAN
♪ GOTTA KEEP GOOD
VIBES AROUND YOU ♪
IF HE GOING ? YOU MAKE HIM
BUT MAKE HIM HAVE
RESPECT FOR YOU
AT ALL TIMES
EVEN THROUGH THE HARD TIMES
THINK, JUST KNOW THAT
THINGS WILL BE BETTER
KEEPING A POSITIVE
OUTLOOK IS VERY IMPORTANT
LIVING A CLEAN LIFE
BEING ABLE TO WORK
FOR THEMSELVES
AND GOING TO CHURCH
♪ GIRL YOU LOOKIN LIKE
A TEN STAR MODEL ♪
♪ GOT MY HEAD SPINNING
LIKE CIROTTA ♪
♪ I JUST WANT YOU TO
BE WHEREVER I GO ♪
♪ I COULD LAUGH I HIT
THE LOTTO WITH YOU ♪
♪ GIRL LETS TAKE A
TRIP TO DUBAI ♪
♪ DRINK CHAMPAGNE IN THE SKY ♪
♪ GIRL YOU TOO FINE
TO BE STRESSIN ♪
♪ I THINK YOU SHOULD
KNOW YOU A BLESSING ♪
♪ WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR ♪
♪ JUST KNOW THAT YOU THA SHIT ♪
♪ IT’S A NEW DAY ♪
♪ GIRL DON’T LET THEM RUIN IT ♪
♪ YOU CAN SEE THEY TWO FACE ♪
♪ CUZ YOU TOO PAID ♪
♪ IN A MINUTE YOU GONE
HAVE THAT NEW RANGE ♪
♪ HAIR BLOWIN IN THE WIND ♪
♪ CUZ YOU DROPPED THAT TOP ♪
♪ OF COURSE YOU GON WIN ♪
♪ CUZ YOU BOUT THAT GWAP ♪
♪ KEEP GOOD VIBES AROUND YOU ♪
♪ DON’T EVER LET EM DOWN YOU ♪
♪ DON’T LET THEM PLAY ♪
ITS GOT TO GET BETTER
HAVE FAITH IT MUST GET BETTER
♪ DON’T LET EM DOWN YOU ♪
FIND YOUR TRUE SELF
AND BE HAPPY WITH
WHOEVER YOU ARE
♪ ITS JUST MOTIVATION ♪
JUST BE HAPPY
AND DON’T LET ANYBODY
TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU
NOBODY
♪ TO KEEP GOOD
VIBES AROUND YOU ♪
MY NAME IS DOLORES ROBINSON
AND I AM MOTIVATION
MY NAME IS MABEL HOUSER
I AM MOTIVATION
I AM CORINNE LYDELL CANNON
AND I’VE BEEN MOTIVATED
MY NAME IS WANDA HILL
AND I AM MOTIVATION
MARY ELIZABETH HARRISON
I AM MOTIVATED
MY NAME IS VIVIAN ROBINSON
AND I AM MOTIVATED
I AM THIS PERSON TODAY
BECAUSE OF THIS PERSON
MY NAME IS CHARLINA HILL
I AM MOTIVATION
♪ DON’T LET EM PLAY YOU ♪