Can't Hold Us Down Songtext / Lyric

[Christina Aguilera]

So, what am I not supposed to have an opinion?

Should I keep quiet just because I'm a woman?

Call me a 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 the 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



This is for my girls all around the world (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






Lettin 'em know we're gonna stand our ground

So lift your hands high and wave 'em proud

Take a deep breath and say it loud

Never can, never will

Can't hold us down



Nobody can hold us down

Nobody can hold us down

Nobody can 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

Guess 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 it's okay,

The guy can get away with it the girl gets named

All my ladies come together and make it change

And start a new beginning for us, everybody sang



This is for my girls all around the world ('round the world)

Who have come across a man that don't respect your worth(repect your worth)

Thinkin' all women should be seen not heard

So what do we do girls, shout louder



Lettin 'em know we're gonna stand our ground

So lift your hands high and wave 'em proud

Take a deep breath and say it loud

Never can, never will

Can't hold us down



[Lil' Kim]

Now here's something I just can't understand

If the guy have three girls then he's the man

He can even give her some head, or sex her off

But if a girl do the same, she's a whore



But the tables about to turn

I bet my fame on it

Cats take my ideas, and put they name on it

It's aight though, you can't hold me down

I got to keep on moving



To my girls to their man who be trying to Mac

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



[Christina Aguilera]

But 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 do is annoy

You must talk so big to make up for smaller things



(This is for my girls) 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



Lettin' 'em know we're gonna stand our ground (stand our ground)

So lift your hands high and wave 'em proud

Take a deep breath and say it loud

Never can, never will

Can't hold us down



Uh oh, uh oh

Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, can't hold us down

Uh oh, uh oh

Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, can't hold us down



[Lil' Kim]

Yeah, we here, we back again, yeah, Lil Kim and Christina Aguilera

Can't hold us down