Can I Get a Witness
Love's Trials: Can I Get a Witness
Lyrics
Ah ah listen everybody (body), specially you girls (girls)
A call to attention for everyone, especially addressing females
Is it right to be left alone when the one you love is never home
Questioning the appropriateness of being left alone when the loved one is consistently absent
I love too hard my friends sometimes say
Admission of loving intensely, sometimes criticized by friends
But I believe I believe that a woman should be loved that way
Belief that a woman deserves to be loved deeply
But it hurts me so inside to see you treat me so unkind
Expressing pain caused by unkind treatment
Somebody somewhere tell her it ain't fair
Asking for someone to intervene and point out the unfairness of the situation
Can I get a witness (Can I get a witness)
Repeated plea for a witness to testify or confirm the unfair treatment
I want a witness (Can I get a witness)
-I want a witness (Can I get a witness)
-Somebody (Can I get a witness)
-Is it right to be treated so bad when you give her everything you had
Querying the fairness of being treated poorly despite giving everything
Keep on talking in my sleep 'cause I haven't seen my baby all week
Expressing distress and sleep disturbances due to absence of the beloved
Now you kids you all agree is that the way it's supposed to be
Seeking agreement from others that such treatment is not right
Let me hear you, let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah
Requesting affirmation ('yeah, yeah, yeah') from the audience
Up early in the morning with her on my mind
Expressing dedication to stand by the woman despite the misery she causes
Took to find it out all night I been cryin'
-But I believe a woman's a man's best friend
-I'm gonna stick by hr till the very end
-Well she causes so much misery how's a gal supposed to be
Expressing confusion about how a girl should act given the misery caused
Somebody somewhere tell her it ain't right
Asking for someone to address the wrongness of the situation
Can I get a witness, can I get a witness
Reiterated requests for a witness to confirm the unfair treatment
(Can I get a witness), I want a witness
-(Can I get a witness), witness, witness
-(Can I get a witness), witness, witness
-(Can I get a witness)
-Everybody knows especially you girls
Reiterating that everyone, especially girls, understands
That a love can be sad but my beloved's twice as bad
Highlighting the extreme sadness in love, especially in the current relationship
Now you kids do all agree that ain't the way it's supposed to be
Asking for agreement that this is not the way things are meant to be
Let me hear you, let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah
Requesting affirmation ('yeah, yeah, yeah') from the audience again
I want a witness (Can I get a witness)
Continued plea for a witness to confirm the unjust treatment
I want a witness (Can I get a witness)
-Yeah, I want a witness (Can I get a witness)
-Somebody (Can I get a witness)
-Is it right to be treated so bad when you give her everything you had
Questioning the fairness of receiving bad treatment despite giving everything
Keep on talking in my sleep 'cause I haven't seen my baby all week
Expressing distress and sleep disturbances due to the absence of the beloved (repeated)
Now you kids you all agree is that the way it's supposed to be
Seeking agreement from others that such treatment is not right (repeated)
Let me hear you, let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah
Requesting affirmation ('yeah, yeah, yeah') from the audience again (repeated)
I want a witness (Can I get a witness)
Continued plea for a witness to confirm the unjust treatment (repeated)
I want a witness (Can I get a witness)
-I want a witness (Can I get a witness)
-I want a witness (Can I get a witness)
-Witness, witness, yeah, I want a witness
Repeated desire for a witness to confirm the unjust treatment
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