Badi - Sister (Feat Donovan) lyrics

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Sister, I don't want you to be my fan<br />

I'd rather have you be my number one collaborator<br />

I'm right here and you're still tryin to get ahold of me<br />

I know you're made of a lot more than what your showing me<br />

So sister let me ask you a question<br />

Right now, how do you want to be mentioned<br />

What do u want people to know you as<br />

Trendy orthodox or an agent of change<br />

Ya wanna look real cute in those photographs<br />

Or would you rather start changing the frame<br />

A handmaiden paving the way for the future<br />

Generations of women to follow and get used to<br />

Plain to see you're not who claim to be<br />

N if that's who you aim to be, you've lost me<br />

Call it a tragedy, countless casualties<br />

Made for change but lost their agency<br />

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CHORUS:<br />

Sister there's no need for this pretending<br />

I See what's inside of you<br />

Come on lets keep it true<br />

Sister there's no need for this pretending<br />

You can trust in me<br />

Just keep it real with me<br />

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Sister I need you to let down your guard<br />

Cause right now I have no idea who you are<br />

I know your hurt, I can see through to the pain<br />

I'm not here with you just to be entertained<br />

Look, don't let the guys mess around with ur status<br />

And never let ya girls just keep you distracted<br />

Providing a sex & the city guide to life<br />

That kind of life buying into what they call pretty<br />

Compliments on ya face and dress and you give em<br />

Back to just enhance the materialism<br />

Don't let a magazine make a list for you to follow<br />

Outer perfection but you still feel hollow<br />

Swear that which you do is just something for you<br />

And it's not you, means you got something to prove<br />

Please do not try to fool me<br />

Cause behind that camouflage I can still see you truly<br />

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BRIDGE:<br />

Ohhh... <br />

You know you can keep your guard down<br />

I got your back<br />

Ohhh... <br />

You know you can trust in me<br />

Ohhh... <br />

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Marriage ain't gonna make u who you're meant to be<br />

Unless you've investigated your own integrity<br />

Your not up for bids, and this ain't a market<br />

Stop selling urself, try telling yourself this<br />

That you are not in anyway half made<br />

You can embrace the whole, never downgrade<br />

Cause I can't see you sister, with ya face to make up<br />

For the space in the real that you fail to take up<br />

Listen, you don't need that kind of attention<br />

-what I can see is that you need a retention<br />

Of your true design, your boldest intentions<br />

That which some of ya friends have failed to mention<br />

And please don't forget that I am your brother<br />

And what I'm trying to do is help lead you to discover<br />

The nobility that exists in both of us<br />

But first what I need from you is Trust<br />

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CHORUS:<br />

Sister there's no need for this pretending<br />

I See what's inside of you<br />

Come on lets keep it true<br />

Sister there's no need for this pretending<br />

You can trust in me<br />

Just keep it real with me