Woman's Gotta Have It

Album: Understanding (1972)
Charted: 60
Play Video
  • Fellas, I wonder would you mind if I talked to ya a minute?
    You know, sometimes we have our tendencies
    Or should I say we forget
    What a woman needs every now and then
    That is, if you wanna keep your thing together (yeah yeah yeah)
    Listen to me now

    Do the things that keeps the smile on her face
    Say the things that make her feel better everyday
    Then you got to stay on your Ps and Qs
    If you don't, the woman you can easily lose

    Oh, I thought I had her love and I lost her
    And no one can help me share the pain that she caused me
    Oh, a woman's gotta have it
    I believe, she's gotta know that she's needed around
    When you kiss her, you gotta make her feel it
    Every time boy
    She wants to know that she's not walkin' on shaky ground

    Oh, yeah
    Well, think it over (over)
    Think it over, my brother

    Don't take for granted the smile on her face
    Check a little bit closer, you might find a tear trace
    Maybe the girl might never say a mumbling word
    But you've gotta make sure that her voice is heard

    Oh, I had a love, a true love and I lost it
    I'm suffering all this pain that that love caused me
    Oh, a woman's gotta have it
    You got to give it to her (everyday)
    She's gotta know that she's needed around
    When you kiss her, you gotta make her feel it
    She wanna know that she's not walkin' on shaky ground
    Yeah, oh

    So if you've got a love (love)
    And you wanna keep her (keep her)
    You've got to give her what she wants, when she wants it
    Where she wants it
    And how she wants it (oh yeah)
    Every doggone time she feels she needs it
    What I'm tryin' to say (what you tryna say boy?)
    A woman's gotta have it
    Hey, hey, hey, a woman's gotta have it
    If you wanna keep the girl around Writer/s: Bobby Womack, Darryl Carter, Linda Cooke
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments

Be the first to comment...

Editor's Picks

Dave Alvin - "4th Of July"

Dave Alvin - "4th Of July"They're Playing My Song

When Dave recorded the first version of the song with his group the Blasters, producer Nick Lowe gave him some life-changing advice.

Incongruent Opening Acts

Incongruent Opening ActsSong Writing

Here's what happens when an opening act is really out of place with the headliner, like when Beastie Boys opened for Madonna.

Tanita Tikaram

Tanita TikaramSongwriter Interviews

When she released her first album in 1988, Tanita became a UK singing sensation at age 19. She talks about her darkly sensual voice and quirky songwriting style.

Don Dokken

Don DokkenSongwriter Interviews

Dokken frontman Don Dokken explains what broke up the band at the height of their success in the late '80s, and talks about the botched surgery that paralyzed his right arm.

Metallica

MetallicaFact or Fiction

Beef with Bon Jovi? An unfortunate Spandex period? See if you can spot the true stories in this Metallica version of Fact or Fiction.

Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear: Teddy Bears and Teddy Boys in Songs

Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear: Teddy Bears and Teddy Boys in SongsSong Writing

Elvis, Little Richard and Cheryl Cole have all sung about Teddy Bears, but there is also a terrifying Teddy song from 1932 and a touching trucker Teddy tune from 1976.