Woman's World

Album: LM5 (2018)
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  • Every day she tells her daughter
    "Baby, you're not just a pretty face"
    She says "you gotta work much harder
    Than every single man, that's just the way"

    But she goes to the same job everyday
    She's overworked and underpaid
    Just 'cause the way her body's made
    Ain't that insane?

    If you never been told how you gotta be
    What you gotta wear, how you gotta speak
    If you never shouted to be heard
    You ain't lived in a woman's world
    And if you can't see that it's gotta change
    Only want the body and not the brains
    If you think that's the way it works
    You ain't lived in a woman's world, no

    Try living, try try living
    Try living, try try living
    Try living in a woman's world

    Every night she tells her daughter
    "Don't you know a change is gonna come?"
    There's a whisper in the water
    And I know the tide is gonna turn
    No, no, no

    But she goes to the same job everyday
    She's overworked and underpaid
    Just 'cause the way her body's made
    Ain't that insane?

    If you never been told how you gotta be
    What you gotta wear, how you gotta speak
    If you never shouted to be heard
    You ain't lived in a woman's world
    And if you can't see that it's gotta change
    Only want the body but not the brains
    If you really think that's the way it works
    You ain't lived in a woman's world

    Just look at how far that we've got
    And don't think that we'll ever stop
    This ain't the way it's gonna be
    No, this ain't the way it's got to be
    Know that there will be a day
    When everyone's treated the same
    It's the only way it's gotta be
    It's the one way it's gotta be, yeah

    If you never been told how you gotta be
    What you gotta wear, how you gotta speak
    Never shouted to be heard
    You ain't lived in a woman's world
    And if you can't see that it's gotta change
    Only want the body but not the brains
    If you think that's the way it works
    You ain't lived in a woman's world, no

    Try living, try try living
    Try living, try try living in a woman's world
    (A woman's world)
    Try living, try try living
    Try living, try try living in a woman's world
    (A woman's world)
    Try living, try try living
    You got to try
    Try living, try try living in a woman's, a woman's world Writer/s: Jade Amelia Thirlwall, Jez Ashurst, Rachel Clare Furner
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Allie from AustraliaI know I’m a few years late as I am posting this in 2022, but to be honest, the lyrics of this song are as relevant and powerful today as they were when they came out. Little Mix is so amazing, thank you Jade and Jez for such inspiring lyrics. Love Little Mix and their music forever!!
  • Megha from India It's really important for young girls like me!! Thanks jade <3
  • Alicia from Australia Thank u for writing this i love knowing facts about songs
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