[Intro: Somethin For The People, Terry Ellis]
Give him up, yo, turn him loose, give him up
Give him up, yo, turn him loose, give him up
Give him up, yo, turn him loose, give him up
(And it goes a little something like this, hit it!)
Give him up, yo, turn him loose, give him up, yo
Give him up, yo, turn him loose, give him up, yo
Give him up, yo, turn him loose, give him up, yo
Give him up, yo, turn him loose, give him up

[Verse 1: Maxine Jones & En Vogue]
Baby girl (Unfair but true)
Can love him once but not twice
Who plays games with no rules (A fool)
Tears for fears (Are no surprise)
Happens almost every time
Love knocks you on your behind
(Loved you hard, loved you long, now his love is gone)
Love 'em and leave ’em (Is the rule of most dogs)
You must be strong
Stand up on your own
Take control of your life

[Pre-Chorus: Maxine Jones & En Vogue]
I've seen it time and time again
It's not worth it, no (Ooh)
Don’t be down and miserable
You and only you
Can bring yourself around (Oh)
[Chorus: En Vogue, Maxine Jones, Somethin' For The People]
Give it up, turn it loose
Oh, if he don't want ya, you don't need 'em, girl, yeah
Give it up, turn it loose
Oh, yeah
(Give it up, give it up, give it up)

[Verse 2: Maxine Jones & En Vogue]
Fact of life (So sad but true)
Love can often hurt you
Leaving scars most of your life (Nightmares can haunt you)
But fairytales of love can come true
Both play tricks on your mind
(You'll be fine, take this time to find piece of mind)
Sooner or later (Bad feelings will die)
You must be strong
Don't blame it all on love
In time good things will come

[Pre-Chorus: Maxine Jones & En Vogue]
I've seen it time and time again
It's not worth it, no, no (Ooh)
Don’t be down and miserable
You and only you
Can bring yourself around (Oh)
[Chorus: En Vogue, Maxine Jones, Somethin' For The People]
Give it up, turn it loose
Oh, if he don’t want ya, you don't need ’em, girl, yeah
Give it up, turn it loose
Oh, yeah
(Give it up, give it up, give it up)

[Verse 3: Jai Silk]
The lovin' ain't never the lovin', your man is just makin’ you feelin' used
Since they gots to give it up, time to say give it up, turn it loose
Go 'head just, just walk away now not to be playin' a fool
'Cause when your lover be playin' them games, then that's the only rule
So when you start to detect, the brother needs to be checked
You check him if he's still disrespectin', you keep on steppin'
You gotta dip if you're hot, girl, that's a heavy load
But you see now taking of self is always En Vogue, kick it

[Outro: Maxine Jones, En Vogue]
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