(Oh no oh oh)
Ladies lift your glasses
(Oh no oh oh)
And toast yourselves

(sweet)
(oh ra ay oh)
It's a dedication
(oh ya ah oh)

Barington Levy
(oh ah oh)
Shaggy!

I love to see the ladies take full control (uh)
independent woman don't depend on a soul (that's right)
Confidential the fact that she has her own (uh uh)
No body has to tell her how to play her role (oh ya)

I'm talking all the honeys to my left
Sophisticated ladies are the one who set the trends
Ladies who don't hang around with no progressive friends
They don't have no time to play a silly game

Shallow mans are all the same
All the fellas who get played
Not because they pour the drinks it means they're gettin laid
Show her some respect and maybe wouldn't have been played

Yo - Now you're looking kinda dumb, I bet this pants are tiresome
I love to see the ladies take full control (love it ...)
independent woman don't depend on a soul (no depend on nobody, see)
Confidential the fact that she has her own (...)

No body has to tell her how to play her role (sweet)
(say what)Beep Beep, dude's pager going off
Car keys spinnin on his finger showin off
Bet he thinks all the hyper love the latest stuff

It takes more than flashiness for home girl to be impressed
Ladies want be be adored
Ladies want a real man to keep them reassured
Forget about the cash she wants a heart to be secured

He's not gonna sacrifie the ..., can't hang with step aside
I love to see the ladies take full control (...)(oh ay oh ay oh)
independent woman don't depend on a soul (...)(sweet)
Confidential the fact that she has her own (uh mm)(...)

No body has to tell her how to play her role (Tell em Barrington)(sweet)
She's alright (She's alright)
It don't matter what you want to offer her because she's been around the world
You're so right (You're so right)

Bet your thinking that she's confidential women but she's an independent girl
She's alright (She's alright)
It don't matter what you want to offer her because she's been around the world
You're so right (You're so right)

Bet your thinking that she's confidential women but she's an independent girl (oh oh oh oh)
I love to see the ladies take full control (...)(yeah)
independent woman don't depend on a soul (...)(sweet)
Confidential the fact that she has her own (...)

Nobody has to tell her how to play her role (Watch out)(oh yo oh)
I love to see the ladies take full control (uh)
independent woman don't depend on a soul (ah wa)
Confidential the fact that she has her own (Hot girl)

No body has to tell her how to play her role (Oh no oh oh)
... a lot of ladies, you know
Strong women (shidely shidely shidely?)...
(sweet)...

(seet ya seet ya)...
(seet ya)...
(shidely shildey shidely ahidely oh oh oh)

Shaggy
Alright (alright)

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Writer(s): BARRINGTON LEVY, CHRISTOPHER BIRCH, DAVE KELLY, ORVILLE BURRELL, RICARDO DUCENT, ROBERT BROWNE, SHAUN PIZZONIA