Better Half

There's gotta be somebody who can match softness for my roughness
Tenderness for my toughness
Level-headedness for my pride
Sweetness for the bitterness I hold inside
Behind every good man is a good woman
Good advice, good lovin, good food, good God
There's gotta be somebody who cried
and had a shoulder
A bosom to hold em closer
A hug to hold em over
A gentle hand to wipe the tears from their eyes
There's gotta be somebody who had aunts like mine
There's gotta be somebody with a girl like mine.
When a man finds a wife,
A good thing, he finds
There's gotta be somebody in love
There's gotta be somebody rising above, against all odds
Who couldn't have done it without their mom
Cause when the world was filling my head with lies
She helped me recognize and opened my eyes
and she always did what she had to do to provide
and when breast cancer tried to deprive...
UH-UH
My phenomenal woman said she still rise
Cant deny a woman's worth
They decorate this man's world
They hold together our lives
They are the staples, so today, I celebrate with you
I congratulate you
You empower me
I appreciate you
Our better half

Audition piece for Women's Empowerment and Networking Conference, 2010. Didn't make it... Try again next year...