Can I Get A Witness

<br>(B. Holland / L. Dozier / E. Holland)<br><br>Ah, listen everybody<br>Especially you guys<br>Is it right to be left alone<br>When the one you love is never home?<br>I love too hard<br>Yeah, my friends sometimes say<br>But I believe, oh I believe<br>That a boy should be loved that way<br>But it hurts me so inside<br>See him treat me so unkind<br>A-somebody, a-somewhere<br>Tell him it ain`t fair<br> <br>Can I get a witness?<br>Can I get a witness?<br>Can I get a witness?<br>Somebody?<br><br>Is it right to be treated so bad?<br>When you`ve given everything you had<br>Keep on tossing in my sleep<br>`Cause I haven`t seen my baby all week<br>Now, you people you do agree<br>That this ain`t the way love`s supposed to be<br>A-let me hear you<br>Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah<br><br>Up early in the morning<br>With him on my mind<br>Just to find out all night<br>That I`ve been crying<br>But I believe, oh, that a boy is a girl`s best friend<br>So, I`m gonna stick by him `til the very end<br>But he caused so much misery<br>I forget how love`s supposed to be<br>Somebody, somewhere tell him<br>It ain`t fair<br> <br>Can I get a witness?<br>Can I get a witness?<br>I want a witness<br>Witness, witness, witness, witness<br><br>Everybody knows, especially you boys<br>That a love can be sad<br>But half a love is twice as bad<br>Now you people you do agree<br>That this ain`t the way love`s supposed to be<br>Let me hear you <br>Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah<br><br>I want a witness<br>Can I get a witness?<br>I want a witness<br>Come on, witness<br>I want a witness, hey<br>Come on, witness<br>I want a witness