Go! - Live from Showcase Live, Foxboro MA / 2010

Ladies have you been getting your butt kicked?
For a lot of years
I know y'all looking good tonight
But you know I know y'all can hide that stuff
You need to leave while you still can leave
And, and I prayed about this
I say, they gonna say,
"Man she busting up in Marriages and relationships"
Baby, if you can bust up an eye all the time
Your marriage is already broken
And to stay there is to co-sign that foolishness
This is a song about abuse
Hard to look at it
Some people think it's an untouchable subject
But I like to touch the untouchable
It's simply called "Go!"

I know all the doctors in the ER by name
All of the nurses know me the same
Bet they think I'm the clumsiest woman
I can hear 'em talkin' 'bout me
When they see me coming

Bruised wrist and I didn't say braced
Black eyes from getting punched and punched
Over and Over in my face
Oh, I could call up some of my crazy cousins
Pookie and Peaches and Pumpkin
But I know that violence really don't solve nothin'

You may think that I won't go
But I'm gon' go
I can't stay here no more
Lord knows I gotta go (Gotta go)
You may think that I won't leave
But I'm gon' go
I can't take this no more
Lord knows I gotta go (Gotta go)

You try to hide the beast inside
When we have company
Most of them don't have a clue what you do
When you're alone with me
Then you wanna front after your stunt
By taking me shopping
But I got trick for you baby
And your mouth gon' be droppin'

You may think that I won't leave
But I'm gon' go
I can't stay here no more
Lord knows I gotta go (Gotta go)
You may think that I won't go
But I'm gon' go
I can't take this no more
Lord knows I gotta go (Gotta go)

You ain't whooping on me no more
The last time you busted my lip, ooh, yeah
I should have abandoned the ship
And given you your pink slip, well
Such a big, big man (Big, big man)
Oh, why you gotta beat on me (Beat up on me)
Just let's me know you ain't the man
You supposed to be

Oh, you may think that I won't go
But I'm gon' go (Gotta go, baby)
I can't stay here no more (Can't stay, can't stay)
Lord knows I gotta go (Gotta go)
Get the nerve to go
You may think that I won't leave
But I'm gon' go
I can't take this no more
Lord knows I gotta go (Gotta go)

I'm gon' wait till you sleepin'
And get my bag and start creepin'
Out the door can't take it no more
Oh, I gotta go (Gotta go)

Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh,
Oh, oh I gotta go, I gotta go, I gotta go

You wouldn't want nobody beatin' up like that on your momma
(Your momma, your momma, your momma)
You wouldn't want nobody beatin' up like that on your sister
(Your sister, your sister, your sister)
You wouldn't want nobody beatin' up like that on your auntie
(Your auntie, your auntie, your auntie)
Sho' wouldn't want nobody beatin' up like that on your daughter
(Your daughter, your daughter, your daughter)

Why you gotta beat on me (Why you gotta beat on me)
Why you gotta beat on me (Why you gotta beat on me)
Why you gotta beat on me (Why you gotta beat on me)
That ain't no way to treat a lady
I thought I was your baby
I thought you really loved me, ha
I thought you really cared for me
Why you gotta beat on me

See, you gon' be walkin' around one day
(Mhm)
Sunshine, nothing on your mind
Thinking everything is just fine
And look out Miss Celie finna shave Mister
You better wake up baby (Wake up baby, wake up baby)
While you can still wake up baby

You don't have to beat on me
Sho' ain't no way to treat a lady like me
Said baby you know, you know, you know
I gotta go
Baby you know, you know, you know
I gotta go, ahh
You know, you know, you know
I gotta go
Yeah (Yeah)
Yeah (Yeah)
Oh, baby you know, you know, you know
I gotta go
Woo, not supposed to be beatin' on a lady
What's the matter witchu boy?
Are, Are you crazy?
I, I-I-I
I, I-I-I
I, I, I gotta go,
I gotta go, yeah
I gotta go, yeah
I gotta go, yeah

Love won't even make me stay
Love won't make me stay
I gotta go

You ain't whooping on me no more