If You Can't Give Her Love Give Her Up

You gotta learn today to look at things right on (oh yeah)
Black is black, white is white, that's a proven fact
It even goes the same when it comes down to a woman
That's been the greatest gift that god could give man
Which is me and you

Y'all can understand where I'm comin' from
If you got somebody that you love
I don't believe in playin' hard to get
For something that I might already have
Listen to me

Ooh
We gotta stop fussin' over the ladies
Beatin' em and mistreatin' em
And leaving them with a baby
We gotta start them right
Huggin' and lovin' and bein' real nice

Although at times they be tempting
And sometimes they get you old and grey
But a woman was made to love
One change in this sound like a sleigh
What I'm tryin to say, y'all

If you can't give her love
Give her up, give her up
And If you can't give her up, make up your mind, oh
Give her up or give her her freedom

I don't mean that a woman run wild
And let her get out every once in a while, ooh
Don't get up, get her up at home
Because you don't want to hurt, just leave her alone

There's a lot of men I don't know
That would like to be you, so soon
Who would accept a ready made family
And do the things for you woman that you should be doing
Hey, hey

If you can't give her love, why don't ya give her
Give her up, give her up
And If you can't give her up, you got to give her up
Or give her her freedom

Ooh baby, oh my, my my baby