I can pay my own light bill baby Pump my own gas in my own car I can buy my own shoe collection I've been blessed thus far I can kill the spider above my bed Although it's hard because I'm scared I can even stain and polyurethane But some things just don't change I need you yeah Sometimes so hard to say oh I need you Some things remain I could buy my own groceries baby Get my hair tight, my nails right I can floss my own bling bling Write the words to the songs I sing I can even raise the child we'll make Make sure he's loved and knows what God gave us I can teach him how to walk and stand But he needs you to help him be a man We need you So hard to say We need you Some things don't change I could be congresswoman Or a garbage woman or Police officer, or a carpenter I could be a doctor and a lawyer and a mother and a good girl God what you've done to me Kind of lover I could be I could be a computer analyst, the Queen with the nappy hair raising her fist Or I could be much more and a myriad of this Hot as the summer, sweet as the first kiss And even though I can do all these things I need you And even though I can do all these things We need you We need you We need you And even though I can do all these things by my damn self I need you I do, I do, I do, I do And even though I can do all these things I need you We need you We do We need you yeah We need you