Music: Brenda Russell/Allee Willis/Stephen Bray
You told Harpo to beat me?
I’m sorry.
I love Harpo. God knows I do. But I'll kill him dead before I let him or anybody beat me.
All my life I had to fight
I had to fight my daddy
I had to fight my brothers
My cousins, my uncles too
But I never, never, never, never, never, never thought
I had to fight in my own house
I feel sorry for you
To tell you the truth
You remind me of my mama
Under your husband’s thumb
Naw, you under your husband’s foot
And what he say go
Why you so scared i'll never know
But if a man raise his hand
Hell no
Hell no
Girl child ain't safe in a family of mens
Sick ‘n tired how a woman still live like a slave
Oh, you better learn how to fight back
While you still alive
You show them girls and beat back that jive
Cause when a man just don't give a damn
Hell no
Hell no
What you gonna do then?
My sister’s gon’ come get me. I think i need me a vacation up away from here.
But harpo’s your husband. You got to stay with him. I know you love him.
When that man used to touch me
He climb on top and start to rock me away
Lord knows I still loves him
But he try to make me mind
And I just ain't that kind
Hell no
Sometimes my husband get on me so hard, it hurt me all over, but he my husband so I just talk to my old maker.
This life'll soon be over. Heaven lasts always.
What you ought to do is bash mister’s head open.
And think on heaven later. You can’t stay here, girl.
Sistahs
Hell no
Hell no
Hell no
Hell no
Hell no
Hell no
Let’s go
Gonna be your rock
Gonna be your tree
Somethin’ to hold on to
In your time of need
Girl you’re too good for that man
Damn that man
Gonna take you away
Take my hand, sista, you got to go
Don't be no fool, don't waste your time
Any man who hurts you ain’t worth a dime
Well he won't know til you gone
She be gone
What he throwin’ away
He be wrong, sista you got to go
Girl, you too good for that man
Gonna take you away
Sistah
Come on go away
Sistah
Don’t you wanna go away
Sistah
You got to leave sister
Sistah
Sister, you got to
You got to say
You need to say
You better say
You ought to say
Hell
Hell, hell, hell, hell, hell, hell
No