That's The Way It Ought To Be

I ain't never seen a woman look at me like that

I guess they do things different in the city

I ain't never seen a woman shake her body that way

And manage to hold on to her dignity

Right now I ain't thinking about no starving kids

Or catching some strange disease

And little thing, don't worry, that nasty stuff will sing

Kinda make you feel at ease

And that's the way it ought to be

You make me slow down when I break into a run

That's the way it ought to be

And you make people forget about the things I ain't done

That's the way it ought to be

I know we just can't stay in here forever

Locked up in some wild fantasy

That's the way it ought to be

I ain't never seen a woman put up such a fight

About so many little stupid things

I ain't never seen nobody always do what's right

No matter what harm it brings

I don't need no woman telling me how to run my life

But I can stand some advice for real

Those little motions, the touch of your finger

Kinda makes it hard on me

That's the way it ought to be

You make me realize that Freddie ain't so dumb

That's the way it ought to be

You make me compromise when I'm having too much fun

That's the way it ought to be

I know the whole world can't stop turning

And leave it back you and me

That's the way it ought to be

That's the way it ought to be, yeah

I ain't never seen a woman talk back to the police

Guess they do things different in the city

I ain't never seen a woman point a finger in my face

Somehow it keeps on upsetting me

I ain't thinking about no foreclosure on my mortgage

I don't want no MTV

Everybody talking 'bout some kind of love shortage

We still don't know what that means

And that's the way it ought to be

You make me come down from my pedestal in the sun

That's the way it ought to be

You make me think about what I don't wanna become

That's the way it ought to be

I know we just can't stay in here forever

Locked up in some wild fantasy

That's the way it ought to be

That's the way it ought to be, yeah

That's the way it ought to be, oh

That's the way it ought to be, oh

That's the way it ought to be, oh yeah

That's the way it ought to be

That's the way it ought to be

That's the way it ought to be, oh, come on, say it

That's the way it ought to be, say it again, y'all

That's the way it ought to be, oh

That's the way it ought to be, oh

That's the way it ought to be, yeah

That's the way it ought to be

That's the way it ought to be, yeah

That's the way it ought to be

That's the way it ought to be

That's the way it ought to be