MC Lyte - Don't Cry Big Girls Lyrics

This is Lyte, and I'm just here to say
That I choose to express my feelings this way
Always alone, either with a microphone
Or just plainly emphasize the tone of my voice
'Cause yo, I know I'm your choice
So when I am speaking, show your gratitude
While I am teaching, I have no attitude
I'm just here to get the job totally done
Eighty five percent work, fifteen percent fun
Sometimes I admit, I get so excited
Rhyme for rhyme, I just can't fight it
Can't stop the flow, it's just too persistent

(Big girls don't cry)
(Big girls don't cry)

Can't stop the flow, it's just too persistent
The level is extremely low on my resistance
By you or any other I'll never be beaten at a
Rap meeting, in other words a battle
'Cause y'all, I'm like a farmer, and y'all's the cattle
Be a big girl about it, don't you start cryin'
That'll mean I made you weep without even tryin'
Lyte takes it like a big girl, I'm no jive girl
Comin' direct, tellin' you that I'm a live girl
I'm positive', you've heard this expression before
So next time you see Lyte shine through the door
Don't talk behind my back, confront me like a big girl

(Big girls don't cry)
(Big girls don't cry)

Don't talk behind my back, confront me like a big girl
So I can take you to all slimmies of the world
Big girls, we don't fight over men
Although there's one worth fighting for every now and then
But then I think again, it's not worth my while
And it's also not a big girl style
And I know you're thinkin 'wait, Lyte is slim and short?'
While being brought up I was also taught
Take it like it comes and proceed with the flow
Lyte is the biggest of the big girls, and now you know

(Big girls don't cry)
(Big girls don't cry)

This is dedicated to Milk Dee from the Audio 2
To Gizmo from the Audio 2
The whole Alliance crew you know what I'm sayin?
And to all the big girls also the small girls
You got time to grow up to be big girls

(Big girls don't cry)
(Big girls don't cry)

(Big girls don't cry)
(Big girls don't cry)