Work That
Mary J. Blige
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Work your thing out Work your thing out Work your thing out Work your thing out There's so many-a girls I hear you been running From the beautiful queen That you could be becoming You can look at my palm And see the storm coming Read the book of my life And see I've overcome it Just because the length of your hair ain't long And they often criticize you for your skin tone Wanna hold your head high Cause you're a pretty woman Get your runway stride home And keep going Girl live ya life [Chorus] I just wanna be myself Don't sweat girl be yourself Follow me Follow me Follow me Girl be yourself That's why I be myself And I'm gonna love it Let em get mad They gonna hate anyway Don't you get that? Doesn't matter if you're going on with their plan They'll never be happy Cause they're not happy with themselves Na na work what you got I'm talking bout things that I know Na na work what you got It's okay show yourself some love Na na work what you got Don't worry bout who's saying what It's gonna be fine Work what you got Feelin' great because the light's on me Celebrating the things that everyone told me Would never happen but God has put his hands on me And ain't a man alive could ever take it from me Working with what I got I gotta keep on Taking care of myself I wanna live long Ain't never ashamed what life did to me Wasn't afraid to change cause it was good for me I wanna [Chorus] Na na work what you got I'm talking bout things that I know Na na work what you got It's okay show yourself some love Na na work what you got Don't worry bout who's saying what It's gonna be fine Work what you got Work that Work that Work that Girl don't hold back You just be yourself Na na work what you got I'm talking bout things that I know Na na work what you got It's okay show yourself some love Na na work what you got Don't worry bout who's saying what It's gonna be fine Work what you got Work that Work that Work that Girl don't hold back You just be yourself Work that thing out Work that thing out Work what you got
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Written by: MARY J. BLIGE, SEAN GARRETT, THERON OTIS FEEMSTER
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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10 facts about this song
Release Information"Work That" is a song by American recording artist Mary J. Blige. The song was officially released as the second single on December 18, 2007, from her eight studio album, "Growing Pains".
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Chart SuccessThe song was a commercial success and peaked at number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 22 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, making it a moderate hit.
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Apple AdThe song gained additional exposure when it was featured in an iPod + iTunes commercial by Apple Inc in late 2007.
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Writer and ProducerThe song was written by Sean Garrett and Theron Thomas and was produced by Garrett and Kuk Harrell.
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Grammy NominationMary J. Blige's album, "Growing Pains," which includes "Work That," won Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 51st Grammy Awards in February 2009.
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Song Theme"Work That" is an anthem of self-affirmation and encouragement, encouraging women to feel good about themselves regardless of what others might think.
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Video ReleaseThe music video for the song, directed by Matthew Rolston, was premiered via Yahoo! Music on December 18, 2007.
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Notable LyricsSome of the empowering lyrics of the song include "Work what you got, it better be hot/ Just like a stove, what good is gold/ If you're still broke, what good is love/ If it's not pure, a diamond ring/ It's just a ring, don't mean a thing/ You can bling bling bling bling. "
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Song Length"Work That" has a duration of 3 minutes and 30 seconds.
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Billboard Year-End PerformanceAlthough it only peaked at number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100, "Work That" still managed to make it onto the 2008 Billboard Year-End Hot 100 songs list, ranking at number 97 for the year.
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