Some people say now, we're living in a joke They would say, S.T.D., the gunp is going I got a message, that they need to know Gotta let a woman be a woman, and let a man be a man Some people call me, a Broadway champ now They would say, S.T.D., I had no place to stay Cause I hung around town, down on Broadway Gotta let a woman be a woman, and let a man be a man Gotta let a woman be a woman, and let a man be a man Gotta let a woman be a woman, and let a man be a man Gotta let a woman be a woman, and let a man be a man Gotta let a woman be a woman, and let a man be a man Ha! Listen, get off my back Oh yeah, leave me alone Good Lord, leave me alone Oh yeah, and that woman too Good Lord, gotta let a woman be a woman y'all Gotta let a man be a man, oh yeah