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Sanctified and Satisfied

How you gon’ get good lovin’
From a man you keep breakin’ down?

Oooh he may be tired
Black men they do get tired
And oh, his soul may be crying
Fighting the 400 year fight
When he’s feeling weary
Give him that sexual healing

And he will always stay

Sanctified and satisfied
Strong and ready, to fight another day

and, oh! He may be shame
Black men they do feel shame
Knowing she doesn’t see him
The way she use to see him
And no, she don’t do him
Like she use to do him
Wash him in your sugar rain
One thousand and one different ways

And his soul will reverb

Sanctified and satisfied
Strong and ready, to fight another day

He’ll keep the food on the table
If you treat him like he’s able
Girl you’ve got to
Whisper to his body
That you ain’t lost the faith
With all the skill those lips can
Over and over again
He will never be anything less than a man

And he will rise

Sanctified and Satisfied
Strong and ready to fight another day

My sister you must be
as soft as the womb
as committed as a tomb
as necessary as his heart
as supportive as his legs
as strong as his arms
and treat him well
A life without a happy man
can be the closest thing to Hell
and ain't nothin said
in an empty, lonely bed