Salute You

[Intro: Raheem DeVaughn, E-40]
A boldface loveland salute (Salute)
Ayo, 40 you ready? (I'm ready, mayne)
I'm standing front and center (Talk to 'em, Raheem)
We just wanna thank you for your swag (We wanna thank you)
Send this out to all the grown women (To salute you)
(All the grown ones)
Remind me of my mama type (Uh-huh) (I wanna salute you)
We just wanna salute you right now from the Bay
(We just wanna salute you from the Bay)
(I just wanna tell the world)
To the 3-6-8, leggo (Let 'em know)
(To ladies all over the world)
All around the world (All around the world)
Good women, hey (Good women, bruh)
40 and Radio Raheem
Look, hey, look

[Verse 1: E-40]
Shout out to all the working women of the world
(I salute you) Uh-huh, yep
Raising they kids by theyself, baby boy or girl
(I salute you) Uh-huh, yep
Stickin' by your dude while he locked up (Locked up)
Holdin' it down got his back no matter what (No matter what)
And even though the times is tough
You never gave it up like a slut, you stayed prayed up
Women be havin' it hard (Still no answer)
Mammograms, pap smears (Ovarian cancer)
They be goin' through some thangs, mayne
While men get weak and wanna blow out they brains
Over some scrill over some past due bills
But if you kill yourself you goin straight to hell
I salute you, mama, you the man
Not Superman but Superwoman — get it?

[Chorus: Raheem DeVaughn]
Hello
Hello, hello, I
I salute you (I salute you)
I, I, I salute you
Woman, you always (You always)
You always gon' wear that crown (Wear that crown)
You're so loyal and stay so down (Stay so down that I)
I salute you (You, you, you), you

[Verse 2: E-40]
Uh! I salute you for your sex (I salute you)
My tattoo on your breast, body curve like the letter S
The support that you show me (I salute you)
Keep it solid with a fixture, baby girl, we homies
Friends, cronies, teach 'em manners when they doin' the most
Rule number one: respect grown folks
Uh, tryna win
'Bout to graduate, goin' to school to be a RN

[Chorus: Raheem DeVaughn]
Hello
Hello, hello, I
I salute you (I salute you)
I, I, I salute you
Woman, you always (You always)
You always gon' wear that crown
You're so loyal and stay so down
I salute you (You, you, you)

[Verse 3: Raheem DeVaughn]
See, if I had to do fed time, she would send my commissary
The type of soil you plant seeds with
Put a ring on it and marry
She's my Q-U-double E-N (My)
And my, my best friend (My)
My rock 'til we old and gray ('Til)
For better and worse 'til my dying day
Oh, she's my Sadie, she reminds me of my mama
I have to say (I salute you)
I, I salute you

[Chorus: Raheem DeVaughn]
I, I, I salute you (Salute, salute)
You always
You always gon' wear that crown
You're so loyal and stay so down (You always stay down for me)
I salute you (Salute) (You, you, you), you

[Outro: Raheem DeVaughn, E-40]
You are appreciated (You are appreciated)
I wanna say thank you, thank you, thank you
You are appreciated (You are appreciated)
Thank you, thank you, thank you, baby
You are appreciated (You are appreciated)
Thank you, thank you, thank you
You are appreciated (You are appreciated)
Thank you, thank you, thank you, baby
You are appreciated (You are appreciated)
Thank you, thank you, thank you
You are appreciated (You are appreciated)
Thank you, thank you, thank you, baby
You are appreciated (You are appreciated)
Thank you, thank you, thank you
You are appreciated (You are appreciated)
Thank you, thank you, thank you, baby (Ho, ho) (Uh)
Play it from the top (From the top, mayne)
They need to hear that