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Billy Stewart
“You Keep Her” is a song by Joe Tex, as an example of what would be known today as a diss track. This song was about Joe Tex’s wife leaving him for James Brown. When the couple broke up, Brown wrote a letter to Joe Tex telling him he can have her back, but Tex refused.
[Verse 1]
James I got your letter
It came to me today
You said I could have my baby back
But I don't want her that way
So you keep her, you keep her
Because man, she belongs to you
[Chorus]
She didn't make up her own mind
To come on home to me
So I found me someone else
And we're happy as can be
So you keep her, you keep her
Because now she belongs to you
[Verse 2]
But you can tell her I said hello James
And remember to always be your lady
'Cause you see when she was with me James
I taught her that a lady stays in a ladies place
And I was the one who taught her
Ask her, didn't I teach her how to make up her face
I taught her how to pick the clothes
And the jewelry to wear
And I was the one who taught her
How to style her hair
My, my, my, she left me
After I taught her these things
[Chorus]
Now she didn't make up her own mind James
To come on home to me
So I found me someone else
And we're happy as can be
So you keep her, you keep her
Because now she belongs to you
You Keep Her was written by Joe Tex.