Fellas, so you want your love to last Well don't you ever, don't you ever Try to hold your baby back You see there's really nothing to it There's a simple way to do it You can have her hand If you love her and encourage her The best way that you can You don't know, you don't know, you don't know How many times I've heard men say They don't know, they don't know, they don't know Why their baby ran away So if you wanna keep her, keep her love I've got the recipe yeah And if you wanna keep her, keep her love It's as easy as 1, 2, 3 If you wanna keep her, keep her love Listen to me... Women are free You gotta let your, let your woman breathe Fellas, so you want your love to last Well just remember not to ever tell her that she can't You see a woman needs to know that a man supports her goals And has her back You can't stop the wind... You don't stand a chance You don't know, you don't know, you don't know How many times I've heard a woman say Oh he tells me that he loves me But he don't do nothing but try to get in my way So if you wanna keep her, keep her love I've got the recipe yeah And if you wanna keep her, keep her love It's as easy as 1, 2, 3 If you wanna keep her, keep her love Listen to me... Women are free You gotta let your, let your woman breathe It's lovin' 101 If you really wanna keep someone Don't you ever hold them back, baby You know as well as I do that they'll just pack up and Run, run, run And when they run for the hills You can kiss them good bye You can try to clip my wings And I'll just spread them and fly So if you wanna keep her, keep her love I've got the recipe yeah And if you wanna keep her, keep her love It's as easy as 1, 2, 3 If you wanna keep her, keep her love Listen to me... Women are free You gotta let your, let your woman breathe