Can i get a witness?marvin gayewritten by: brian holland/lamont dozier/edward holland, jr.listen everybody, especially you girlsis it right to be left alonewhile the one you love is never home?i love too hard, my friends sometimes saybut i believe, i believethat a woman should be loved that waybut it hurts me so insideto see her treat me so unkindsomebody, somewhere tell her it's unfaircan i get a witness?can i get a witness?can i get a witness?somebodyis it right to be treated so badwhen you've given everything you had?even tossin' in my sleep'cause i haven't seen my baby all weeknow, you chicks do agreethat this ain't the way love's supposed to belet me hear, let me hear you say yeah, yeahup early in the morning with her on my mindjust to find out all night that i've been cryin'but i believe a woman's a man's best friendso i'm gonna stick by her till the very endbut she causes so much misery i forget howlove is supposed to besomebody, somewhere, tell her it ain't faircan i get a witness?i want a witnesswitness, witnesswitness, witnesseverybody knows, especially you girlslove can be sadbut i have a love that's twice as badnow all you chicks agreethat this ain't the way its's supposed to belet me hear you, let me hear you say yeah, yeahi want a witnessi want a witnessi want a witnessi want a witness