Madonna

Released: April 21, 2003

Songwriter: Mirwais Ahmadzaï Madonna

Producer: Mirwais Ahmadzaï Madonna

[Verse 1]
There was a time I was happy in my life
There was a time I believed I'd live forever
There was a time that I prayed to Jesus Christ
There was a time I had a mother, it was nice

[Verse 2]
Nobody else would ever take the place of you
Nobody else could do the things that you could do
No one else I guess could hurt me like you did
I didn't understand, I was just a kid

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh mother, why aren't you here with me?
No one else saw the things that you could see
I'm trying hard to dry my tears
Yes father, you know I'm not so free

[Chorus]
I've got to give it up
Find someone to love me
I've got to let it go
Find someone that I can care for

I've got to give it up
Find someone to love me
I've got to let it go
Find someone that I can care for

[Verse 3]
There was a time I was happy in my life
There was a time I believed I'd live forever
There was a time that I prayed to Jesus Christ
There was a time I had a mother, it was nice

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh mother, why aren't you here with me?
No one else saw the things that you could see
I'm trying hard to dry my tears
Yes father, you know I'm not so free

[Chorus]
I've got to give it up
Find someone to love me
I've got to let it go
Find someone that I can care for
I've got to give it up
Find someone to love me
I've got to let it go
Find someone that I can care for

[Verse 4]
My mother died when I was five
And all I did was sit and cry
I cried and cried and cried all day
Until the neighbors went away
They couldn't take my loneliness, I couldn't take their phoniness
My father had to go to work, I used to think he was a jerk
I didn't know his heart was broken
Not another word was spoken
He became a shadow of
The father I was dreaming of
I made a vow that I would never need another person ever
Turned my heart into a cage, a victim of a kind of rage
(I've got to give it up)
(I've got to give it up)
(I've got to give it up)
I've got to give it up

[Chorus]
I've got to give it up
Find someone to love me
I've got to let it go
Find someone that I can care for
I've got to give it up
Find someone to love me
I've got to let it go
Find someone that I can care for
Find someone that I can care for
Find someone that I can care for

[Outro]
I've got to give it up
I've got to give it up
I've got to give it up
I've got to give it up
I've got to give it up
I've got to give it up
I've got to let it go
I've got to give it up
Oh mother, oh father
I've got to give it up
(I've got to give it up)
(I've got to give it up)
(I've got to give it up)
(I've got to give it up)
(I've got to give it up)
(I've got to give it up)
(I've got to give it up)
(I've got to give it up)

With more than 300 million copies of her albums sold, Madonna is the most successful female artist of all time.

Her career as a singer, songwriter, producer and entertainer has spanned almost 40 years, with the release of 14 studio albums, making her impact on pop culture undeniable, inspiring almost every big female act to come up after her.

An activist for LGBT and women’s rights through almost all of her career, she has brought up several controversial topics to the pop music scene such as abortion, sexual freedom, female empowerment and the search for fame.

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