They said black woman got steel for a spine She'll carry your weight, she'll carry your fight She'll think of you ‘fore she'll think of herself She don't hang up being woman, mind of nobody else But I don't want to rescue you from the deep water Washing over my labour The deep water, I won't be your saviour Won't keep it my life to keep you alive I'm going back to swim on or you'll die tonight In deep water, deep water