Burden Down lyrics

I'm a river, I keep running on

I'm a pillar you got used to leaning on

Underneath it, there's a person

I'm a woman and I'm hurting

'Cause I feel like I'm holding up the world

When I lay this burden down

Who's gonna take it up for me

When you run me in the ground

That's the day you're gonna see

For all I've done I'm alone

Just for a moment can I not be strong?

So how 'bout now, oh can I lay

This burden down?

I deliver each and every time

I'm a giver, I don't think about what's mine

You keep asking, you keep taking

And that's no reciprocation

I shouldn't have to do this by myself

When I lay this burden down

Who's gonna take it up for me

When you run me in the ground

That's the day you will see

For all I've done I'm alone

Just for a moment, could I not be strong?

How 'bout now, can I lay

This burden down?

I'm a river, I keep running on

I'm a pillar, you're used to leaning on

Just this once, oh

Ooh just this once

Can I lay this burden down?

Can you take it up for me?

When you run, when you run me in the ground

That's the day you're gon see

Now all I've done, I'm alone

Just for a moment could I not be strong?

Wish I knew how, I'd lay this burden down

• Artist:Jennifer Hudson