Burden Down Lyrics - Jennifer Hudson

[Verse 1] 

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 

[Chorus] 

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 

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[Verse 2] 

I deliver each and every time 

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

You keep me asking, you keep taking 

And that's no reciprocation 

I shouldn't have to do this by myself 

[Chorus] 

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 

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[Bridge] 

I'm a river, I keep running on 

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

Just this once, oh just this once 

[Chorus] 

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