I can't get no validation, I can't get no validation
'Cause I cry and I cry and I cry and I cry
I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm bullied up in school, and my dad says “just ignore it”
He's tellin' me more and more about how “quitters never win”
I’m Supposed to ignore, quit giving them the ”joe show”

I can't get no, oh, no, no, no, hey, hey, hey
That's what I say
I can't get no validation, I can't get no validation
'Cause I cry and I cry and I cry and I cry
I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm watchin' my TV and my Mom comes home and tells me
Where’s the Remote, I’m watching HGTV
“Just get the El Cheap-o” “You don’t have common sense”
Or she’ll angrily count to three

I can't get no, oh, no, no, no, hey, hey, hey
That's what I say
I can't get no validation, I can't get no understanding
'Cause I cry and I cry and I cry and I cry
I can't get no, I can't get no

When I grow up in this world
And I'm doin' well and I'm smokin’ that
And I'm tryin' to ask out some girl, who tells me
Maybe, made plans, then ghosted next week
Why the hell can’t women just be direct?
I can't get no, oh, no, no, no, hey, hey, hey
That's what I say, I can't get no, I can't get no
I can't get no validation, no validation
No validation, no validation
I can't get no