For all you Ani D fans, she released a new song and video.
I wrote down the lyrics save for that one I couldn't make out.
Hope you enjoy!
https://youtu.be/lQfcLIwLnV8
Play God
I was done at 16showing up for class.
I was out there in the rain
Learnin’ how to kick some ass.
I was done at 16
using my momma’s key
It was all on me.
it was all on me.
Were no free rides,Were no IOUs.
I bought my way, yeah
I paid my dues
And I showed up to enlist
On the first day of (_______)??
How ‘bout you?
How ‘bout you?
I’m my brother’s keeper every chance I canAnd I pay my taxes like a workin’ man.
And I feel, I’ve earned
My right to choose
You don’t get to play god, man
I do.
You don’t get to play god, man
I do.
You get to run the world in your special wayYou get much more, much more than your say
government, religion is all this patriarchyI must insist, you leave this one thing to me
just leave this one thing to me
just leave this one thing to me
just leave this one thing…
Cause there’s one thing that a man needs to be truly free
This is the modern world and that one thing is my name.
There are two things that a woman needs,
Control over her own body
I paid the price on top of everything
Each month a bill
Each month a reckoning
and each seed that dies, I cry and I bleed
So you can’t, tell me
You can’t tell me
yeah I am a soldier, it’s my blood that flows
I give my life, so that these feet grow
You don’t know creation like I have known
So you can’t, tell me
no, you can’t tell me.
you can’t, tell me
you can’t tell me
You get to run the world in your special way
You get much more, much more than your say
government, religion, it’s all this patriarchy.
I must insist you leave this one thing to mejust leave one thing…
just leave this one thing to me
just leave this one thing….
Cause I’m my brother’s keeper every chance I canAnd I pay my taxes like any working man
I feel, I’ve earned, my right to choose
You don’t get to play god, man
I do
you don’t get to play god, man
I do.
you don’t get to play god, man
I do.