Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song By Ourselves, artist - Blood Orange. Album song Freetown Sound, in the genre R&B
Date of issue: 27.06.2016
Record label: Domino
Song language: English
By Ourselves |
Oh, they took and skinned my name |
Try to raise the feeling |
I saw right through, tried to love them |
They threw it in your face |
Tell you what you’re feeling |
How could they know? |
It’s what they read |
So when you see her cry |
You know there’s nothing new |
It’s how we could all by ourselves |
I will show you a 26 year old woman |
Who learned to dance until she felt pretty |
Feminism wears a throwback jersey |
Bamboo earrings, and a face beat for the gods |
Feminism is Da Brat, Missy Elliott, Lil Kim, and |
Angie Martinez on the «Not Tonight» track |
Feminism says as a woman in my arena |
You are not my competition |
As a woman in my arena your light |
Doesn’t make mine any dimmer |
Dear Missy: |
I did not grow up to be you |
But I did grow up to be me |
And to be in love with who this woman is |
To be a woman playing a man’s game |
And not be apologetic about any of it |
If you ask me why representation is important |
I will tell you that on the days I don’t feel pretty |
I hear the sweet voice of Missy singing to me |
Pop that pop that, jiggle that fat |
Don’t stop, get it til your clothes get wet |
I will tell you that right now |
There are a million black girls just waiting |
To see someone who looks like them |