By Ourselves-Blood Orange

[ti:By Ourselves] [ar:Blood Orange] [al:Freetown Sound] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]By Ourselves - Blood Orange [00:14.04]Oh [00:15.84]They took and skinned my name [00:20.32]Try to raise the feeling [00:24.10]I saw right through tried to love them [00:35.00]They threw it in your face tell you what you're feeling [00:43.79]How could they know [00:48.08]It's what they read [00:54.43]So when you see her cry you always knew [01:02.74]It's how we could all by ourselves [01:12.88]I will show you a 26 year old woman [01:14.50]Who learned to dance until she felt pretty [01:17.19]Feminism wears a throwback jersey bamboo earrings and a face beat for the gods [01:22.55]Feminism is missy lil kim and angie martinez on the not tonight track [01:27.24]Feminism says as a woman in my arena you are not my competition [01:31.00]As a woman in my arena your light doesn't make mine any dimmer [01:35.02]Dear missy [01:36.45]I did not grow up to be you [01:38.22]But I did grow up to be me [01:39.77]And to be in love with who this woman is [01:42.17]To be a woman playing a man's game [01:44.64]And not be apologetic about any of it [01:47.00]If you ask me why representation is important [01:49.43]I will tell you that on the days I don't feel pretty [01:52.01]I hear the sweet voice of missy singing to me [01:54.41]Pop that pop that jiggle that fat [01:56.37]Don't stop get it til your clothes get wet [01:58.43]I will tell you that right now [02:00.28]There are a million black girls just waiting to see someone who looks like them