I'll leave the way I came Unseen, unheard, unmoved A black woman truth Four years old, too black to play My first crush showed me all the right shades for his love And it brands you You get a new leader and think you know trauma I'm 20 years of breakdowns and mantras So, spare me the shock in looking at yourselves It scares me there's shock I could love myself How I do ♪ Cry in the bathroom (break down and cry) But they'll never have you (but they'll never have you) It's always been bigger than this And I fucking swear, I swear down That we love ourselves politically (love) It's rebellious Are you sitting comfortably While we bleed in vain? I've died by other names Please make me feel you care, my ally Are you prepared To lose your sleep? To bare your teeth? To break like me? (Uh-huh) Cry in the bathroom (break down and cry) But they'll never have you It's always been bigger than this (bigger than this) And I fucking swear, I swear down That we love ourselves politically, uh-huh It's rebellious, my heart, hmm-hmm... I'll leave the way I came Unseen, unheard, unmoved A black woman truth