Alive [8-3-2016 Live in Indianapolis]
Sexism shrouded in chivalry
Little men with big egos try to belittle me
They got me in a pickle
But I've been freeing minds with riddles
Ever since little league literally
People sit behind their little
Screens and doubt me
Meanwhile life in my hometown goes
On just fine without me
Every time I go back, with
A little more money, and a little less time
Promises made to be fulfilled next time
People don't have no patience so
They try to test mine that's ok
I got my notebook, I got my voice
I gotta be free, I got no choice
That's an interesting sentence: I
Gotta be free, i've got no choice
You know, i still go in the dressing room
Before the show every night
Put a little gel in my hair
I'm still tryna be cool
But the funny thing about that is
Everyone knows when you're trying
So you never actually do
And the even funnier thing about that is
Everyone else is trying too
So I wonder: if I drop the guard
If I cut the shit for just this one moment
Would you? Would you?
People we never met made all our rules
And we feel strong when we bend them
Men in suit's start wars
Kids in camouflage end them
I'm supposed to entertain people
But I'm not supposed to offend them fuck it
There are more valuable things in
This world than attention
Attention, when a cheer ends
You don't know what to do, so you cheer again
See I could say, "cheer"
Or I could say, "DON'T CHEER!"
Isn't that weird? You don't hear words
You hear inflection, and intention
Which means somebody saying "I hate you"
Might really be saying "I love you
I need affection" a change in perspective
Brought to you by yours truly
An outlook on life
Brought to you by parents they
Didn't pick in war movies tour groupies
I was born goofy
And America tried to straighten me out
Towards Porsches, fortresses, porches
Bowls full of porridge
Who'd've thunk a crooked line could
Be so damn gorgeous?
The eyes of the beloved- that's you
Met a little girl the other day
She asked where I wanna be
What I wanna be in a year? I said, "Alive"