With Love (Explicit)

I really tried to be silent. Yeah, I tried to keep it in

But that’s the kind of silence that silently kills

Way too many women every year

I had the audacity, (my mama says)

as a three-year-old girl to talk back to men

So, I’ve known a long time

It’s not always popular

But that doesn’t mean I’m any less right

I use my wits as a flashlight

So you’re telling me to lower my voice

“You don’t talk to the world that way”

“We’ve never talked to the world that way”

“You really shouldn’t talk to the world that way”

But what if the world needs to hear what I say?

He said we treat him like he’s of royal blood

Only “yes, how amazing, and I think you should”

But wait, what? Won’t that rob him of becoming a man?

Haven’t you heard about the syndrome called Peter Pan?

And you are one, two, three, four decades too late

To hush me. Shhh. Let me give it to you straight

Love is patient. Love is kind.

And it’s with love I speak my mind

I will use the voice God gave to me

I will use the voice God gave to me

I don’t want to be silent. I don’t want to keep it in

cause that’s the kind of silence that silently kills

Way too many women every year

I had the audacity

As a teenage girl

To write songs about men

So, you’re not the first one

And probably not the last one

I hope this doesn’t turn into a verbal fight

Uh-oh but if it sounds familiar, I might just be right

I try to keep it real, this ain’t Hollywood

“No, how awful, and I don’t think you should”

But wait, what? Won’t that force him out of Neverland?

Well isn’t that kind of the point? I tried to give him a hand.

Love is patient. Love is kind.

And it’s with love I speak my mind

I will use the voice God gave to me

I will use the voice God gave to me