Shungudzo - To be me Lyrics

I wanna walk
Through an alley at night
Without making a knife with a key
Like, “Oh, my god,
It’s safe
To be me”

I wanna drink
’Til I’m drunk
And not think about
Everything wrong that could be
Like, “Oh, my god,
It’s safe
It’s safe
To be…”

Me off my face
At a stranger’s party

I was asleep
And he touched
My body

Wished I could think
But my brain
Was foggy

I did nothing wrong
Why do I
Feel sorry?

‘Cause they tell us that we should take care of ourselves
That if we dress like this, then we’ve asked to be felt

I wanna walk
Through an alley at night
Without making a knife with a key
Like, “Oh, my god,
It’s safe
To be me”

I wanna drink
’Til I’m drunk
And not think about
Everything wrong that could be
Like, “Oh, my god,
It’s safe
It’s safe
To be…”

Black in America
Black and shopping

Black on a jog
In a locked apartment

Black in car
On the sidewalk dancing

They didn’t nothing wrong
Why are they in heaven?

Cause they tell us that we’re only meant for a cell
That if we look like this, then we’ve asked to be killed

I wanna walk
Through an alley at night
Without making a knife with a key
Like, “Oh, my god,
It’s safe
To be me”

I wanna drink
’Til I’m drunk
And not think about
Everything wrong that could be
Like, “Oh, my god,
It’s safe
It’s safe
To be me
Ohhhhhh
To be me
Ohhhhhh
Be me.”