M.I.A. - Story to Be Told lyrics

I licked envelopes wrote a letter to the pope
He never gave me rope in
The times I couldn't cope
He never gave me rope in
The times I couldn't cope
They cleaned up the dope
And censored my scope
The writin' on the wall's been
Beaten to a pulp
The writin' on the wall's been
Beaten to a pulp

All I ever wanted was my story to be told
All I ever wanted was my story to be told

I never got struck by someone in my core
I never took back that joint I rolled
What happened now to that truth I told?
Do they all roll over and die in the cold?

All I ever wanted was my story to be told
All I ever wanted was my story to be told

A skateboard rolled, a lightning bolt
It's droppin' on em but it ain't their fault
It's droppin' on em but it ain't their fault
And maybe I am floored but
It needs to be told

All I ever wanted was my story to be told
All I all I ever wanted was
My story to be told, ah