Janelle Monáe - So Afraid lyrics

[Janelle Monáe - So Afraid lyrics]

All the kids run around playing free and fun
While the dogs lap around the can
Falling down, climbing trees, swimming
In the river, no life jacket on their backs
Daughters sharpen their knives and
They hunt for food
Others watch their children grow
Mothers going to work and they shake the
Hands of a corporate tycoon's ghost

And I'm afraid (ahhhh) i'm so afraid (ahhhh)
What if I lose? Is what I think to myself
I'm fine in my shell
I'm afraid of it all, afraid of loving you

I'm a gift and a curse to the wilderness
When the leaves only turn to brown
The birds fly high and they wink at
All of the grandmothers on the ground
Rain pours down in the village dens
My cousins fetch for lunch


While I sit in my room writing letters
To my church and things and such

'Cause, I'm afraid (ahhhh)
I'm so afraid (ahhhh) what if I lose?
Is what I think to myself
I'm fine in my shell
I'm afraid of it all, afraid of loving you
Cousins all in the creek
Ridin' high, write a zine
And the rain pours down, the ghetto dancin'
Yeah

I'm so afraid (ahhhh) i'm so afraid (ahhhh)
What if I lose? Is what I think to myself
I'm fine in my shell
I'm afraid of it all, afraid of loving you
I'm afraid, afraid of loving you

Cousins all in the creek
Ridin' high, write a zine
And the rain pours down, the ghetto dancin'
Yeah

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