The Julie Ruin - I Wanna Know What Love Is lyrics

"Do you remember when we were young and impressionable and taught to believe everything the Great White father told us?" How many girls stay awake all night Too scared to sleep and too scared to fight back I know you know what I'm talking about Another woman k**ed and hardly a pout about it Green River k**er my f**ing a** The cops have gotta be deaf, dumb and spastic To not catch the k**er of a hundred women I guess it'd be different if they thought we were human I wanna know what love is What the f** if we all got guns To off the f**ing pigs and all the other motherf**ers Raping the children they paint like dolls Jon Benet didn't scream cuz she never f**ing was Come on now the police aren't gonna save you They're part of the problem that society gave you Locking up black men for whistling in the wind You see a mirage when you call the cop your friend I wanna know what love is The k**ers and the cops give us special advice Like cross your legs and act f**ing nice While they k** us off old and f**ing young For breathing, relieving and having fun They'll keep you scared so you have to have a boyfriend And take your kids away if you're a la la lesbian Arrest you for whoring then rape you in the car It's time we point the fingers at who the real criminals are I wanna know what love is I want you to show me So I'll stay awake almost every night A pin in my hand and in the other a knife Cuz I'd rather be scared and fight back Then be some dick's maid, babe or wife (When they kick at your front door)