Janelle Monae - Sincerely Jane lyrics

Left the city, my momma she said don't come back home These kids round' k**in' each other, they lost they minds, they gone They quittin' school, making babies and can barely read Some gone off to their fall, lord have mercy on them One, two, three, four, your cousins is round' here sellin' dope While they're daddies, your uncle is walking round' strung out Babies with babies, and their tears keep burning, while their dreams go down the drain now [Chorus] Are we really living or just walking dead now? Or dreaming of a hope riding the wings of angels The way we live The way we die What a tragedy, I'm so terrified Day dreamers please wake up, we can't sleep no more Love don't make no sense, ask your neighbor The winds have changed; it seems they have abandoned us The truth hurts, and so does yesterday What good is love if it burns bright, and explodes in flames (I thought every little thing had love but uh) [Chorus] I've seen them shootin' up funerals in they Sunday clothes Spending money on spinners but won't pay college loans And all you gangsters and bangers rollin' dice and taking lives, in a Smokey dark Lord have mercy on you Teacher, teacher please reach those girls in them videos The little girls just broken Queen, confusing bling for soul Danger, there's danger when you take off your clothes, all your dreams go down the drain girl [Chorus] We live and then we die, and we never know the right So now, now were gone now, on your mark We live and then we die, and we never touch the sky So now, now were gone now, on your mark Five, seven, eight, two, one It is now time, for you to come home my dear You've been gone long enough You must come, you must go