From the recording Audience of One
Lyrics
I'll make you mind
Force you to think like you are mine
Don't try to be somebody!
You can't walk, talk, move without my guiding hands.
You're my puppet, So dance when your string is pulled.
You're my fool lye still. I am in control
Don't try and speak!
Got to behave got to toe the line
You know that you're nobody.
You can't eat, sleep, think without my guiding hand.
I'm your mama, your daddy, your God.
You ain't nobody without me!
If I have to hit you, kick you, beat you like a dog,
You will conform. I own you.
Don't try and tell me you're not happy.
Don't try and change a tradition
Don't you try and make a difference.
You'd better be cool, smile, fake it if you have to
Don't say you don't want to lie.
We must keep up our appearance
Don't try and change a religion
Don't you try to make it different.
That just the way that it is!
It's just the way that we live.
You say I've turned on my religion,
But you don't know who I am
I can't breath in religion!
I have my own way, to think to live,
Now I choose to be me.
You ain't gonna beat me, touch me
Don't try and shame the way that I am.
I'm not your fool, I won't lie still,
You can't have control.
If I have to stand up, fight back,
Beat you like a dog,
You won't make me conform.
You don't own me! No you don't own me!
Don't try and cross me, no.