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my iqwhen i was 4 years old they tried to test my i.q. they showed me this picture of 3 oranges and a pear they asked me which one is different and does not belong they taught me different is wrong but when i was 13 years old i woke up one morning thighs covered in blood like a war like a warning that i live in a breakable takable body an ever-increasingly valuable body that a woman had come in the night to replace me deface me see... my body is borrowed yeah i got it on loan for the time in between my mom and some maggots i don't need anyone to hold me i can hold my own i got highways for stretch marks see where i've grown i sing sometimes like my life is at stake 'cause you're only as loud as the noises you make i'm learning to laugh as loud as i can listen 'cause silence is violence in women and poor people if more people were screaming then i could relax but a good brain ain't diddly if you don't have the facts we live in a breakable takable world an ever available possible world and we can make music like we can make do genius is in a backbeat backseat to nothing if you're dancing especially something stupid like i.q. for every lie i unlearn i learn something new i sing sometimes for the war that i fight 'cause every tool is a weapon if you hold it right © 1993 ani difranco / righteous babe music |
