To Be Me

I wanna walk through an alley at night Without making a knife with a key Like, "Oh my God, it's safe to be me" I wanna drink 'til I'm drunk And not think about everything wrong that could be Like, "Oh my God, it's safe, it's safe to be me" Off my face at a stranger's party I was asleep and he touched my body Wished I could think but my brain is foggy I did nothing wrong, why do I feel sorry? 'Cause they tell us that we should take care of ourselves That if we dress like this then we've asked to be felt I wanna walk through an alley at night Without making a knife with a key Like, "Oh my God, it's safe to be me" I wanna drink 'til I'm drunk And not think about everything wrong that could be Like, "Oh my God, it's safe, it's safe to be-" Black in America, black and shoppin' Black on a jog in the lot apartment Black in the car on the sidewalk dancin' They did nothing wrong, why are they in heaven? 'Cause they tell us that we're only meant for ourself That if we look like this then we've asked to be killed I wanna walk through an alley at night Without making a knife with a key Like, "Oh my God, it's safe to be me" I wanna drink 'til I'm drunk And not think about everything wrong that could be Like, "Oh my God, it's safe, it's safe to be me" Ooh-ooh To be me Ooh-ooh Baby, oh, oh-ooh