You Hear Yes

All I ask for is respect

I don't get it from the state and I don't get it from men

You take up spaces that aren't yours

Because of history on whose side? Oh right, it's always yours

And I just want

Yeah, I just want

Not to be needed

Not to be looked at with a menace and the thought of breathing

And it's alright

Let's step outside

And you can feel my presence surge up and get spit upon and learn the reasons why

Why can't I walk in the street without men bothering me?

Why does he poison my heart

Control my life from afar?

I'm sick of being sad when I'm alone

I'm sick of being scared on my walk home

I'm sick of being trapped by what you impose

You hear yes when I say no

One step out of line, and I'm done

Medieval punishment for saying I won't make you cum

Mosquito, an evil, you suck out all my blood

I'll crush you like the bug you are underneath my thumb

Wants to get rid of me 'cause he's afraid

Sick of my destiny taking his place

Refuse to back down in the eye of your hate

I'll push you right back from whence you came

Why can't I walk in the street without men bothering me?

Why does he poison my heart

Control my life from afar?

I'm sick of being sad when I'm alone

I'm sick of being scared on my walk home

I'm sick of being trapped by what you impose

You hear yes when I say no

When they don't stop when you say stop

When they don't stop when you say stop

When they stand too close on the sidewalk

My clothes don't have pockets

And I'm forced to want it

Complain about a condom

I hate and love you, it's Stockholm

Not your pretty girl

I never will be

Don't look me up and down like I'm a piece of meat

I see how you degrade with no shame

So hear me when I say

I'm sick of being sad when I'm alone

I'm sick of being scared on my walk home

I'm sick of being trapped by what you impose

You hear yes when I say no