I played the powerless in too many dark scenes
You know I don't avert my eyes anymore
And I was blessed with a birth and a death
Yeah, and when I'm approached in a dark alley
In a man's world I am a woman by birth
Self-preservation is a full time occupation
Don't you understand in the day to day and the face to face
Where I can be who I am so if you still know how
They will stop at nothing once they know
In this city
What you are worth
I don't lift my skirt
And I guess I just want some say in between
I have to act just as strong as I can just to preserve a place
I'm determined to survive on this shore
And after nineteen times around I have found
Talk to me now
