Lyrics

(Spoken) Gimme a beat (Sung) Because a man cries, "I am what I see." A woman sighs, "What you see is me." But Mary says, "Goddamn! I see what I am." At the beginning of time, there was no God There was just a lonely woman whose life felt flawed It was the birth of the blues, she hatched a plan She said to herself, "I'mma make me a man." She huffed and puffed and reached deep within She birthed a man-child who was ugly as sin She wrapped his face up in a cloud As if he were maimed when in fact he was proud Because a man cries, "I am what I see." A woman sighs, "What you see is me." But Mary says, "Goddamn! I see what I am." Now that's how God came to insist That nobody else really exists He made a mirror he called Mankind Held it up to his face then he wished he was blind He flung Mankind away in disgust It shattered into pieces of us But Mary swept us up so fast You know she gave us the earth, you know she blew us like glass Because a man cries, "I am what I see." A woman sighs, "What you see is me." But Mary says, "Goddamn I see what I motherfucking am!" Mary had a little lamb And that's when the shit hit the fan Now did she regret it, goddamn Talk about the best laid plans Did she regret it, goddamn Now the Virgin's on the lam Doodly-doo, doodly-da-dow Doodly-doo Doodly-doo, doodly-doo-doo-doo-doo Turns out he was just a man And still we fear our Daddy's blame Our broken faces reflected shame We drown in drink, we spike our veins We gorge on vengeance to purge the pain From fix to fix, I hop across the river Just a single arrow in my quiver I shelter within my future corpse My body blackens, I scream til I'm hoarse I once asked you to make it stop My hands are shaking, my rhythm is shot So baby, if you love me, tie me off Tacit the band, let's hear the needle drop And now, mother wild and true I find that I must turn to you When will you return? When will you return? Upon your people, you once smiled My tears send us a brand new child Soon will you return Soon will you return The man who drowns floats face down But the woman who dies faces the sky