so you trimmed your beard
so you traded in your scarf
for a woolly hat, girl,
didn't it mean more to you than that?
didn't it mean more to you than that?
boy it wasn't your beard
that they feared
never mind
me yeah,
I'ma hold my head up high,
I'ma defy
their empty command (to feel guilt)
I'ma demand so much more
than what they tell me is possible
me yeah,
i'ma not afraid
I've already laid
down my defences,
I've already weighed
up them rights and wrongs
them pro's and con's
we already been conned
so many times before
me, yeah
I'ma keep doing what I do
I'ma keep walkin'
I'ma keep talking
-truth-
cos somebody needs to
words: disarming
they're less harming
than the ones they use
the ones they abuse
words, words that can't
speak for themselves
so let me speak
and if I ever end in jail
or dead, for speaking truth
at least I'll have lead
the life for me,
at least I'll have said
the things that I believe
and really I believe in peace
-not so taciturn-
