Lyrics - My I Q by Difranco Ani

when
I was four years oldthey tried to test my
I.
Q.they showed me a pictureof 3 oranges and a pearthey said,which one is different?it does not belongthey taught me different is wrongbut when
I was 13 years old
I woke up one morningthighs covered in bloodlike a warlike a warningthat
I live in a breakable takeable bodyan ever-increasingly valuable bodythat a woman had come in the night to replace medeface mesee,my body is borrowedyeah,
I got it on loanfor the time in between my mom and some maggots
I don't need anyone to hold me
I can hold my own
I got highways for stretchmarkssee where
I've grown
I sing sometimeslike my life is at stake'cause you're only as loudas the noises you make
I'm learning to laugh as hardas
I can listen'cause silenceis violencein women and poor peopleif more people were screaming then
I could relaxbut a good brain ain't diddleyif you don't have the factswe live in a breakable takeable worldan ever available possible worldand we can make musiclike we can make dogenius is in a back beatbackseat to nothing if you're dancingespecially something stupidlike
I.
Q.for every lie
I unlearn
I learn something new
I sing sometimes for the war that
I fight'cause every tool is a weapon -if you hold it right.

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