Janelle Monáe - So Afraid Lyrics
[Verse 1]All the kids run around playing free and fun, while the dogs lap around the canFalling down, climbing trees, swimming in the river, no life jacket on their backsDaughters sharpen their knives and they hunt for food, others watch their children growMothers going to work and they shake the hands of a corporate tycoon's ghost[Chorus]And I'm afraid (ahhhh)Ah, I'm so afraid (ahhhh)Ah, what if I lose?Is what I think to myselfI'm fine in my shellI'm afraid of it all, afraid of loving you[Verse 2]I'm a gift and a curse to the wilderness when the leaves only turn to brownThe birds fly high and they wink at all of the grandmothers on the groundRain pours down in the village dens, my cousins fetch for lunchWhile I sit in my room writing letters to my church and things and such[Chorus]'Cause I'm afraid (ahhhh)Ah, I'm so afraid (ahhhh)Ah, what if I lose?Is what I think to myselfI'm fine in my shellI'm afraid of it all, afraid of loving you[Refrain]Cousins all in the creek[?]And the rain pours down, the ghetto dancin', yeah[Chorus]I'm so afraid (ahhhh)Ah, I'm so afraid (ahhhh)Ah, what if I lose?Is what I think to myselfI'm fine in my shellI'm afraid of it all, afraid of loving youI'm afraid, afraid of loving you[Refrain]Cousins all in the creek[?]And the rain pours down, the ghetto dancin', yeah
