Sincerely, Jane. - Janelle Monáe

Left the city, my momma she said don’t come back home

These kids round' killin each other, they lost they minds, they gone

They quittin' school, making babies and can barely read

Some gone off to their fall, lord have mercy on them

One, two, three, four, your cousins is round' here sellin' dope

While they’re daddies, your uncle is walking round' strung out

Babies with babies, and their tears keep burning, while their dreams go down

the drain now

Are we really living or just walking dead now?

Or dreaming of a hope riding the wings of angels

The way we live

The way we die

What a tragedy, I’m so terrified

Day dreamers please wake up, we can’t sleep no more

Love don’t make no sense, ask your neighbor

The winds have changed;

it seems they have abandoned us

The truth hurts, and so does yesterday

What good is love if it burns bright, and explodes in flames

(I thought every little thing had love but uhh)

Are we really living or just walking dead now?

Or dreaming of a hope riding the wings of angels

The way we live

The way we die

What a tragedy, I’m so terrified

Day dreamers please wake up, we can’t sleep no more

I’ve seen them shootin' up funerals in they Sunday clothes

Spending money on spinners but won’t pay college loans

And all you gangers and bangers rollin' dice and taking lives, in a smokey dark

Lord have mercy on you

Teacher, teacher please reach those girls in them videos

The little girls just broken Queen, confusing bling for soul

Danger, there’s danger when you take off your clothes, all your dreams go down

the drain girl

Are we really living or just walking dead now?

Or dreaming of a hope riding the wings of angels

The way we live

The way we die

What a tragedy, I’m so terrified

Day dreamers please wake up, we can’t sleep no more

We live and then we die, and we never know the right

So now, now were gone now, on your mark

We live and then we die, and we never touch the sky

So now, now were gone now, on your mark

Five, seven, eight, two, one

It is now time, for you to come home my dear

You’ve been gone long enough

You must come, you must go