Sincerely Jane Lyrics - Metropolis: The Chase Suite - Janelle Monae

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 that war, Lord have mercy on them 

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

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

Babies with babies, and their tears keep burning 

While their dreams go down the drain now" 

(While their dreams go down the drain) 

Are we really living or just walking dead now? 

(Are we walking dead now?) 

Or dreaming of a hope riding the wings of angels? 

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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 that they've abandoned us 

The truth hurts, and so does yesterday 

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

I thought every living thing had love, but uh... 

Are we really living or just walking dead now? 

(Are we 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 

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I've seen them shootin' up funerals in they Sunday clothes (Yah) 

And spending money on spinners but won't pay college loans (Yah) 

And all you gangers and bangers rolling dice and taking lives in a smokey dark 

Lord have mercy on you (Yah) 

Teacher, teacher please reach those girls in them videos (Live your life) 

The little girls just broken Queens, 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 live) 

The way we die (The way we die) 

What a tragedy, I'm so terrified 

Day dreamers, please wake up 

We can't sleep no more 

(Lord, have mercy on them) 

(Lord, have mercy on them) 

(Lord, have mercy on them) 

(Lord, have mercy on them) 

(Are we really living or just walking dead now?) 

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

So now, now we go, down underground 

We think that we can fly, but we never touch the sky 

So now, now we go, down underground 

(Ooh) 

57821, it is now time for you to come home, my dear 

You've been gone long enough 

Thank you 

(Lord have mercy on them) 

But you must come, you must go... 

(Lord have mercy on them) 

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