So Afraid Lyrics - Janelle Monae

[Verse 1] 

All the kids run around playing free and fun, while the dogs lap around the can 

Falling down, climbing trees, swimming in the river, no life jacket on their backs 

Daughters sharpen their knives and they hunt for food, others watch their children grow 

Mothers going to work and they shake the hands of a corporate tycoon's ghost 

[Chorus] 

And I'm afraid 

Ah, I'm so afraid 

Ah, what if I lose? 

Is what I think to myself 

I'm fine in my shell 

I'm afraid of it all, afraid of loving you 

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[Verse 2] 

I'm a gift and a curse to the wilderness when the leaves only turn to brown 

The birds fly high and they wink at all of the grandmothers on the ground 

Rain pours down in the village dens, my cousins fetch for lunch 

While I sit in my room writing letters to my church and things and such 

[Chorus] 

'Cause I'm afraid 

Ah, I'm so afraid 

Ah, what if I lose? 

Is what I think to myself 

I'm fine in my shell 

I'm afraid of it all, afraid of loving you 

[Refrain] 

Cousins all in the creek 

[?] 

And the rain pours down, the ghetto dancin', yeah 

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[Chorus] 

I'm so afraid 

Ah, I'm so afraid 

Ah, what if I lose? 

Is what I think to myself 

I'm fine in my shell 

I'm afraid of it all, afraid of loving you 

I'm afraid, afraid of loving you 

[Refrain] 

Cousins all in the creek 

[?] 

And the rain pours down, the ghetto dancin', yeah