So Afraid lyrics

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

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

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

'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

Cousins all in the creek,

Riding high, ride with zeal,

And the rain pours down, ghetto dancing, yeah

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

Cousins all in the creek,

Riding high, ride with zeal,

And the rain pours down, ghetto dancing, yeah

• Artist:Janelle Monáe
• Album:Dirty Computer (2018)