Talk to Me Now

He said, "Ani, you've gotten tough'Cause my tone was curt"

Yeah, and when

I'm approached in a dark alley

I don't lift my skirt

In this city

Self-preservation is a full time occupation

I'm determined to survive on this shore

You know I don't avert my eyes anymore

In a man's world

I am a woman by birth

And after nineteen times around

I have found

They will stop at nothing once they know

What you are worth

Talk to me now

I played the powerless in too many dark scenes

And I was blessed with a birth and a death

And I guess

I just want some say in between

Don't you understand in the day to day and the face to face

I have to act just as strong as

I can just to preserve a place

Where I can be who

I am so if you still know how

Talk to me now