Janelle Monae Sincerely Jane Lyrics

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 why 
So now, now we go, down underground 
We think that we can fly, but we never touch the sky 
So down, now we go, down underground 

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