Sincerely, Jane Janelle Monáe

[Verse 1]
Left the city, my mama, she said don't come back home
These kids 'round killing each other, they lost their minds, they gone
They quitting school, making babies, and can barely read
Some gone on to their fall, Lord have mercy on them
1,2,3,4, your cousin's here 'round here selling dope
While they daddy, your uncle, is walkin' round, strung out
Babies with babies, and their tears keep burning
While their dreams go down the drain now

[Chorus]
(While their dreams go down the drain now)
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
Daydreamers please wake up
We can't sleep no more

[Verse 2]
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