Wide Open (Foreword) NIKI

Are you lost, little girl?
Where's your mama? Good grief
Skin thick as bricks
Was it karma? How old are ya?
Watch your back, watch your step
Watch your weight, watch your words too
They'll come at you with their teeth
And their rhinestone-covered sheaths

Word of warning
Straighten up
Tie your shoelaces up
There's never time to warm up
When the jungle cools down
It's a goddamn cornucopia
Of your serpents and your scorpions
When you fall asleep, baby
Keep an eye wide open, hmm
Keep an eye wide open, hmm

All the wolves lick your cuts clad in Prada
With white grins, and tight grips
Blood oaths and loose lips
Smokin' stardust, mmm

Act like some pilgrims
Sing like some psalmists
Kiss like it's harmless
I hope you listen
There are too many demons
So girl, don't you give in
To all of the voices around you saying you can spread your wings
Only if you spread those legs first, huh
That's the bread and butter of this place