powerless say what you want

Nelly Furtado

Paint my face in your magazines
Make it look whiter than it seems
Paint me over with your dreams
Shove away my ethnicity
Burn every notion that I
May have a flame inside to fight
And say just what is on my mind
Without offending your might

Cause this life is too short
To live it just for you
But when you feel so powerless
What are you gonna do
So say what you want
Say what you want

I saw her face outside today
Weatherworn, looking all the rage
They took her passion and her gaze
And made a poster
Now it s moccasins we sport
We take the culture and contort
Perhaps only to distort what we are hiding

Cause this life is too short
To live it just for you
But when you feel so powerless
What are you gonna do
But say what you want
Say what you want
Say, say, na na na na

Hey you, the one, the one outside
Are you ever gonna get in, get in?
Hey you, the one that don t fit in
How ya, how ya gonna get in?
Hey you, the one outside
Are you ever gonna get in with your
Broken teeth
Broken jaw
Broken mojo

Yeah, this life is too short
To live it just for you
But when you feel so powerless
What are you gonna do

Cause this life is too short
To live it just for you
But when you feel so powerless
What are you gonna do

Cause this life is too short
To live it just for you
But when you feel so powerless
What are you gonna do

So say what you want (life)
Say what you want (it s too short)
Say what you want (just for you)
Say what you want
Say what you want (feel powerless)
Say what you want (gonna do)
To say, say, say, say eh

Life it s too short
Just for you
Feel powerless
Gonna do