Lyrics
WHY HIDE - Dray
YOU FREE TO BE YOU/ I’M FREE TO BE ME
WHY CAN’T THEM HATERS SIMPLY LET US BE THIS IS OUR LOVE THIS IS OUR LIFE
THIS IS OUR TIME---I’M DOWN 4 U/ U DOWN 4 ME AND THIS IS THE WAY THAT IT IS GONNA BE IT’S OUR TIME TO RISE/ OUR TIME TO SHINE SO WHY SHOULD WE HIDE
YOUR DADDY DIDN’T LIKE ME/ SAID I WAS A DARKIE SAID YOU HAD TO ONLY BE/ ONLY WITH YOUR KIND SEE
BUT THAT DID NOT PHASE ME/ KEPT ON GOING OUT SEE CONNECTIONS OF OUR HEARTBEATS/ LOVING THAT WE SHARED DEEP/ LOOKED BEYOND THE UPKEEP/ THE LOVIN THAT WE MADE---SWEET/ YOU AND ME---MEANT TO BE/ TOGETHER---LOVELY/ YOUR BEST FRIEND DISSED ME/ DIDN’T EVEN TRIP SEE/ WE LEFT ALL OF THOSE FALLACIES/ BACK IN 1963/ IT’S MORE THAN A COLOR THANG/ MORE THAN A SEX THANG
MORE THAN A FANTASY/ MORE THAN A QUEST THANG/ THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS/ BUT WHO GIVES A DAMN MISS/ YOU AND I KNOW THIS/ AND THIS LOVE WILL PERSIST
YOU LEFT YOUR MOM CRYING/ THE LETTER WASN’T LYING/ THIS IS OUR NEW LIFE NOW/ THERE’S NO TURNING BACK NOW/ WE’LL MOVE TO A NEW TOWN/ UPTOWN OR DOWNTOWN/ THAT’S WHERE WE’LL FIND A NEW PLACE----TO BEGIN AGAIN
WE TRIED TO BE UPFRONT/ TRIED A LITTLE HONESTY/ TOLD HER PARENTS STRAIGHT SEE/ SHE’S HAVING OUR BABY
DADDY WENT APE “G”/ TURNED AS RED AS BEET/ GOT A GUN TO KILL ME/ BUT I MOVED TOO FAST SEE/ YOU PACKED YOUR CLOTHES UP QUICKLY/ THERE WAS NO UNDERSTANDING/ MOTHER CALLED THE DOCTOR/ OOH SHE WAS DEMANDING/ YELLING YOU TOO YOUNG GIRL/ AND YOUR LIFE WAS DONE GIRL
YOU SHOULD’VE USED A CONDUM/ OR RAN FROM THAT BUM GIRL/ WOW THAT WAS TOO CRAZY/ GLAD WE HIT THE ROAD SEE/ GONNA GET A J-O-B/ AND START A BRAND NEW FAMILY/ YOU STARING OUT THE WINDOW/ TEARS COMING DOWN YOUR FACE/ ARE YOU FEELING LIBERTY/ OR ARE YOU FEELING DISGRACE/ WHEN WE GET TO SOMEPLACE/ YOU CAN CALL YOUR FAMILY/ LET THEM KNOW YOU OKAY/ BUT GONNA KEEP YOUR BABY
HURT SCARED AND LONELY/ BUT WE’LL BE OKAY SEE/ LONG AS I GOT YOU-----AND LONG AS YOU GOT ME (WE’LL BE COOL)
NOBODY’S GONNA TELL US WHAT WE SHOULD DO/ WE SHOULD JUST LIVE IN A COLORBLIND WORLD/ NOBODY HERE TELLING US WHO TO LOVE
YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND---YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND/ AND WHO REALLY CARES ABOUT THE COLOR OF SKIN
AS LONG AS WE LOVE AS LONG AS WE FRIENDS/ IT ONLY MATTERS WITH YOU AND ME/ WE SHOULD BE FREE----WE SHOULD BE FREE