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I can't write and I can't sing, I can't do anything
I can't read and I can't spell, I can't even get to hell
I can't love and I can't hate, I can't even hesitate
I can't dance and I can't walk, I can't even try to talk
Freddy tried to strangle me with my plastic popper beads
But I hit him back, with my pet rat
Yeah I hit him back, with my pet rat
I can't spit and I can't kick, I can't even be thick
I can't read and I can't spell, I can't even get to hell
I can't love and I can't hate, I can't even hesitate
I can't dance and I can't walk, I can't even try to talk
Freddy tried to strangle me with my plastic popper beads
But I hit him back, with my pet rat
Yeah I hit him back, with my pet rat
Yeah I hit him back, with my pet rat
Yeah I hit him back, with my pet rat
I can't read and I can't spell, I can't even get to hell
I can't love and I can't hate, I can't even hesitate
I can't dance and I can't walk, I can't even try to talk
Freddy tried to strangle me with my plastic popper beads
But I hit him back, with my pet rat
Yeah I hit him back, with my pet rat
I can't spit and I can't kick, I can't even be thick
I can't read and I can't spell, I can't even get to hell
I can't love and I can't hate, I can't even hesitate
I can't dance and I can't walk, I can't even try to talk
Freddy tried to strangle me with my plastic popper beads
But I hit him back, with my pet rat
Yeah I hit him back, with my pet rat
Yeah I hit him back, with my pet rat
Yeah I hit him back, with my pet rat
Lyrics submitted by x_melancholy_x, edited by harshal109
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It is a song about how women are constantly oppressed and abused, to the point where they aren't allowed to do anything and no one, including themselves, sometimes, believes they can support themselves. Or, at least that's what I think when I hear this song, and it fits with the whole "Freddy tried to strangle me.." thing. Took me forever to figure this out, so tell me what you think!
Pretty tried to strangle p'raps?
OllyB, that could be it! And that fits with the theme of lots of her songs.
@VerbalVeNom yea. i take the chorus pretty literally. "i cant write... i cant love... cant even get into hell," these are all the justifications this dude uses to abuse her. racism factors too. too many men + boys still dont regard black + brown girls as people on their same levels. they talk down to us in this exact way that poly writes, that is still very prevalent what, 40 years later? not just boyfriends but also our teachers, mentors, fathers, etc. saying we cant do this, we cant do that, they know better. and so many of us grow up internalizing it, hence "i". cuz when we ARE good at these things, these men act out their frustrations by abusing us. all bc they feel belittled by our talents.... lots of personal experience
@VerbalVeNom Sounds about as good of a meaning we can extract from this song. Makes sense to me