I will not stand immersed in this ultraviolet curse
I won't let you make a tool of me, I will keep my mind and body free

Bye Bye minutiae
Of the day to day drama
I am expanding exponentially
I am consciousness without identity
I am many things made of everything
but I will not be your bankroll
I won't idle in your drive thru, I won't watch your electric sideshow
I got way better places to to go

I will maintain the truth I knew naturally as a child
I won't forfeit my creativity to a world that's all laid our for me
I will look at everything and I will vow to bear in mind
That all of this was just someone's idea, it could just as well be mine

I won't rent you my time, I won't sell you my brain
I won't pray to a male god, cause you know, that would be insane
I can't support the troops, cause every last one of them is being duped
I will not rest a wink, until we women have regrouped

I am many things made of everything
but I will not be your bankroll
I won't go in your drive thru, I won't watch your electric sideshow
I got way better placed to go


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    This is, by far, my favorite song on her new album. The moment I heard it, I changed my iPod to repeat one and I've been listening to it exclusively for a little while now.

    I agree with Phanta5matic - the song is fairly blunt about it.

    I love "But I will not be your bank roll." It kind of reminds me of the attitude she had in "The Next Big Thing".

    This song is quickly moving its way up to my top ten most played. =)

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