My Country Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Imavictim 

Cover art for My Country lyrics by Tune-Yards

Abortion It's very clear. She also states in plenty of interviews that she absolutely loves children.

It is also a commentary on american life right now though, the whole album is very anti abortion though "WHO KILL" AS IN who did you kill? Which is also a play off the statement its not killing because the babies not alive on its own yet. Has not developed a full working nervous system.

Just look how this plays into es-so which is so blatantly about abortion you have to be stupid not to see it.

'Who Kill' is a more ambiguous form of the album's original title, 'Woman Who Kill', referencing a famous book on former female domestic abuse victims who killed their husbands. In general, the album feels more like an exploration of womanhood and what that means, particularly the aspects that are generally rejected as "unfeminine". That's why we end with "Killa", a song about a "new kind of woman, a new kind of woman, a don't-take-shit-from-you kind of woman", a conclusive call to arms against the female stereotypes and sexist prejudices that still permeate our society.

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Hold one what? It's quite obviously about the hypocrisy of American Democracy and how unequal everyone is. That's why she's saying "sweet land of liberty" is a lie. The ideas people get in there head...