Brooklyn Baby
They say I'm too young to love youI don't know what I needThey think I don't understandThe Freedomland of the seventiesI think I'm too cool to know yaYou say I'm like the ice I freezeI'm churning out novels likeBeat poetry on AmphetaminesI sayI say
Well my boyfriend's in the bandHe plays guitar while I sing Lou ReedI've got feathers in my hairI get down to Beat poetryAnd my jazz collection’s rareI can play most anythingI'm a Brooklyn babyI'm a Brooklyn baby
They say I'm too young to love youYou say I'm too dumb to seeThey judge me like a picture bookBy the colors like they forgot to readI think we're like fire and waterI think we're like the wind and seaYou're burning up, I'm cooling downYou're up, I'm downYou're blind, I seeBut I'm freeI'm free
Well my boyfriend's in a bandHe plays guitar while I sing Lou ReedI've got feathers in my hairI get down to beat poetryAnd my jazz collection’s rareI can play most anythingI'm a Brooklyn babyI'm a Brooklyn baby
I’m talking about my generationTalking about that newer nationAnd if you don't like itYou can beat itBeat it, babyYou never liked the way I said itIf you don't get it, then forget itSo I don't have to fucking explain it
And my boyfriend’s in a bandHe plays guitar while I sing Lou ReedI've got feathers in my headI get high on hydroponic weedAnd my jazz collection’s rareI get down to beat poetryI'm a Brooklyn babyI'm a Brooklyn baby
Yeah my boyfriend's really coolBut he's not as cool as meCause I'm a Brooklyn babyI'm a Brooklyn baby