You Hear Yes

All I ask for is respect

I don't get it from the state and I don't get it from men

You take up spaces that aren't yours

Because of history, on who's side?

Oh right, it's always yours

And I just want, yeah, I just want

Not to be needed

Not to be looked at with the menace and the thought of breeding

And it's alright, just step aside

And you can feel my breath

It's your demise

Get spit upon and learn the reasons why

Why can't I walk in the street without men bothering me?

Why does he poison my heart, control my life from afar?

I'm sick of being sad when I'm alone

I'm sick of being scared on my walk home

I'm sick of being trapped by what you impose

You hear "yes" when I say "no"

One step out of line, and I'm done

Medieval punishment for saying, "I won't make you cum"

Mosquito and evil, you suck out all my blood

I'll crush you like the bug you are underneath my thumb

Wants to get rid of me, 'cause he's afraid

Sickened by thoughts of me taking his place

Refuse to back down in the eye of your hate

I'll push you right back from whence you came

Why can't I walk in the street without men bothering me?

Why does he poison my heart, control my life from afar?

I'm sick of being sad when I'm alone

I'm sick of being scared on my walk home

I'm sick of being trapped by what you impose

You hear "yes" when I say "no"

I developed a second sense

I'm a survivor looking at the light

Pointless ammunition, shameless exhibition

This serves the patriarchal condition

When they don't stop when you say, "Stop"

When they don't stop when you say, "Stop"

When they stand too close on the sidewalk

My clothes don't have pockets and I'm forced to want it

Complain about a condom

I hate you, I love you, it's Stockholm

Not your pretty girl, I never will be

Don't look me up and down, like I'm a piece of meat