Ani Difranco - Talk To Me Now lyrics

he said ani, you've gotten tough 'cause my tone was curt yeah, and when I'm approached in a dark alley I don't lift my skirt in this city self-preservation is a full time occupation I'm determined to survive on this shore you know I don't avert my eyes anymore in a man's world I am a woman by birth and after nineteen times around I have found they will stop at nothing once they know what you are worth talk to me now I played the powerless in too many dark scenes and I was blessed with a birth and a d**h and I guess I just want some say in between don't you understand in the day to day and the face to face I have to act just as strong as I can just to preserve a place where I can be who I am so if you still know how talk to me now