I walked through hell on my own two feet I saw the devil and the devil saw me I don't cry no more, I bare my teeth I'm coming for you only dead men sleep I was nine years old when I got cat called My mama said "it's not your fault" These are quiet things we don't talk about In the heat of summer the wolves come out I sing to keep my spirit safe The wind, the sea, the hurricane How many times the boat did break I'm a tough motherfucker and no dead men wake You don't even know me, but you want to tell me How to use my body, if my body was a gun You'd care about me, you'd care about me Don't deny me, it's not your body Don't deny me, it's not your body It's not your body I was sixteen when I learned to cut my throat Just to give my voice to a bad man's joke I'm only one woman but I'm not alone We're coming for you from every coast I was born in a tempest violently They did what they did but they couldn't break me I'm a woman with a grudge for my sanity I made it this long by the skin of my teeth I sing to keep my spirit safe The wind, the sea, the hurricane How many times the boat did break I'm a tough motherfucker and no dead men wake You don't even know me, but you want to tell me How to use my body, if my body was a gun You'd give a shit about me, give a shit about me Give a shit about me, give a sh- Don't deny me, it's not your body Don't deny me, it's not your body It's not your body Vapid, dumb, shrill, hysterical Vapid, dumb, shrill, hysterical Vapid, dumb, shrill, hysterical Vapid, dumb, shrill, hysterical... Go ask your captor if it's just a magic trick There's no mistaking it, pain is the benefit I never asked to be somebody's enemy I guess freedom means you get to kill by policy Don't deny me, it's not your body Don't deny me, it's not your body It's not your body Don't deny me, it's not your body Don't deny me, it's not your body Oh it's my body, it's my body, it's my body