Cash Cash Remix intro/What About Us lyrics

(Introduction)

I've always felt very misunderstood. When everybody's walking in a single-file line, I have to walk diagonal... Classic schizophrenia. I signed up for this life before I got here. I chose all the challenges; I chose all the pain of my childhood... then I thought that if I talked about real stuff I could maybe one day be a songwriter, to feel those kinds of emotions and not be afraid of pain. It's the connection that motivates me; I need to know that my pain is helping your pain. A long time ago I decided that no matter where I went or what I did with my life, I was always gonna be very true to myself. I have always identified with people that struggle. Just being able to help people- that is the stuff that keeps me going. We all wanna be loved, we all wanna be protected; we're all pink on the inside. We all bleed red, we all cry clear tears, we all put one foot in front of the other now. We wanna have faith in our world.

(Small pause)

I'm trouble, now

Yeah, trouble now

I'm trouble...

Y'all

I think a lot of women are afraid of the word "feminism," and that's a shame. I'm not afraid to be a strong woman. This is who you are; this is how you were born. I wish for women to stop apologizing. You’re empowered! I’m grateful if I’ve kept one girl from feeling different or ugly, or unempowered. You have to fight for rights, respect, and love… kindness and compassion, and you have to be willing to die for it.

With all the strife and economic woes in the world, religious intolerance, global warming… it boggles my mind that we’re spending, time, energy, and money trying to ban love. I don’t want there to be gay marriage; I just want there to be happy marriage and lasting marriage.

I think the human experience shouldn’t be covered up. I think it should be live out loud. I see in other people the truth that’s happening, and I want them to feel comfortable being that. “It felt transcendent… it felt like taking us into the music.” The music alone is gonna keep me going. I’ve owned and embraced my integrity, and I feel like I still have a lot of fight left in me.

We’ve been failed by our government. There’s a lot of people that feel forgotten and invisible and made to feel less-than, unwanted and unloved, and it hurts my heart; it makes me very angry. I will do everything I can to open people’s hearts, ears, minds… cause I’m not going anywhere. I’ve seen change, and I have to believe that change is possible because if I stop believing that, then it’s just a little too much for me… so I have a pen, and I write… I write about that.

(Song)

La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da

Da-da-da

We are searchlights, we can see in the dark

We are rockets, pointed up at the stars

We are billions of beautiful hearts

And you sold us down the river too far

What about us?

What about all the times you said you had the answers?

What about us?

What about all the broken happy eve afters?

What about us?

What about all the plans that ended in disaster?

What about love? What about trust?

What about us?

We are problems that want to be solved

We are children that need to be loved

We were willing, we came when you called

But man, you fooled us, enough is enough, oh

What about us?

What about all the times you said you had the answers?

What about us?

What about all the broken happy ever afters?

Oh, what about us?

What about all the plans that ended in disaster?

Oh, what about love? What about trust?

What about us?

Oh, what about us?

What about all the plans that ended in disaster?

What about love? What about trust?

What about us?

Sticks and stones, they may break these bones

But then I'll be ready, are you ready?

It's the start of us, waking up, come on

Are you ready? I'll be ready

I don't want control, I want to let go

Are you ready? I'll be ready

'Cause now it's time to let them know we are ready

What about us?

What about us?

What about all the times you said you had the answers?

So what about us?

What about all the broken happy ever afters?

Oh, what about us?

What about all the plans that ended in disaster?

Oh, what about love? What about trust?

What about us?

What about us?

What about us?

What about us?

What about us?

What about us?

What about us?