Growing up it was just me and my mom against the world And all my sympathies were with her when i was a little girl And i've seen both my parents play out the hands that they were dealt As each year goes by i know more about how my father must have felt I just want you to understand that i know what all the fighting was for And i just want you to understand that i'm not angry anymore No i'm not angry anymore She taught me how to wage cold war with quiet charm But i just want to walk through my life unarmed To accept and just get by like my father learned to do But without all the acceptance and getting by that got my father through I just want you to understand that i know what all the fighting was for And i just want you to understand that i'm not angry anymore No i'm not angry anymore Night falls like people into love And we generate our own light to compensate For the lack of light from above And every time we fight a cold wind blows our way But we can learn like the trees how to bend How to sway and say I, i think i understand what all this fighting is for And baby i just want you to understand that i'm not angry anymore No i'm not angry anymore

I will tend my anger I will tend my grief I will achieve safety I will find relief I'll show myself mercy I'll show my self-respect I'll decide when i'm ready To forgive but not forget I will ask you questions I will try to understand And if you give me your story I will hold it in my hands Yes, i will bring the love The revolutionary love I will bring the love The revolutionary love I will bring the love The revolutionary love The revolutionary love And even if you hurt me I will not shut down No, you can't make me hate you And carry that hate around I will see no stranger Only parts of myself, I don't yet know I'll see right through evil To a wound, too scared to show I have the power to stay open I have the power to be The one that i've been waiting for The one who sets me free Yes, i can bring the love The revolutionary love I can bring the love The revolutionary love Yes, i will bring the love The revolutionary love The revolutionary love I will tend my anger I will tend my grief I will achieve safety I will find relief I'll show myself mercy I'll show myself respect I'll decide when i'm ready To forgive but not forget I will ask you questions I will try to understand And if you give me your story I will hold it in my hands I will bring the love The revolutionary love I will bring the love The revolutionary love I will bring the love The revolutionary love The revolutionary love

Sometimes I think about the things I have Sometimes I think about the things I have There's some things in this world that I don't deserve to have And sometimes Sometimes I think about the car I drive Sometimes I think about the car I drive There's something in my driveway that I don't deserve to have And sometimes Sometimes I think about my bank account Sometimes I think about my bank account There's money in my account that I don't deserve to have And sometimes Please don't ask me how I have The things in life I never worked hard for Mummy and daddy make sure I'm never Poor Sometimes I think about the clothes on my back Sometimes I think about the clothes on my back There's some clothes in my wardrobe that I don't deserve to have And sometimes Sometimes I think about the school I went to Sometimes I think about the school I went to Got an education that I don't deserve to have And sometimes Please don't ask me how I have The things in life I never worked hard for Mummy and daddy make sure I'm never Poor