SOLANGE KNOWLES LYRICS - God Given Name

"God Given Name"



[Spoken:] Exclusive, Exclusive, Welcome to Solange & The Hadley Street Dreams



Get me get me out of this box

I feel so claustrophobic in here

Leave your labels lead with no vision

Here my voice and fill with your ears

I'm no soul girl equipped with no afro

I'm just my God given name



I'm not becoming expectations

I'm not her and never will be

Two girls going in different directions

Traveling towards the same galaxy

Let my starlight shine on it's own

No I'm no sister

I'm just my God given name



And I'm sorry that this planet that I'm living on is quizzical

My lyrical ambitions sometimes don't ring a bell

I'm sorry if my visual don't line up with my feelings

And my physical exhibit doesn't represent me well

I'm sorry if I'm curious, delirious and I don't take life serious

I'm living the life of a millionaire

And I'm sorry if I'm talking shit

But I really do mean well



We've got a long long moon to glow

Hadley's a long road to travel

I gotta dream to keep my eyes open

We've got a long long moon to glow

Hadley's the long road to travel

I gotta dream to keep my eyes open



We've got so long to go

We've got so far to go

Hadley's the long road

Hadley's the long road

God given name



[Spoken:] I sound high don't I

I was going to ask you what's the matter

[laughs] I promise I'm not high