JANELLE MONÁE LYRICS - Mr. President

"Mr. President"



This song is for my mama,

This song is for you.



Hey Mr. President,

Tomorrow I’m paying my rent

My Fuel is runnin’ low

And I’ve got places to go

Quit slowin’ me down



Can we talk about the education of our children?

A book is worth more than a bomb any day

And remember a mirror to Africa

Who will bring the cure before it’s too late.



Don’t you see the hurt in their eyes?

So much disappointment in many faces

Use your heart and not your pride

We can’t go on and keep pretending



Please Mr. President

Where’s all the money you spent,

Food is fallin low

And they have nowhere to go,

Quit slowin me down.



I ask you to have mercy on us father,

You think we know the rules by now,

We can’t go starting wars with hearts of hatred

Out nations greed won’t make it better

Or quiet the fears in our hearts



Don’t you see the hurt in their eyes?

So much Disappointment in all of their faces

Use your heart and not your pride

We can’t go on and keep pretending



O please Mr. President



Dear Mr. President

I hope you got the letter I sent

A Dollar only goes so far

And we need help here, no matter who we are



See we come from different worlds and different places

Until there’s one great land, one nation under god,

Times are getting harder and we need you to be like Moses

And lead your people through

Please be careful, Be Careful,

of what you do, what you do