You Hear Yes

All I ask for is respect I don't get it from the state And I don't get it from men You take up spaces that aren't yours Because of history, on whose side? Oh right, it's always yours And I just want, yeah, I just want Not to be needed, not to be looked at With a menace and the thought of breeding And it's alright, let's step outside And you can feel I'd rather Show my wrath, get spit upon and learn the reasons why Why can't I walk in the street without men bothering me? Why does he poison my heart Control my life from afar? I'm sick of being sad when I'm alone I'm sick of being scared on my walk home I'm sick of being trapped by what you impose You hear yes when I say no One step out of line and I'm done Medieval punishment for saying, I will make you cum Mosquito, an evil, you suck out all my blood I'll crush you like the bug you are, underneath my thumb Wants to get rid of me 'cause he's afraid Sick of thoughts of me taking his place Refuse to back down in the eye of your hate I'll push you right back from whence you came Why can't I walk in the street without men bothering me? Why does he poison my heart Control my life from afar? I'm sick of being sad when I'm alone I'm sick of being scared on my walk home I'm sick of being trapped by what you impose You hear yes when I say no (I've developed a second sense) (I'm a survivor looking at her eye) (Touch without permission, shame without condition) (A fury of the patriarchal condition) When they don't stop, when you say stop When they don't stop, when you say stop When they stand too close on the sidewalk My clothes don't have pockets And I'm forced to want it Complain about a condom I hate you, love you, it's Stockholm Not your pretty girl, I never will be Don't look me up and down like I'm a piece of meat I see how you degrade with no shame So hear me when I say I'm sick of being sad when I'm alone I'm sick of being scared on my walk home I'm sick of being trapped by what you impose You hear yes when I say no