Da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da They say I'm too young to love you I don't know what I need They think I don't understand The freedom land of the 70s I think I'm too cool to know ya You say I'm like the ice, I freeze I'm churning out novels like Beat poetry on amphetamines (Ooh) I say (Ooh) I say Well, my boyfriend's in a band He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed I've got feathers in my hair I get down to Beat poetry And my jazz collection's rare I can play most anything I'm a Brooklyn baby I'm a Brooklyn baby They say I'm too young to love you They say I'm too dumb to see They judge me like a picture book By the colors, like they forgot to read I think we're like fire and water I think we're like the wind and sea You're burning up, I'm cooling down You're up, I'm down, you're blind, I see (Ooh) but I'm free, mm (Ooh) I'm free Well, my boyfriend's in a band He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed I've got feathers in my hair I get down to Beat poetry And my jazz collection's rare I can play most anything I'm a Brooklyn baby I'm a Brooklyn baby (Ooh) I'm talking 'bout my generation I'm talking 'bout my newer nation (Ooh) and if you don't like it, you can Beat it, beat it, baby (Ooh) you never liked the way I said it (Ooh) if you don't get it, then forget it (Ooh) 'cause I don't have to fucking explain it (Ooh-ooh) Well, my boyfriend's in the band He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed I've got feathers in my hair I get high on hydroponic weed And my jazz collection's rare I get down to Beat poetry 'Cause I'm a Brooklyn baby I'm a Brooklyn baby Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da Yeah, my boyfriend's pretty cool But he's not as cool as me 'Cause I'm a Brooklyn baby I'm a Brooklyn baby Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da Yeah, yeah