Control

Never trust a demon told a father to his son
A woman is a devil unless she is a nun
Controls her body with her herbs
The church call this a witch's curse
Her power makes them feel disturbed
They tie her up and watch her burn

Good girls stay at home
Don't go out to work or vote
Womanhood is on the brink
Motherhood going extinct

Midwives are to blame
Flushing babies down the drain
Plus they hurt our profit gain
Stop these women, they're insane

They try to shut us up and shut us down
They try to start a fire, burn us to the ground
Don't try to control what belongs to me
Get your hands, get your hands off my body

Control (control)
And get your hands off my body
Control (control)
Taking it back tonight
Control (control)
No more control, just let it go
(Control)
And get your hands off my body

Anti-abortion, anti-immigration
Joined forces against foreign races
They feared foreign overpopulation
Wanted white folks to keep procreating

What you scared of? Something little spicy?
Genetically inferior, huh? Bite me!
Tube-tying, folks just like me
So baby now we got bad blood, fight me

First off, I don't like needles
Neither do my people, never seen as equal
Sterilize my women, not a question of permission
But a lesson in the art of stealing anything they need to

Women in the slave trade, all of 'em were "fair game"
"Born to be a temptress," said that nature was the main blame
Never had an option before they got a test done
Testin' their eugenics on my women, we the test run

But where they get the thought from?
Hitler only a beginner, guess who taught him?
California been a sinner, Google it
It's been proven U.S. movin' like a hypocrite

They talkin' 'bout "dirty genes"
Acting like the blood on their hands is clean?
The science was baseless, the premise was racist
Get your hands, get your hands off my body

Control (control)
Get your hands off my body
Control (control)
Taking it back tonight (that's right)
Control (can't control me, control me)
No more control, no, no, just let it go (let it go)
Get your hands, get your hands off my body

Yeah, I got the body of a goddess
Even though your religion didn't want this
Yeah, I'm the witch, I'm the shaman
They wanna hate me 'cause my body isn't common

Woah, you wanna place my gender?
Then you wanna shame me, wanna blame my temper?
Society will tell you that I'm playing dress up, but I'm natural
I can make you feel the pressure

And don't try to overpower
My spirit, my mind, my soul, and my flower
Open up your mind, maybe you will understand
Trans doesn't focus on the parts up in my pants

So don't control my body with science
Cause me and my girls will form an alliance
Pussy don't purr when you messing with the lions
Coming for you quick and we 'bout to start a riot

Differences in our experience, are you listening?
Don't stay quiet when they erase our images
You blow yourself a kiss, are you a "feminist?"
Hold me, hold me, hold me, but don't try to control me

Control
And get your hands off my body
(Control)
Taking it back tonight
(Taking it back tonight)
No more control, no, no, just let it go
(No more control, no, no)
(No more control, no, no, yeah)

Control (control)
Get your hands off my body
Control (tonight)
We're taking it back tonight
Control (control)
No control, just let it go
Get your hands, get your hands off my body

Control (control)
And get your hands off my body
Control (tonight)
We're taking it back tonight
Control (control)
No control, just let it go
Control
Get your hands, get your hands off my body