Powerless (Say What You Want)
Nelly Furtado
Paint my face in your magazines Make it look whiter than it seems Paint me over with your dreams Shove away my ethnicity Burn every notion that I may have a flame inside to fight And say just what is on my mind Without offending your might Cuz this life is too short to live it just for you But when you feel so powerless what are you gonna do So say what you want Say what you want I saw her face outside today Weatherworn, looking all the rage They took her passion and her gaze and made a poster Now it's moccasins we sport We take the culture and contort Perhaps only to distort what we are hiding Cuz this life is too short to live it just for you But when you feel so powerless what are you gonna do But say what you want Say what you want Hey you, the one outside, are you ever gonna get in, get in Hey you, the one that don't fit in, how ya, how ya gonna get in Hey you, the one outside, are you ever gonna get in with your Broken teeth, broken jaw, broken mojo Yeah, this life is too short to live it just for you But when you feel so powerless, what are you gonna do Cuz this life is too short to live it just for you But when you feel so powerless, what are you gonna do00s addictive affirming alternative alternative pop beautiful Bhangra breakbeat breaks brilliant Canadian catchy pop chick rock chill classic cute dance Disney Driving electro-pop electronic Empowering encouraging fave song favourite artists Favourites Fem Vocal female female artists female dance vocals female vocalist female vocalists fighting back folk folkish hip-hop folklore folklore intellectuel frenetic fucking genius pop fun furtado girl power girl rockers girl singers good mood gotanygoodmusic Gothic Metal halftoned singles club happy HighwayVirus Favs hip hop favorites indie inspirational international female Jam Kult Love lyricism metal Motivation Movies my music narnia Nelly Nelly Furtado new njoy it party percussions pop poprock portuguese positiv punk relax rhythmic jams rock sgn playlist singer-songwriter singer-songwriters songs Soundtrack Soundtracks SPARKY strangelands favourite songs style sunny teen pop tipp too catchy to deny top artists unclassifiable upbeat Uplifting uptempo urban video game music where all my soul sistas women world
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