Play God

I was done at 16
 Showing up for class
 I was out there in the ring
 Learning how to kick some ass
 I was done at 16
 Using my momma's key
 It was all on me
 It was all on me
 Weren't no free rides
 Weren't no IOU's
 I pulled my weight, yeah
 I paid my dues
 And I showed up to enlist
 On the first day of recruits
 How 'bout you?
 How 'bout you
 I'm my brother's keeper
 Every chance I can
 I pay my taxes
 Like any working man
 And I feel I've earned
 My right to choose
 You don't get to play God, man, I do
 You don't get to play God, man, I do
 You get to run the world
 In your special way
 You get much more
 Much more than your say
 Government, religion
 It's all just patriarchy
 I must insist you leave this one thing to me
 Just leave this one thing to me
 Just leave this one thing to me
 Just leave this one thing
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 'Cause there's one thing that a man needs
 To be truly free
 This is the modern world
 And that one thing is money
 But there are two things
 That a woman needs
 Control over her own body
 Yeah I pay the price
 On top of everything
 Each month a bill
 Each month a reckoning
 And each seed that dies
 I cry and I bleed
 So you can't tell me
 You can't tell me
 I am a soldier
 It's my blood that flows
 I'd give my life
 So that this tree can grow
 You don't know creation
 Like I know
 So you can't tell me
 No you can't tell me
 You can't tell me
 You can't tell me
 You get to run the world
 In your special way
 You get much more
 Much more than your say
 Government, religion
 It's all just patriarchy
 I must insist you leave this one thing to me
 Just leave this one thing
 Just leave this one thing to me
 Just leave this one thing
 
 'Cause I'm my brother's keeper
 Every chance I can
 I pay my taxes
 Like any working man
 And I feel I've earned
 My right to choose
 You don't get to play God, man, I do
 You don't get to play God, man, I do
 You don't get to play God, man, I do