Furtado Nelly Powerless Lyrics

Powerless Lyrics

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 do