Sister Feat Donovan

Sister, i don't want you to be my fan

I'd rather have you be my number one collaborator

I'm right here and you're still tryin to get ahold of me

I know you're made of a lot more than what your showing me

So sister let me ask you a question

Right now, how do you want to be mentioned

What do u want people to know you as

Trendy orthodox or an agent of change

Ya wanna look real cute in those photographs

Or would you rather start changing the frame

A handmaiden paving the way for the future

Generations of women to follow and get used to

Plain to see you're not who claim to be

N if that's who you aim to be, you've lost me

Call it a tragedy, countless casualties

Made for change but lost their agency

Chorus:

Sister there's no need for this pretending

I see what's inside of you

Come on lets keep it true

Sister there's no need for this pretending

You can trust in me

Just keep it real with me

Sister i need you to let down your guard

Cause right now i have no idea who you are

I know your hurt, i can see through to the pain

I'm not here with you just to be entertained

Look, don't let the guys mess around with ur status

And never let ya girls just keep you distracted

Providing a sex & the city guide to life

That kind of life buying into what they call pretty

Compliments on ya face and dress and you give em

Back to just enhance the materialism

Don't let a magazine make a list for you to follow

Outer perfection but you still feel hollow

Swear that which you do is just something for you

And it's not you, means you got something to prove

Please do not try to fool me

Cause behind that camouflage i can still see you truly

Bridge:

Ohhh...

You know you can keep your guard down

I got your back

Ohhh...

You know you can trust in me

Ohhh...

Marriage ain't gonna make u who you're meant to be

Unless you've investigated your own integrity

Your not up for bids, and this ain't a market

Stop selling urself, try telling yourself this

That you are not in anyway half made

You can embrace the whole, never downgrade

Cause i can't see you sister, with ya face to make up

For the space in the real that you fail to take up

Listen, you don't need that kind of attention

-what i can see is that you need a retention

Of your true design, your boldest intentions

That which some of ya friends have failed to mention

And please don't forget that i am your brother

And what i'm trying to do is help lead you to discover

The nobility that exists in both of us

But first what i need from you is trust

Chorus:

Sister there's no need for this pretending

I see what's inside of you

Come on lets keep it true

Sister there's no need for this pretending

You can trust in me

Just keep it real with me