2007

You don't gotta be a pop star to know it's hard

You can watch from afar and see a breaking heart

That damn spotlight will suck you dry

All the parasites and all their lies

Y'all saw a robot

I saw a lost girl

So I stood up and told the world

Back in 2007

That's when I picked up my camera

And I told 'em, told 'em

Told 'em to leave you alone

'Cause I didn't wanna see you fall

That's when I bared my mascara

And that's when I told America

To leave you alone

'Cause I didn't wanna see you fall

You don't gotta be a feminist like me to see

She was torn down for being free

People wonder if I was serious

The same year of my mom's addiction

Y'all saw a robot

I saw a lost girl

So I stood up and told the world

Back in 2007

That's when I picked up my camera

And I told 'em, told 'em

Told 'em to leave you alone

'Cause I didn't wanna see you fall

That's when I bared my mascara

And that's when I told America

To leave you alone

40 million voices in my head

I can't imagine what she felt

3 words and 8 years later

No one can forget

But I took a stand

Yeah, I took a stand

'Cause I didn't wanna see you fall

That's when I bared my mascara

And that's when I told America

To leave you alone

'Cause I didn't wanna see you fall