Текст песни My Petition - Jill Scott

You say you mean good for me but you don't do it
You say you have a plan but you just don't go through with it
You say you know the way to go and I should follow
But all of your empty promises leave me hollow

How do I trust you?
How do I love you when you lie to me repeatedly?
How do I have faith in you when you just don't come through
Like you said you could?
Oh say can you see?

You say that I'm wrong for stating my opinion to you
You say that I'm wrong and there'll be quiet consequences too
But I know my rights, babe
There'll be no law abridging
The freedom of my speech or the right for
Me to petition for remedy of grievances

I wanna trust you
I wanna love you, yeah, but you lie to me repeatedly
Oh, I wanna have faith in you but you just don't come through
Like you said you could
Oh say can you see?

I want fresh foods, clean water, air that I don't see
I want the feeling of being safe on my streets
I want my children to be smarter than me
I want, I want to feel, I wanna feel, I wanna feel free
For real, yo, I'm just telling you so you know
I wanna, I wanna have faith in you, I really do
But you keep lying to me and it hurts
I believe, I believe you owe it to me
Give it to me like you said you would
Oh say can you see?
Oh say can you say?
Ooh say can you see?
By the dawn's early light