I lick my rosy lips Taste their saltiness From tears I’ve spent Oh, I draw myself a bath Oh, I'm naked now But more somehow I am scared to see The blue and pink Printed over me From hands that did not love That could not love Oh, do not love me Oh, I am scared to see My water dirty no matter how I clean They teach young girls that at 16 Now only God will love Oh will he still love me? I lay motionless The water melts my skin I am bones and mist Tender love I have known But those hands were stones They said they’ll only touch What they love most I am scared to see The blue and pink Printed over me From hands that did not love That could not love Oh, do not love me Oh, I am scared to see My water dirty no matter how I clean They teach young girls that at 16 Now only God will love Oh, will he still love me? I am ready For all the blessing I will receive Oh, put me in the water where we all drink Oh, take a sip I swear you’ll feel relieved For I am good My soul is free No you could never blemish me For I am loved Just as me And I still can’t hate you Though I wish I’d see In those writing our laws That same purity Oh why do you love our violators More than me? I am scared to see The blue and pink Printed over me From hands that did not love That could not love That do not love me Oh, I am scared to see My water dirty no matter how I clean They teach young girls that at 16 Now only God will love Oh, will he still love me? I am scared to see More strange hands Letting themselves inside of me In the name of God But you don’t love Oh, you didn’t love me I am scared to see Them using my religion to try to punish me Since I was 16 You said no one would love But I know he still loves me