Every Female

We gonna take you from Tokyo to New Jersey New Jersey to Tokyo Tokyo to Jersey It's pretty just the same I was just a little girl Skinny legs, a press and curl My mother always thought I'd be a star But way before the record deals Streets that nurtured Lauryn Hill Made sure that I'd never go too far Every ghetto, every city And suburban place I been Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem Story starts in Hooverville Grew up next to Ivy Hill When kids were stealing quartervilles for fun "Kill the Guy" in Carter Park Rode a Mongoose 'til it's dark Watching kids show off the stolen ones Every ghetto, every city And suburban place I been Make me recall my days in the New Jerusalem You know it's hot Don't forget, what you got Looking back... looking back, looking back, looking back You know it's hot Don't forget, what you got Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back Bag of Bonbons, 20 cents and a nickel (well that's a quarter) Springfield Ave had the best popsicles Saturday morning cartoons and Kung-Fu (wuh-TAH!) Main street roots tonic with the dreads A beef patty and some coco bread Move the patch from my Lee's to the tongue of my shoes Every ghetto, every city And suburban place I been Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem Every ghetto and every city that I been Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem You know it's hot Don't forget, what you got Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back One more time you know it's hot Don't forget, what you got Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back Wait a minute, one, two, three, four You know it's hot Don't forget, what you got Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back

It's funny how a single moment Can start a chain that you wear and wear forever Would you let it if you'd known it Meant that we will always be linked together? Mine is yours, yours is mine Rest of us and all the time Even when we don't know What part we're in You're the only thing that keeps me going Now we're saying, now we're saying, I will say When the night feels black as cold And no more highs start to sing low When the day start moving slow Through all the unknown to follow I will love you every tomorrow Do you ever think about it? Does your mind run a path full of changes? I can find a way around it Every string that I pull wants the same place With mine as yours, yours is mine Rest of us and all the time Even when we don't know What part we're in I will never let you doubt it I was saying, I will say it all again When the night feels black as cold And no more highs start to sing low When the day start moving slow Through all the unknown to follow I will love you every tomorrow When the new gives way to old And all our stories have been told When the wear starts to show And you think that I want When the night feels black as cold And no more highs start to sing low When the day start moving slow Through all the unknown to follow I will love you every tomorrow I will love you every tomorrow