作词 : DiFranco
He said, "Ani, you've gotten tough'Cause my tone was curt"
Yeah, and when 
I'm approached in a dark alley
I don't lift my skirt
In this city
Self-preservation is a full time occupation
I'm determined to survive on this shore
You know I don't avert my eyes anymore
In a man's world 
I am a woman by birth
And after nineteen times around 
I have found
They will stop at nothing once they know
What you are worth
Talk to me now
I played the powerless in too many dark scenes
And I was blessed with a birth and a death
And I guess 
I just want some say in between
Don't you understand in the day to day and the face to face
I have to act just as strong as 
I can just to preserve a place
Where I can be who 
I am so if you still know how
Talk to me now