Talk to Me Now

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 or 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 Talk to me now Oh, will you still know how you can talk to me now? Oh, will you still know how you can talk to me now? Oh, will you still know how you can talk to me now? Oh will you, oh, will you, oh 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