Layers [Live Acoustic]

One, two One, two, three, four, hmm Yeah-yeah Oh-na-na No-no-no-no, woah Chéri, allow me to lay the story Knees deep and I'm in it for the glory Just a girl tryin' to navigate the world Big dreams in our hands and a complex identity I hate the boxes, they suffocate me Big claustrophobia, it's not simple It's never simple, ah Late bloomer, took some time to figure out Who I was, felt hollow in my skin Wings clipped early, but I did arise Caterpillar, chrysalis, boss lady fly I roll up and rest my eyelids Been around the world enough to say this Everybody's tryin' to find where they fit But it all comes down to this I got layers, you got layers We got layers I got layers, she got layers Many flavors, ah There's not one right way to be More than what the eye can see Baby, all these layers Keep me warm and make me me And when they tell me that I don't look like I'm Haitian I say, "Nan gyet marain ou" I finally found my peace, and I'm done getting sentimental Too this, too that, not enough this, prove that Lord knows You get used to switchin' codes Oh, tell me where you're from Uh-uh, where you're really, really from Citoyenne du monde, child of the world Dans ce grand mélange, where do I belong? Got my roots from Haiti to Madagascar TCK raised in Africa French vanille avec la voix de miel Find me mixing my Ugali with pwason gwo sèl I tell 'em I got layers, you got layers We got layers I got layers, she got layers Many flavors, ah There's not one right way to be More than what the eye can see Baby, all these layers Keep me warm and make me me Eeh-ee Eeh-ee, ah