"SULA (Hardcover)" lyrics

Down here in the bottom there ain't no room for me
I don't wanna make no babies
I don't need a man to save me

Secondhand loneliness pass on over me
I might wanna make some babies
Running outta time for waiting

Freedom and triumph they weren't meant for me
Girls of my color find something else to be

I'm better, I'm better, I'm better
I'm better, I'm better, I'm better
I'm better, I'm better, I'm better
I'm better, I'm better, I'm better
I'm better, I'm better, I'm better
I'm better, I'm better, I'm better
I'm better, I'm better, I'm better
I'm better, I'm better, I'm better

Up here in the bottom you linger over me
I got all this space to fill
Something only bodies heal

Promiscuous holiness slope is slippery
I got all this time to kill
Something like a prayer to kneel to

Lay on my pillow you think I'm so weak
Soft as my skin is my power's discreet

I'm better, I'm better, I'm better
I'm better, I'm better, I'm better
I'm better, I'm better, I'm better
I'm better, I'm better, I'm better
I'm better, I'm better, I'm better
I'm better, I'm better, I'm better
I'm better, I'm better, I'm better
I'm better, I'm better, I'm better

Thick with birds, I met you in the dirt
Wicked birds, you left me so hurt
Thick with birds, you left me in the dirt
Sick at first, but haven't I learned

I'm better, I'm better, I'm better
I'm better, I'm better, I'm better
I'm better, I'm better, I'm better
I'm better, I'm better, I'm better
I'm better, I'm better, I'm better
I'm better, I'm better, I'm better
I'm better, I'm better, I'm better
I'm better, I'm better, I'm better