SONiA Disappearfear - Who's So Scared lyrics

Once riding in old Baltimore, head filled, heart filled with glee I saw a Baltimorean, keep looking straight at me I was eight and very small and he was no whit bigger And so I smiled but he poked out his tongue and called me a n******g I saw the whole of Baltimore From May until December Of all the things that happened there That's all that I remember Who's so scared Who's so scared Who's so scared Who's so scared When I was fourteen I took a bus to San Francisco I was full of hope and joy, till this girl called me a boy But I was already on my way so frightened to be gay Just like in 1942, the world screaming "Something's wrong with you, Jew" Who's so scared Who's so scared Who's so scared Who's so scared But what I discover Lover after lover There's nothing wrong with me That's just a lie by society So I start looking at the world, we have And while it's not completely bad There's a lot of room for improvement People of color and the gay movement Who's so scared Who's so scared Who's so scared Who's so scared Once riding in old Baltimore, head filled, heart filled with glee I saw a Baltimorean, keep looking straight at me When I was eight and very small and he was no whit bigger And so I smiled but he poked out his tongue and called me a n******g I saw the whole of Baltimore From May until December Of all the things that happened there That's all that I remember Concerned about my own people Won't you explain to me that pain of your life? Won't you explain to me that pain of your life? Won't you explain to me that pain of your life Of your life? Of your life