Emeli Sande

Professor Green

I wanna sing, I wanna shout

I wanna scream

'til the words dry out

So, put it in all of the papers

I'm not afraid

they can read all about it

read all about it

oh...

Nothin' to hide

stifle or smother

suffered and cried

Strife made me tougher

never mumbled

or shy to trouble

I rise above all

expectations

forget rep

Ain't never begged yet

when I wanted to get pence

hustle...

to be, I'm exactly

what my neck says

That sket said

I tried to cash in

on my dad's death

I wanted to vent

but I never said f##k all

After all

you were never kin to me

family is somethin' that

you've never been to me

In fact, makin' it harder

for me to see my father

was the only thin' that

you ever didforme

I wanna sing

I wanna shout

I wanna scream

'til the words dry out

So, put it in all of the papers

I'm not afraid

they can read all about it

read

read all about it

Oh...

oh-oh-oh-oh

oh-oh-oh-oh

oh-oh-oh-oh...

Dear dad...

as a kid I looked up to you

only thing was

I never saw enough of you

The last thin'

I said to you was

I hated you

I loved you and now

it's too late to say to you

Just didn't know what to do

or how to deal with it

even now, deep down

I'm still livid

To think, I used to blame me

I wondered what I did to you

to make you hate me

I wasn't even five

life's a journey and

mine wasn't an easy ride

you never even got

to see me rhyme

I just wished you would

have reached out

I wish you

would've been 'round

when I'd been down

I hoped that you could

see me now

wherever you are

I really hope

you found peace

But know that if

I ever have kids

unlike you, I'll never

let them be withoutme

I wanna sing

I wanna shout

I wanna scream

'til the words dry out

So, put it in all of the papers

I'm not afraid

they can read all about it

read

read all about it

oh...

I write songs

I can't listen to

everythin' I have

I give to you

and every one of

these lines I sing to you

My job's more like

public service

my life just became yours

to read and interpret

If you heard it

it'd come across

a lot different at times

I throw fits

when I read

how they word things

You've seen me smile

now, you're gonna

have to see me hurtin'

'Cause pretendin'

everythin' is alright

when it ain't

really isn't workin'

I wanna sing

I wanna shout

I wanna scream

'til the words dry out

So, put it in all of the papers

I'm not afraid

they can read all about it

read

read all about it

oh...

I ain't censorin'

myself for nobody

I'm the only thin' I can be

all that is good

all that is bad

all that is... me

I wanna sing

I wanna shout

I wanna scream

'til the words dry out

So, put it in all of the papers

I'm not afraid

they can read all about it

read all about it

oh...