They say I"m too young to love you
I don"t know what I need
They think I don"t understand
The freedom land of the Seventies
They think I"m too cool to know you
You say I"m like the ice I freeze
I"m churning out novels like
Beat poetry on amphetamines
I say
I say
Well my boyfriend"s in a band
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
I"ve got feathers in my hair
I get down to beat poetry
And my jazz collection"s rad
I can play almost anything
I"m a Brooklyn baby,
I"m a Brooklyn baby
They say I"m too young to love you
You say I"m too dumb to see
They judge me like a picture book
By the colors like they forgot to read
I think we"re like fire and water
I think we"re like the wind and sea
You"re burning up, I"m cooling down
You"re up, I"m down
You"re blind, I see
But I"m free, ooh
I"m free
Well my boyfriend"s in a band
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
I"ve got feathers in my hair
I get down to beat poetry
And my jazz collection"s rad
I can play almost anything
I"m a Brooklyn baby,
I"m a Brooklyn baby
Talking about my generation
Talking about a newer nation
And if you don"t like it
You can beat it
Beat it, baby
You never liked the way I said it
If you don"t get it then forget it
Cause I don"t have to f****** explain it
And my boyfriend"s in a band
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
I"ve got feathers in my hair
I get high on hydroponic weed
And my jazz collection"s rad
I get down to beat poetry
I"m a Brooklyn baby,
I"m a Brooklyn baby
Yeah my boyfriend"s pretty cool, but he"s not as cool as me
Cause I"m a Brooklyn baby,
I"m a Brooklyn baby
I don"t know what I need
They think I don"t understand
The freedom land of the Seventies
They think I"m too cool to know you
You say I"m like the ice I freeze
I"m churning out novels like
Beat poetry on amphetamines
I say
I say
Well my boyfriend"s in a band
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
I"ve got feathers in my hair
I get down to beat poetry
And my jazz collection"s rad
I can play almost anything
I"m a Brooklyn baby,
I"m a Brooklyn baby
They say I"m too young to love you
You say I"m too dumb to see
They judge me like a picture book
By the colors like they forgot to read
I think we"re like fire and water
I think we"re like the wind and sea
You"re burning up, I"m cooling down
You"re up, I"m down
You"re blind, I see
But I"m free, ooh
I"m free
Well my boyfriend"s in a band
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
I"ve got feathers in my hair
I get down to beat poetry
And my jazz collection"s rad
I can play almost anything
I"m a Brooklyn baby,
I"m a Brooklyn baby
Talking about my generation
Talking about a newer nation
And if you don"t like it
You can beat it
Beat it, baby
You never liked the way I said it
If you don"t get it then forget it
Cause I don"t have to f****** explain it
And my boyfriend"s in a band
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
I"ve got feathers in my hair
I get high on hydroponic weed
And my jazz collection"s rad
I get down to beat poetry
I"m a Brooklyn baby,
I"m a Brooklyn baby
Yeah my boyfriend"s pretty cool, but he"s not as cool as me
Cause I"m a Brooklyn baby,
I"m a Brooklyn baby