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 I think I'm too cool to know ya, 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 rare I can play most anything, I'm a Brooklyn baby, I'm a Brooklyn baby They say I'm too young to love you, They 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, 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 rare I can play most anything, I'm a Brooklyn baby, I'm a Brooklyn baby I'm talking about my generation, Talking about that 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 So I don't have to ******* 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 ****, And my jazz collection's rare, 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
[00:18.96]They say I'm too young to love you, [00:23.36]I don't know what I need, [00:27.93]They think I don't understand [00:31.19]The freedom land of the seventies [00:36.65]I think I'm too cool to know ya, [00:40.94]You say I'm like the ice I freeze [00:45.46]I'm churning out novels like Beat poetry on Amphetamines [00:56.18]I say, I say [01:10.39]Well, my boyfriend's in a band, [01:14.62]He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed, [01:19.22]I've got feathers in my hair, [01:23.53]I get down to Beat poetry, [01:28.00]And my jazz collection's rare [01:32.28]I can play most anything, [01:36.86]I'm a Brooklyn baby, [01:41.25]I'm a Brooklyn baby [01:55.92]They say I'm too young to love you, [02:00.24]They say I'm too dumb to see, [02:04.70]They judge me like a picture book [02:07.54]By the colors, like they forgot to read, [02:13.48]I think we're like fire and water, [02:17.80]I think we're like the wind and sea, [02:22.13]You're burning up, I'm cooling down [02:25.32]You're up, I'm down [02:27.49]You're blind, I see [02:32.86]But I'm free, I'm free [02:46.92]Well my boyfriend's in a band, [02:51.03]He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed, [02:55.67]I've got feathers in my hair, [03:00.05]I get down to Beat poetry, [03:04.53]And my jazz collection's rare [03:08.80]I can play most anything, [03:13.35]I'm a Brooklyn baby, [03:17.76]I'm a Brooklyn baby [03:23.76]I'm talking about my generation, [03:27.92]Talking about that newer nation, [03:32.32]And if you don't like it [03:34.88]You can beat it, beat it baby [03:40.94]You never liked the way I said it, [03:45.03]If you don't get it, then forget it [03:49.51]So I don't have to ******* explain it [03:56.94]And my boyfriend's in a band, [04:01.10]He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed, [04:05.76]I've got feathers in my hair, [04:10.17]I get high on hydroponic ****, [04:14.70]And my jazz collection's rare, [04:19.07]I get down to Beat poetry, [04:23.52]I'm a Brooklyn baby, [04:27.96]I'm a Brooklyn baby [04:50.26]Yeah, my boyfriend's pretty cool, [04:54.63]But he's not as cool as me, [04:58.75]Cause I'm a Brooklyn baby, [05:03.60]I'm a Brooklyn baby