Niki - Wide Open (Foreword) Lyrics

Are you lost little girl?
Where's your mama? Good grief
Skin thick as bricks
Was it karma? How old are ya?
Watch your back, watch your step
Watch your weight, watch your words too
They'll come at you with their teeth
And their rhinestone-covered sheaths
Word of warning, straighten up
Tie your shoelaces up
There's never time to warm up
When the jungle cools down
It's a goddamn cornucopia
Of your serpents and your scorpions
When you fall asleep baby

Keep an eye wide open, mm
Keep an eye wide open, mm

All the wolves lick your cuts clad in Prada
With white grins, and tight grips
Blood oaths and loose lips
Smokin' stardust, mm
Act like some pilgrims
Sing like some psalmists
Kiss like it's harmless
I hope you listen
There're too many demons
So girl don't you give in
To all of the voices around you
Saying you can spread your wings
Only if you spread those legs first, huh
That's the bread and butter of this place
Bitches with butter knives
At the ready to spread the word to save their pretty face
So let these words be your saving grace
There's a much longer trail to blaze
And it's ours (so straighten up), ooh
Kamikaze, don't get sloppy
Don't get sloppy, mm
(So straighten up)

And keep an eye wide open, mm
Keep an eye wide open, mm