I Wanna Know What Love Is
(Recorded by Julie Ruin)


I Wanna Know What Love Is How many girls stay awake all night
Too scared to sleep and too scared to fight back
I know you know what I'm talking about
Another woman killed and hardly a pout about it
Green River killer my f***ng ass
The cops have gotta be deaf, dumb, and spastic
To not catch the killer(s) of a hundred women
I guess it'd be different if they thought we were human
I wanna know what love is
What the f**k if we all got guns
To off the f*****g pigs and all the other motherf*****s
Raping the children they paint like dolls
Jon Benet didn't scream cuz she never f*****g was
Come on now the police aren't gonna save you
They're part of the problem that society gave you
Locking up Black men for whistling in the wind
You see a mirage when you call the cop your friend
I wanna know what love is
The killers and the cops give us special advice
Like cross your legs and act f*****g nice
While they kill us off old and f*****g young
For breathing, relieving, and having fun
They'll keep you scared so you have to have a boyfriend
And take your kids away if your a la la lesbian
Arrest you for whoring then rape you in the car
It's time we point the finger at who the real criminals are
I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
So I'll stay awake almost every night
A pin in my hand and in the other a knife
Cuz I'd rather be scared and fight back
Then be some d**k's maid, babe, or wife

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This song was among the many I learned about at folksinger Gerri Gribi's Webpage. I hope you'll take a moment to visit her page and suggest some songs for her exhaustive list! Thanks Gerri!

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