Ice Cream Man. (with The Heritage Orchestra) [Live At Royal Albert Hall]

[Intro: Spoken]
Do you know what, when I sing this song, it's deep, yeah?
When I heard the statistic, I actually fucking broke down in tears
Because the stat is that one in four men, men and women
Will experience this in their lifetime
And in a beautiful sold-out Royal Albert Hall
There's a quarter of you here tonight
So I know I'm not alone when I sing this, and yeah
If you can relate to this, I'm so fucking sorry from the bottom of my heart
And I'ma sing for you right now with my whole heart
With my belly out and everything
And I wanted to do it like this bеcause that’s how it fucking feels when I sing it
I feel naked as fuck
Alright, Tom, I'm rеady, mmh

[Verse 1]
So, this producer hit me up on the DM
He told me, "Hey, I really like what you are doing"
He told me, "Come 'round to the studio, let's cook it"
He told me, "Come to catch a vibe, we'll make some music"
But when I got there, should've heard what he was saying
Tryna touch me, tryna fuck me, I'm not playing
I should have left that place as soon as I walked in it
How Goddamn dare you do that to me, really?

[Pre-Chorus]
Coming like the ice cream man
Till I felt his ice-cold hands
And how I pay the price now, damn
Goddamn, no, what the? Goddamn
Everything you did, it left me in a ruin
And no, I didn't say a word, I guess that proves it
I'm a woman, mhh, yes

[Chorus]
'Cause I'm a woman
A very fucking brave, strong woman
And I'll be damned if I let a man ruin
How I walk, how I talk, how I do it
Man, I've been broken for a moment
I've been through it, no
It's even harder to be brave alone
I was a girl, now I'm grown, I'm a woman
A very fucking strong woman

[Verse 2]
And I was seven
Was twenty one, was seventeen and was eleven
It took a while to understand what my consent means
If I was ruthless, they'd be in the penitentiary
But all the stress of being honest wouldn't help me
I pushed it down, but it was livin' in me rent-free
And then I fell into some things that were unhealthy
A place where no one heard me asking them to help me
But I needed help, I did

[Pre-Chorus]
Coming like the ice cream man
Till I felt his ice-cold hands
And how I pay the price now, damn
Goddamn
Everything you did, it left me in a ruin
And no, I didn't say a word, I guess that proves it
I'm a woman

[Chorus]
'Cause I'm a woman
A very fucking brave, strong woman
And I'll be damned if I let a man ruin
How I walk, how I talk, how I do it
Man, I've been broken for a moment
I've been through it, no
It's even harder to be brave alone
I was a girl, now I'm grown, I'm a woman

[Bridge]
I wish I could say how I feel, how I felt
And explain why I'm silently blaming myself
'Cause I put on these faces, pretending I'm fine
Then I go to the bathroom and I press rewind in my head
Always going round and round in my head
Your fingerprints stuck a stain on my skin
You made me frame myself for your sin
You pathetic, dead excuse of a man

[Outro]
You see, I'm a brave, fucking strong woman
Oh, yeah, yeah, oh, oh, oh
I sometimes need to remind myself, I am
You see
And I'll be damned if I let a men ruin, oh
I'm a very fucking brave, strong woman, thank you