Keep My Mind Off The News

Keep My Mind Off The News
Words & Music by Ayla Tesler-Mabé

See what you want to as long as you see me
When I don’t live this lie I know you’ll desert me
Can’t complain I know how bad it could be
Mama raised me to never forget where we came from

Hold up, you like my voice?
Then why don’t you listen when I use it
Hold up, I have a choice?
Or do you wanna hear your words in someone else’s mouth

It’s not like me to hold on so tightly to that which has hurt me
But sometimes I do
Just a product of our time, keep my mind occupied so I don’t read the news
So I think of you
Keep my mind off the news
So I think of you

See what you want to as long as you see me
When I don’t live this lie I know you’ll desert me
Can’t complain I know how bad it could be
Mama raised me and I can’t stop thinkin’ bout where we came from

Hold up, you like my-
Hold up, I have a-