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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Dianne Reeves
Vocals
Terri Lyne Carrington
Background Vocals
Nadia Washington
Background Vocals
Sean Jones
Trumpet
Charles Overton
Programming
Gerald Clayton
Keyboards
Marvin Sewell
Guitar
Ray Angry
Piano
Shedrick Mitchell
Organ
Terreon Gully
Drums
Tia Fuller
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ani DiFranco
Songwriter
Terri Lyne Carrington
Horn Arranger
Ray Angry
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Terri Lyne Carrington
Producer
Erik Zobler
Mixing Engineer
Jeremy Loucas
Mixing Engineer
Ray Angry
Producer
Lyrics
squint your eyes and look closer
I'm not between you and your ambition
I am a poster girl with no poster
I am thirty-two flavors and then some
and I'm beyond your peripheral vision
so you might want to turn your head
cause someday you're going to get hungry
and eat most of the words you just said
both my parents taught me about good will
and I have done well by their names
just the kindness I've lavished on strangers
is more than I can explain
still there's many who've turned out their porch lights
just so I would think they were not home
and hid in the dark of their windows
til I'd passed and left them alone
and god help you if you are an ugly girl
course too pretty is also your doom
cause everyone harbors a secret hatred
for the prettiest girl in the room
and god help you if you are a phoenix
and you dare to rise up from the ash
a thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy
while you are just flying back
I'm not trying to give my life meaning
by demeaning you
and I would like to state for the record
I did everything that I could do
I'm not saying that I'm a saint
I just don't want to live that way
no, I will never be a saint
but I will always say
squint your eyes and look closer
I'm not between you and your ambition
I am a poster girl with no poster
I am thirty-two flavors and then some
And I'm beyond your peripheral vision
So you might want to turn your head
Cause someday you might find you're starving
and eating all of the words you said
Writer(s): Ani Di Franco
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