i choose violence

You told me I was 18 going on 35 You made me feel like the smartest human alive I thought I was clever, but you were cleverer You said you never fell in love like you did with me You paid for all the hotels, I paid for fake IDs To spend the last ten years tryna piece it together I went to therapy religiously I never sleep I made my brother promise me he'd let you live And I guess I could forgive But I choose violence, I choose war For all the little girls that should be warned I could choose silence but what for? You took my innocence now I'll take yours So I choose violence And I might die tryin' Now you're prolly her world and she won't understand That all you need is a girl to feel like a man Tell your friend she's a friend at your hometown dive But when you were 13, she wasn't alive And by the time you were 18, well, that girl was five You had a teaching degree while she was learnin' how to drive And you make her feel safe Like you made me feel safe Like, oh my God, you're so mature for your age Except she's not your age So I choose violence, I choose war For all the little girls that should be warned I could choose silence, but what for? You took my innocence, now I'll take yours And you'll choose hiding at 44 In your mother's house, she'll guard the door But I'll choose anger, I'll choose rage When I build an army of girls half your age, oh We'll all choose violence, we'll all choose war And every little girl will be warned We won't choose silence, not anymore You took our innocence, now we'll take yours So I choose violence And maybe I'll die tryin'