Artist: Nelly Furtado Song: Powerless Album: Folklore (2004) VERSE #1 -------- Paint my face in your magazines Make it look whiter than it seems Paint me over with your dreams Shove away my ethnicity Burn every notion that I may have a flame inside to fight And say just what is on my mind Without offending your might Chorus ------ Cuz this life is too short to live it just for you But when you feel so powerless what are you gonna do. So say what you want VERSE #2 -------- I saw her face outside today Weatherworn, looking all the rage They took her passion and her gaze and made a poster Now it's moccasins we sport We take the culture and contort Perhaps only to distort what we are hiding Chorus ------ Cuz this life is too short to live it just for you But when you feel so powerless what are you gonna do. So say what you want Bridge ------ Hey you, the one outside, are you ever gonna get in, get in Hey you, the one that don't fit in, how ya, how ya gonna get in Hey you, the one outside, are you ever gonna get in with your Broken teeth, broken jaw, broken mojo Chorus X2 ------ Cuz this life is too short to live it just for you But when you feel so powerless what are you gonna do. So say what you want