Madiona Caesar Torn
TORN
By: Madiona Caesar, featuring Tesfaye Negussie
Intro:
Country sounds…City sounds
Madiona: Let me tell y’all my story…Maybe y’all can help
‘Cause I’m torn
Ooooh!
A Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
A doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo what am I a doo what am I supposed to do?
Tesfaye’s rap: North Cackilacky or Bucktown
Come on Doni, how ya gonna get down?
Know it’s hard Mama but you gonna be good follow your heart baby
And you’ll find ya hood
Verse:
I was a skinny little girl late to the scene
I cared a little too much ‘bout what ya thought about me
I had a big ole heart and some big ole teeth
…It took a lotta time for me to be who I be
Couldn’t wait to grow up so I could get away
Find my place in the world and put a smile on my face
I ran straight to New York and jumped into the sea
But is the City my serenity or enemy? I’m torn
Chorus & Tesfay’s rap:
I’m torn, I’m torn…so torn
I’m torn I’m torn…so torn
Should I stay should I go?
I don’t know anymore
I’m torn I’m torn…so torn
(North Cackilacky or Bucktown
Come on Doni, how ya gonna get down?
Know it’s hard Mama but you gonna be good follow your heart baby
And you’ll find ya hood)
Verse II:
I was born in a daydream…fields of green
Climbing trees, catchin’ bees and lightining bugs out in the street
Yuri: Let’s go!!
Madiona: Oh my God that cab driver just tried to HIT me!
Couldn’t get me in no shoes not if you tried
And I love being outdoors I feel alive
My southern roots are deep and I can sleep in peace
To the sound of the crickets and the wind in the trees
Here come the City again—she’s holdin’ me
Intoxicating and addictive...I’m caught in between. I’m torn.
Chorus & Tesfaye’s rap
A Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
A doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
A doo what am I a doo what am I supposed to do?--repeat
Bridge:
Am I coming home? It’s hard to say (ooooooooh)
Because I love New York but it gets hard to stay (ooooooooh)
She’s so moody and my loot is always thin (ooooooooh)
But I’ll collapse from boredom anywhere else that I’ve ever been.
(Oooooh, Ooooh, ooooh, oooooh)
Chorus & Tesfaye’s rap:
Let me tell y’all my story
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
2x’s
Doo what am I doo what am I supposed to do?
Tesfaye: Find ya hood, find ya hood
I don’t know
Tesfaye: I know. It’s crazy ain’t it? (um hmmm)
Two different worlds. (Um hmmmmm)
You been through so much.
But you gone git it girl. You gone be all right.
