They say I?m too young to love you
I don?t know what I need
They think I don?t understand
The freedom land of the seventies
I think I?m too cool to know ya
You say I?m like the ice, I freeze
I?m churning out novels like
Beat poetry on amphetamines
I say
I say
Well, my boyfriend?s in a band
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
I?ve got feathers in my hair
I get down to beat poetry
And my jazz collection?s rare
I can play most anything
I?m a Brooklyn baby
I?m a Brooklyn baby
They say I?m too young to love you
You say I?m too dumb to see
They judge me like a picture book
By the colors like they forgot to read
I think we?re like fire and water
I think we?re like the wind and sea
You?re burning up, I?m cooling down
You?re up, I?m down
You?re blind, I see
But I?m free, uh uh
I?m free
Well, my boyfriend?s in a band
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
I?ve got feathers in my hair
I get down to beat poetry
And my jazz collection?s rare
I can play most anything
I?m a Brooklyn baby
I?m a Brooklyn baby
I?m talking about my generation
Talking about that newer nation
And if you don?t like it, you can beat it
Beat it, baby
You never liked the way I said it
If you don?t get it, then forget it
'Cause I don?t have to ing explain it
And my boyfriend?s in a band
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
I?ve got feathers in my hair
I get high on hydroponic weed
And my jazz collection?s rare
I get down to beat poetry
I?m a Brooklyn baby
I?m a Brooklyn baby
Yeah, my boyfriend?s pretty cool
But he?s not as cool as me
?Cause I?m a Brooklyn baby
I?m a Brooklyn baby
Baby
Baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah