You, with your words like knives
And swords and weapons that wewe use against me
wewe have knocked me off my feet again
Got me feeling like I'm nothing
You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard
Calling me out when I'm wounded
wewe picking on the weaker man

wewe can take me down with just one single blow
But wewe don't know, what wewe don't know...

Someday I'll be living in a big ol' city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so wewe can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why wewe gotta be so mean?

You, with your switching sides
And your wildfire lies and your humiliation
wewe have pointed out my flaws again
As if I don't already see them
I walk with my head down
Trying to block wewe out 'cause I'll never impress you
I just wanna feel okay again

I bet wewe got pushed around
Somebody made wewe cold
But the cycle ends right now
'Cause wewe can't lead me down that road
And wewe don't know, what wewe don't know...

Someday I'll be living in a big ol' city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so wewe can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why wewe gotta be so mean?

And I can see wewe years from now in a bar
Talking over a football game
With that same big loud opinion
But nobody's listening
Washed up and ranting about the same old uchungu, chungu things
Drunk and grumbling on about how I can't sing
But all wewe are is mean

All wewe are is mean
And a liar, and pathetic, and alone in life
And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean

But someday I'll be living in a big ol' city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean, yeah
Someday I'll be big enough so wewe can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why wewe gotta be so?..

Someday I'll be living in a big ol' city (Why wewe gotta be so?..)
And all you're ever gonna be is mean (Why wewe gotta be so?..)
Someday I'll be big enough so wewe can't hit me (Why wewe gotta be so?..)
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why wewe gotta be so mean?