Tightrope [A Capella] - Janelle Monáe

Whoa

Another day

I’ll take your pain away

Some people talk about you

Like they know all about you

When you get down they doubt you

And when you tipping on the scene

Yeah they talkin' about it

Cause they can’t tip all on the scene with you talkin' about it

T-t-t-talkin' about it

When you get elevated

They love it or they hate it

You dance up on them haters

Keep getting funky on the scene

While they jumpin' round you

They trying to take all your dreams

But you can’t allow it

Cause, baby, whether you’re high or low

Whether you’re high or low

You got to tip on the tightrope (Tip, tip on it)

T-t-t-tip on the tightrope (Tip, tip on it)

Baby, baby, whether you’re high or low (High or low)

Baby, whether you’re high or low (High or low)

You got to tip on the tightrope (Tip, tip on it)

Now let me see you do the tightrope (Tip, tip on it)

And I’m still tippin' on it

See I’m not walkin' on it

Or trying to run around it

This ain’t no acrobatics

You either follow or you lead, yeah

I’m talkin' about you

I’ll keep on blaming the machine, yeah

I’m talkin' about it

T-t-t-talkin' about it

I can’t complain about it

I gotta keep my balance

And just keep dancing on it

We getting funky on the scene

Yeah you know about it

Like a star on the screen

Watch me tip all on it

Then, baby, whether I’m high or low (High or low)

Baby, whether you’re high or low (High or low)

You gotta tip on the tightrope (Tip, tip on it)

Yeah, tip on the tightrope (Tip, tip on it)

Baby, baby, whether you’re high or low (High or low)

Baby, whether you’re high or low (High or low)

Tip on the tightrope (Tip, tip on it)

Baby let me see you tight rope (Tip, tip on it)

And I’m still tippin' on it

I tip on alligators

And little rattle snakers

But I’m another flavor

Something like a terminator

Ain’t no equivocating

I fight for what I believe

Why you talkin' about it

Sh-sh-she's talkin' about it

Some calling me a sinner

Some calling me a winner

I’m calling you to dinner

Hey, you know exactly what I mean

Yeah I’m talking about you

You can rock or you can leave

Watch me tip without you

Now-now-now whether I’m high or low (High or low)

Whether I’m high or low (High or low)

I’m gonna tip on the tightrope (Tip, tip on it)

Oooh (Tip, tip on it)

Baby, baby, whether I’m high or low (High or low)

Low-low-low-low (High or low)

I gotta tip on the tightrope (Tip, tip on it)

Now baby tip on the tightrope

You can’t get too high (You can’t get too high)

I said you can’t get too low (You can’t get too low)

Hah, cause you get too high (Cause you get too high)

No, you’ll surely be low (No, you’ll surely be low)

1, 2, 3, hah

Yeah, yeah

Now, maybe whether I’m high or low (High or low)

Baby whether you’re high or low (High or low)

You gotta tip on the tightrope (Tip, tip on it)

Yeah tip on the tightrope (Tip, tip on it)

Baby, baby, whether you’re high or low (High or low)

Baby, whether you’re high or low (High or low)

You got to tip on the tightrope (Tip, tip on it)

Baby let me see your tightrope

Let me hear

Oh, oh, oh, oh

You-you

Hoo, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

You got to give it up, oh

Oooooo yeah, yeah

You’ve got to stay on the scene

Yeah, yeah

Tightrope

Hey, yeah, yeah