ASKING FOR IT Lyrics

I'm so tired

Of how, every time I go outside

There's always a man

Two steps behind

Or whistling out the window

Of his jacked up pick-up truck

Or yelling from a rooftop

About how he'd like to...

I don't complain

I don't wanna get asked what I was wearing that day

I'll get the blame

No matter what I say

I was asking for it

I was asking for it, anyway

I'm so tired of hearing stories from the woman I love

Of getting dressed up for a party just to be taken advantage of

Or getting asked for her phone number while she's in line at the grocery shop

By some raggedy old man who can't comprehend the meaning of stop

She won't complain

Or she'll get asked what she was wearing that day

She'll get the blame

No matter what she says

She was asking for it

She was asking for it, anyway

I'm tired of men taking up so much space

I'm tired of not feeling safe any place I go

And I'm tired of keeping quiet

I'm tired of you trying to justify

It makes me feel so crazy and alone

I'm tired of holding back tears

I think I'd rather disappear

If I'd asked for it

If I'd asked for it

You would have heard it loud and clear