Gender Game by Tamtam Lyrics
[Intro]
This is not a game to me
This is not a-, uh-huh, uh-huh
This is not a game to me
This is not a-, uh-huh, uh-huh
[Verse 1]
They said he was a danger
He ruined his last name
His daughter she's a singer
Put her family to shame
What should we do to fix her?
She's covered in her tears
But people go through so much worse
And that is what she fears
[Chorus]
I won't share my face
I won't share my name
In this gender game
If I say my name or I show my face
I should be ashamed
I won't share my face
I won't share my name
In this gender game
If I say my name or I show my face
I should be ashamed
[Verse 2]
She would take her chances
To follow this one dream
But nothing would be worth it
To hurt her family
She gave up for a second
And realized the pain
She's never gonna give up
Cause that is not her name
[Chorus]
I won't share my face
I won't share my name
In this gender game
If I say my name or I show my face
I should be ashamed
I won't share my face
I won't share my name
In this gender game
If I say my name or I show my face
I should be ashamed
[Speech]
There will be a new kind of creativity
Not only a new definition of love
But as we define ourselves
There will be a new image of women
[Bridge]
(She, she will pray) I
(Pray for that day) I
(She, she will pray) I will pray
(Pray for that day) Pray for that day
(She, she will pray) I won't, I won't give up
(Pray for that day) Don't, don't give up
(She, she will pray) I won't, I won't give up
(Pray for that day) Don't, don't give up
[Speech Continued]
And in the joy on every woman's face
In our affirmation of ourselves as women
We felt this transcendent joy
[Bridge Continued]
What hurts the most is if she were
A boy it would be fine
But doing it when you're a girl
You really cross the line
[Chorus]
I won't share my face
I won't share my name
In this gender game
If I say my name or I show my face
I should be ashamed
I won't share my face
I won't share my name
In this gender game
If I say my name or I show my face
I should be a-
This is not a game to me
This is not a-, uh-huh, uh-huh
This is not a game to me
This is not a-, uh-huh, uh-huh
[Verse 1]
They said he was a danger
He ruined his last name
His daughter she's a singer
Put her family to shame
What should we do to fix her?
She's covered in her tears
But people go through so much worse
And that is what she fears
[Chorus]
I won't share my face
I won't share my name
In this gender game
If I say my name or I show my face
I should be ashamed
I won't share my face
I won't share my name
In this gender game
If I say my name or I show my face
I should be ashamed
[Verse 2]
She would take her chances
To follow this one dream
But nothing would be worth it
To hurt her family
She gave up for a second
And realized the pain
She's never gonna give up
Cause that is not her name
[Chorus]
I won't share my face
I won't share my name
In this gender game
If I say my name or I show my face
I should be ashamed
I won't share my face
I won't share my name
In this gender game
If I say my name or I show my face
I should be ashamed
[Speech]
There will be a new kind of creativity
Not only a new definition of love
But as we define ourselves
There will be a new image of women
[Bridge]
(She, she will pray) I
(Pray for that day) I
(She, she will pray) I will pray
(Pray for that day) Pray for that day
(She, she will pray) I won't, I won't give up
(Pray for that day) Don't, don't give up
(She, she will pray) I won't, I won't give up
(Pray for that day) Don't, don't give up
[Speech Continued]
And in the joy on every woman's face
In our affirmation of ourselves as women
We felt this transcendent joy
[Bridge Continued]
What hurts the most is if she were
A boy it would be fine
But doing it when you're a girl
You really cross the line
[Chorus]
I won't share my face
I won't share my name
In this gender game
If I say my name or I show my face
I should be ashamed
I won't share my face
I won't share my name
In this gender game
If I say my name or I show my face
I should be a-