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

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, I'm free

I'm a Brooklyn baby
I'm a Brooklyn baby

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
So I don't have to fucking explain it
Explain it

I'm a Brooklyn baby
I'm a Brooklyn baby

I'm a Brooklyn baby
I'm a Brooklyn baby