Constant Talking

[Spoken-word intro]
Oh, my goodness — Tia, do you remember that girl we bumped into? I heard she had five kids and the kids don’t even know who their father is! Wait, wait —
(Unintelligible talking)

[Verse 1]
Words create this energy
It rises from our head
It thrives in Chinese whispers
And gossip that we spread
I’m seeing its hateful color
In cultures of gray and black
How carelessly we release our words
Never stopping to hold them back

People [? 0:36] words our way
‘Cause again I havе something to say

[Pre-Chorus]
He lies and hе cheats while she cries in her sleep
And I heard someone said that she caught them in bed
He’s addicted and deals and I heard that she steals
And I just found out that his paternity’s in doubt

[Chorus]
Constant talking, with nothing to say
I wish that I could break away (from your)
Constant talking, it’s easy to see
If you’re talking ‘bout them
What are you saying about me?

[Verse 2]
The tension builds above us
Spreading like wildfire
The story which once had some truth
Gets twisted by the hour
Clearly having feeling
Felt throughout the land
Clouds burst and there rains confusion
And we don’t understand

People talk and I can’t run away
And again I hear someone say

[Pre-Chorus]
I heard from a source that they’re getting divorced
‘Cause he’s been having this thing with a guy on the team
And I heard someone say he’s been getting away
With indecent assault, and he said
“Well, it wasn’t my fault”

[Chorus]
Constant talking, with nothing to say
I wish that I could break away (from your)
Constant talking, it’s easy to see
If you’re talking ‘bout them
What are you saying about me?

[Spoken-word interlude]
You see that girl over there?
What?
That one. Well, I’ll tell you something...

[Bridge]
Bout bout bout, bout bout bout bout
Bout bout bout bout, bout
(Who are you talking about?)

Bout bout bout, bout bout bout bout
Bout bout bout bout, bout
(Who are you talking about?)

[Chorus]
Constant talking, with nothing to say
I wish that I could break away (from your)
Constant talking, it’s easy to see
If you’re talking ‘bout them
What are you saying about me?

Constant talking, with nothing to say
I wish that I could break away (from your)
Constant talking, it’s easy to see
If you’re talking ‘bout them
What are you saying about me?

Constant talking, with nothing to say (about me, about me)
I wish that I could break away (from your)
Constant talking, it’s easy to see
If you’re talking ‘bout them
What are you saying
About me?