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Folklore

By Nelly Furtado

Go to stand
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Published
Oct 29, 2026
Pages
16
Language
English

More in this magazine

  • Cover
  • [1] one-trick pony [2] powerless (say what you want)[3] explode [4] try [5] fresh off the boat [6] forca [7] the grass is green [8] picture perfect
  • One-Trick Pony[Intro] You say, you're identical to none / But you're identical to some / Who wants to be a some? / Not me
  • Powerless(Say What You Want) [Verse 1]
  • Explode[Intro] Peso... Joga... ginga... roda
  • Page 6Try [Verse 1]
  • Page 7
  • Fresh off the Boat[Break] Querida menina à beira do mar /
  • Page 9Forca [Verse 1]
  • Page 10
  • The Grass is Green[Verse 1] Oh, I once had something / Something that was so good / Better than the last thing I touched / Then turned right around on that something / And figured i didn't like that much
  • Picture-Perfect[Verse 1] Picture perfect, a life that you saw in a magazine / Or maybe a travelling book /
  • Saturdays(ft. Jarvis Church) [Verse 1]
  • Build You UpBuild You Up [Intro]
  • Island of Wonder[Verse 1: Nelly Furtado] The man wrinkles his face / But it's already worn / The coffee is sour / And the shirt is torn / But the smile is bigger than the Atlantic sea / And it happens to bring out the Atlantis in me
  • Page 16Produced by Track&Field and Nelly Furtado except "Island of Wonder" produced by Lil' Jaz and Nelly Furtado; additional production by Track & Field and "The Grass is Green" produced by Mike Elizondo and Nelly Furtado; Mixed by Brad Haehnel ©2003 SGK Music LLC.
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Powerless

[Verse 1]Weatherworn, lookin' all the rage /

(Say What You Want)

[Verse 1]

Paint my face in your magazines / Make it look whiter than it seems / Paint me over with your dreams / Shove away my ethnicity / Burn every notion that I / May have a flame inside to fight / And say just what is on my mind / Without offending your might

[Chorus]

’Cause this life is too short to live it just for you / But when you feel so powerless, what are you gonna do? / So say what you want / Say what you want

[Verse 2]

I saw her face outside today /

Weatherworn, lookin' all the rage /

Took her passion and her gaze and made a poster / Now it’s moccasins we sport /

We take the culture and contort /

Perhaps only to distort what we are hidin’

[Chorus]

’Cause this life is too short to live it just for you / But when you feel so powerless, what are you gonna do? / But say what you want / Say what you want

(Say, say)

[Bridge]

Hey you, the one, the one outside, are you gonna get in, get in? / Hey you, the one that don’t fit in, how ya, how ya gonna get in? / Hey you, the one outside, are you ever gonna get in with your / Broken teeth, broken jaw, broken mojo?

[Pre-Chorus]

Yeah, this life is too short to live it just for you / But when you feel so powerless, what are you gonna do?

[Chorus]

’Cause this life is too short to live it just for you / But when you feel so powerless, what are you gonna do? /

’Cause this life is too short to live it just for you / But when you feel so powerless, what are you gonna do?

[Post-Chorus]

Say what you want (Life is too short) /

Say what you want / Say, say, say, say, yeah

(Gonna do)

[Outro]

Life is too short / Just for you /

Feel powerless / Gonna do