 It wasn't very long till I knew exactly what my mama been talking about. I knew what I had to do, but I made myself this all about. That I was gonna be a lady someday, though I didn't know when and how. But I couldn't see spending the rest of my life with my head right down in shame. You know I might have been born just plain white, right? But that's the world of my name, you see. Here's the one chance, baby, don't let me down.