Ice Cream Man. (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) lyrics

[Intro: Spoken]
Do you know what, when I sing this song, it's deep, yeah?
When I heard the statistic, I actually f*cking broke down in tears
Because the stat is that one in four men, men and women
Will experience this in their lifetime
And in a beautiful sold-out Royal Albert Hall
There's a quarter of you here tonight
So I know I'm not alone when I sing this, and yeah
If you can relate to this, I'm so f*cking sorry from the bottom of my heart
And I'ma sing for you right now with my whole heart
With my belly out and everything
And I wanted to do it like this bеcause that’s how it f*cking feels when I sing it
I feel naked as f*ck
Alright, Tom, I'm rеady, mmh

[Verse 1]
So, this producer hit me up on the DM
He told me, "Hey, I really like what you are doing"
He told me, "Come 'round to the studio, let's cook it"
He told me, "Come to catch a vibe, we'll make some music"
But when I got there, should've heard what he was saying
Tryna touch me, tryna f*ck me, I'm not playing
I should have left that place as soon as I walked in it
How Goddamn dare you do that to me, really?

[Pre-Chorus]
Coming like the ice cream man
Till I felt his ice-cold hands
And how I pay the price now, damn
Goddamn, no, what the? Goddamn
Everything you did, it left me in a ruin
And no, I didn't say a word, I guess that proves it
I'm a woman, mhh, yes
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm a woman
A very f*cking brave, strong woman
And I'll be damned if I let a man ruin
How I walk, how I talk, how I do it
Man, I've been broken for a moment
I've been through it, no
It's even harder to be brave alone
I was a girl, now I'm grown, I'm a woman
A very f*cking strong woman

[Verse 2]
And I was seven
Was twenty one, was seventeen and was eleven
It took a while to understand what my consent means
If I was ruthless, they'd be in the penitentiary
But all the stress of being honest wouldn't help me
I pushed it down, but it was livin' in me rent-free
And then I fell into some things that were unhealthy
A place where no one heard me asking them to help me
But I needed help, I did

[Pre-Chorus]
Coming like the ice cream man
Till I felt his ice-cold hands
And how I pay the price now, damn
Goddamn
Everything you did, it left me in a ruin
And no, I didn't say a word, I guess that proves it
I'm a woman
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm a woman
A very f*cking brave, strong woman
And I'll be damned if I let a man ruin
How I walk, how I talk, how I do it
Man, I've been broken for a moment
I've been through it, no
It's even harder to be brave alone
I was a girl, now I'm grown, I'm a woman

[Bridge]
I wish I could say how I feel, how I felt
And explain why I'm silently blaming myself
'Cause I put on these faces, pretending I'm fine
Then I go to the bathroom and I press rewind in my head
Always going round and round in my head
Your fingerprints stuck a stain on my skin
You made me frame myself for your sin
You pathetic, dead excuse of a man

[Outro]
You see, I'm a brave, f*cking strong woman
Oh, yeah, yeah, oh, oh, oh
I sometimes need to remind myself, I am
You see
And I'll be damned if I let a men ruin, oh
I'm a very f*cking brave, strong woman, thank you