Verse 1

I show mad love, but I don't just throw it around
I got my woman by my side, so there's no need to run the town
Endeavorin' for a hook-up or some love for the night
But that's just how I live, I couldn't tell you if it's right or wrong

But one thing that you'll never see from me
Is my hands on a woman when she don't want 'em to be
Seems like common sense, but I'm troubled to see
Another case of rape viewed to be youthful tomfoolery

See, they didn't charge him for the rape reported
Even though that shit was tape recorded, I hate this story
It's one I've heard too many times before,
too many unacknowledged crimes before

Now the abrasions and faultlines are born by the recipient
It gets tricky when the man was an ex
or if the cut of her dress is showin' off a little more than her neck
or she was hittin' the shots, or she was poppin' some X

Chorus

But what it really comes down to is human respect
'Cause it's impossible to ask for nonconsensual sex
When your choice is taken from you, tell me what are you left?
Left to the fuckin' wolves for the last bits of flesh

What it really comes down to is human respect
It's just not possible to ask for nonconsensual sex
So why we questionin' her sexual rep-
utation, not the motive of the one who committed this violation

Verse 2

This nation's got some habits to break
We're more focused on shamin' than on persuin' the case
We're too busy teachin' women what risks not to take
Instead of teachin' young men: point blank, don't rape

Despite some outdated thoughts on how we oughta handle datin'
Sex is not something we earn with the right dinner combination
Consent is not pressure, consent is not persuasion
Consent is not coercion, silence, or intoxication

Consent is to be given freely, not with a forced hand
And it doesn't have to happen just because it's in your plans
This might sound radical, you might be thinkin', "What the hell?"
But that right there's a symptom of the problem in and of itself

We're taught from birth a woman's looks are her worth
She don't need a sense of self 'cause her body's her work
And it's fully on display seven days out the week
If a man should care to gaze, compliment, or critique

Chorus

But what it really comes down to is human respect
'Cause it's impossible to ask for nonconsensual sex
But that message can be lost when you're taught you have no agency
It's harder to give thought than to fall back on complacency

It really comes down just to human respect
'Cause there's no way that you can ask for nonconsensual sex
She's a mother, she's a daughter, she's a sister it's true,
But more importantly a person and she's just like you

Outro

A nation draped with a culture of rape
A free debate bein' replaced with a cauldron of hate
A woman's place, a woman's fate left for another to slate
We're remiss in forgetting just who can mother the state

Social minority, the power stripped from the numbers
Misogynistic demeanors laughed at as casual blunders
In our society we're scared to call it out when it's there
Fear of repercussions got us stuck up in an awkward snare

But if we don't dare to say it, then it's left unsaid
We're left wonderin' if we're alone with these thoughts in our head
We're afraid to speak up, might alienate a friend
But stayin' quiet's how we let this happen again and again

So the victim is silenced by the inevitable backlash
Should she bring a trial that might ever leave a black splash
Across the reptuation of a promising young sex offender
Lord forbid we teach him that his actions might have consequences