[ar:Fiona Apple] [ti:Shameika] [al:] [offset:0] [00:00.09]Fiona Apple - Shameika [00:00.70]Written by:Fiona Apple [00:01.21]Composed by:Fiona Apple [00:09.55]I used to walk down the street [00:11.58]On my way to school [00:13.09]Grinding my teeth to a rhythm invisible [00:17.04]I used my feet to crush dead leaves [00:18.72]Like they had fallen from trees [00:20.60]Just for me just to be crashed cymbals [00:24.58]In class I passed the time [00:26.20]Drawing a slash every time the second hand went [00:28.82]By a group of five ten twelve times is a minute [00:31.81]But Shameika said I had potential [00:36.07]Shameika said I had potential [00:39.89]Shameika said I had potential [00:43.71]Shameika said I had potential [00:54.51]I used to march down the windy windy sidewalk [00:58.01]Slapping my leg with the riding crop [00:59.83]Thinking it made me come off so tough [01:02.02]I didn't smile because a smile always seemed rehearsed [01:05.20]I wasn't afraid of the bullies [01:07.02]And that just made the bullies worse [01:09.54]In class I passed the time [01:11.21]Drawing a slash every time the second hand went [01:13.87]By a group of five ten twelve times is a minute [01:16.66]But Shameika said I had potential [01:21.35]Shameika said I had potential [01:25.03]Shameika said I had potential [01:28.57]Shameika said I had potential [01:31.92]Hurricane gloria in excelsis deo [01:34.13]That's my burden [01:35.80]My dog and my man and my music is my holy trinity [01:39.25]Hurricane gloria in excelsis deo [01:41.69]That's my burden [01:43.27]My dog and my man and my music is my holy trinity [01:47.03]Tony told me he described me as pissed off funny and warm [01:50.64]Sebastian said I'm a good man in a storm [01:54.41]Back then I didn't know what potential meant [01:57.46]And Shameika wasn't gentle and she wasn't my friend but [02:01.96]She got through to me and I'll never see her again [02:05.40]She got through to me and I'll never see her again [02:09.62]I'm pissed off funny and warm [02:11.41]I'm a good man in a storm [02:13.25]And when the fall is torrential I'll recall [02:17.39]Shameika said I had potential [02:21.24]Shameika said I had potential [02:24.88]Shameika said I had potential [02:28.68]Shameika said I had potential [02:39.30]Tony told me he described me as pissed off funny and warm [02:43.16]Sebastian said I'm a good man in a storm [02:46.88]Back then I didn't know what potential meant [02:49.96]But Shameika wasn't gentle and she wasn't my friend [02:53.71]But she got through to me and I'll never see her again [02:57.82]She got through to me and I'll never see her again [03:02.27]I'm pissed off funny and warm [03:03.79]I'm a good man in a storm [03:05.66]And when the fall is torrential I'll recall [03:10.05]Shameika said I had potential [03:13.70]Shameika said I had potential [03:17.49]Shameika said I had potential [03:21.27]Shameika said I had potential [03:24.97]Shameika said I had potential [03:28.76]Shameika said I had potential [03:32.49]Shameika said I had potential