Lyrics

Don't Say My Name

to "Say My Name" by Destiny's Child

Students (chorus) Don't say my name, don't say my name I know you wanna call me, I see you lookin' at me Oh this dreadful pain Don't say my name, don't say my name I ain't done no reading, the odds of me succeeding Are a crying shame Don't say my name, don't say my name I know you wanna call me, I see you lookin' at me Oh this dreadful pain Don't say my name, don't say my name I haven't got no answers, the foreign kid from France does Damn Socratic game Professor Any other day I would call, you would say "Please repeat again?" But today it ain't the same Every other word is a "pass," yeah, okay Could it be you kids do no work, but are always playin' If you want to pass, first of all, let me say I am not the one to sit around and be played You didn't give no note to say "not today" So I can call on you 'cause you're totally fair game Students I know think you are controlling things You ain't gotta teach under this regime But we ain't puppets you can move with strings 'Stead of callin' me, try lecturing Socratic method is a load of poo Make us say everything—that should be you! Why can't you tell us the rules? Isn't teaching the whole point of school? (chorus) Professor What is up with these lazybones, all you kids How would you like it if I just gave all of you a pop quiz Don't place the blame on me, "I don't know what to read" When yesterday I said, "151 to 203" It's hard to believe that you are as smart as they say When all you've shown to me is this pathetic display So now it's payback time, now you're caught, feel the shame Now I can call on you, because this room is my domain Students I know think you are controlling things You ain't gotta teach under this regime But we ain't puppets you can move with strings 'Stead of callin' me, try lecturing Socratic method is a load of poo Make us say everything—that should be you! Why can't you tell us the rules? Isn't teaching the whole point of school? (chorus)

(chorus) Say my name, say my name If no one is around you, say, "Baby, I love you" If you ain't runnin' game Say my name, say my name You actin' kinda shady, ain't callin me baby Why the sudden change? Say my name, say my name If no one is around you, say, "Baby, I love you" If you ain't runnin' game Say my name, say my name You actin' kinda shady, ain't callin me baby Better say my name Any other day I would call, you would say "Baby, how's your day?" But today it ain't the same Every other word is uh huh, yea okay Could it be that you are at the crib with another lady If you took it there, first of all, let me say I am not the one to sit around and be played So prove yourself to me I'm the girl that you claim Why don't you say the things that you said to me yesterday? I know you say that I am assuming things Something's going down that's the way it seems Shouldn't be the reason why you're acting strange If nobody's holding you back from me 'Cause I know how you usually do When you say everything to me times two Why can't you just tell the truth? If somebody's there then tell me who (chorus) What is up with this, tell the truth, who you with How would you like it if I came over with my clique Don't try to change it now sayin' you gotta bounce When two seconds ago, you said you just got in the house It's hard to believe that you are at home, by yourself When I just heard the voice, heard the voice of someone else Just this question, why do you feel you gotta lie? Gettin' caught up in your game when you cannot say my name I know you say that I am assuming things Something's going down that's the way it seems Shouldn't be the reason why you're acting strange If nobody's holding you back from me 'Cause I know how you usually do When you say everything to me times two Why can't you just tell the truth? If somebody's there then tell me who (chorus)

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