Michael Franti – Say Hey Lyrics

This one goes out to you and yours, worldwide¹

I say, hey, I be gone today
But I be back around the way²
Seems like everywhere I go
The more I see, the less I know³
But I know one thing that I love you, baby girl
I love you, I love you, I love you⁴

I’ve been a lot of places all around the way
I’ve seen a lot of joy, and I’ve seen a lot of pain⁵
But I don’t want to write a love song for the world
I just want to write a song about a boy and a girl⁶

Junkies⁷ on the corner, always calling my name
And the kids on the corner playing ghetto games⁸
When I saw you getting down, girl, I hoped it was you
And when I looked into your eyes, I knew it was true⁹

I say, hey, I be gone today
But I be back around the way
Seems like everywhere I go
The more I see, the less I know
But I know one thing that I love you, baby girl
I love you, I love you, I love you

Now I’m not a highly metaphysical man¹⁰
But I know when the stars are aligned you can
Bump into a person in the middle of the road
Look into their eyes, and you suddenly know¹¹

Rocking in the dance hall, moving with you
Dancing in the night in the middle of June¹²
My momma told me don’t lose you
‘Cause the best luck I had was you¹³

I say, hey, I be gone today
But I be back around the way
It seems like everywhere I go
The more I see, the less I know
But I know one thing that I love you, baby girl
I love you, I love you, I love you

And I say, rocking in the dance, hall moving with you
I say, hey momma, hey momma, close to you
Rocking in the dance hall, moving with you
I say, hey, trippa, hey, trippa, got to shoot¹⁴

Rocking in the dance hall, moving with you
I say, hey momma, close to you
Rocking in the dance hall, moving with you
I say, hey momma, hey momma, hey momma, hey momma
Hey momma, hey momma, hey momma, hey momma

My momma told me don’t lose you
‘Cause the best luck I had was you
And I know one thing that I love you¹⁵

I say, hey, I be gone today
But I’ll be back around the way
It seems like everywhere I go
The more I see, the less I know

I say, hey, I be gone today
But I’ll be back around the way
It seems like everywhere I go
The more I see, the less I know
But I know one thing that I love you, baby girl
I love you, I love you, I love you

I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you

Rocking in the dance hall, moving with you
I say, hey papa, hey papa, hey momma, hey momma
Rocking in the dance hall, moving with you
Come on, hey papa, hey papa, come to shoot
(Hey mama, hey mama)¹⁶