Janelle Monáe

Released: June 9, 2014

Songwriter: Brian Eno David Bowie

[Verse 1]
I, I wish I could swim
Like the dolphins
Like dolphins can swim

[Pre-Hook]
Though, nothing
Nothing will keep us together
We can be them
Forever, ever and ever

[Hook]
Oh, we can be Heroes
Just for one day
Yeah

[Verse 2]
I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen

[Pre-Hook]
Though, nothing
Nothing will drive in my way

[Hook]
We can be Heroes
Just for one day
We can be Heroes
Just for one day

[Bridge]
I, I-I, I can remember
Standin' by the wall
And the guns, oh the guns
Shout above our head
As we kissed, I felt nothing could fall
And the shade was on the other side

[Pre-Hook]
Oh, we can be them
Forever and ever
We can be Heroes
Just for one day

[Outro]
We, we can be Heroes
We, we can be Heroes
We, we can be Heroes
Just for one day
We can be Heroes

Janelle Monáe Robinson was born December 1, 1985. The daughter of a janitor mother and a truck-driving father, she was raised in Kansas City, Kansas. Being from a hard-working family and a musically bland city, Monáe has always highlighted the under appreciated and the outsider.

After studying across the country at different performing arts schools, she met Antwan “Big Boi” Patton (of Outkast) in Atlanta, Georgia. Her career began to take shape under the guidance of Big Boi and later, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs.

Her first breakthrough EP was 2007’s Suite I (The Chase). Critical acclaim followed and was reinforced with her 2010 album, The ArchAndroid. She completed her android-themed trio of albums with her highly-anticipated follow-up, The Electric Lady, in 2013. Her latest album – Dirty Computer – was released in late April 2018 and is her most personal and artistically ambitious album yet.

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