This song and the role of Emmie Thibodeaux were performed by Tony-winning actress Anika Noni Rose. The show premiered on Broadway in 2004.
I hate the bus I want my own car A car with a heater I want a TV set and more A big old house Like this one But everything new And cant nobody ever Can't nobody ever tell me what to do Go out when I want to When I don't then I stay Got magical bracelets Some bullets bound someway In every room a TV and my own telephone And ill live in my house And ill live in my house by myself all alone And if I'm lonely it doesn't matter I think there worse than being lonely There's people who freeze while they wait on their knees And they don't know for what And they just been forgotten I aint waiting no more You just wait forever If you cant say what for The day comes soon Ill pack up the nothing I own And ill live in my house And ill make it ok by myself All alone