Testing, testing,
Is this thing on?
I have something to say
While I have this mic,
I've had enough...
Of trying to be liked
I have learned the hard way
Or it took me way too long
To live the way I wish
To see where I belong
Owning who I am and accepting how I feel
Admitting my truths, saying what's real
Instead of appeasing only a few
While denying myself
Feeling the fester, watching it stew
A way of thinking I truly despise
A way of living I can no longer rationalize
Bringing my identity out of disguise
Admitting my truth as I realize
You expect what you expect, while I've lived the lies
I'm no longer willing to compromise
To placate you, while I refuse me
Thinking I'm doing you a favor, while keeping myself unfree
What's pumping in my heart
What pounds in my veins
I have to return to all that remains
My future only mine to claim
My literal bravery is speaking what's true
I want to live for me, no longer cater to you
I understand why you're upset,
Say I changed, my promises unkept
But the promise to myself is more clear
I can no longer ignore what I hold near
I'm done living in a state of fear
I will not continue to abandon me
Or not allow myself to be
Not again, so yes, I've changed
I guess I am the one to blame
I have stopped living life your way
Instead I will live for me, Do as I say
I don't wish to upset you or make you cry
I'm just not willing to let one more moment pass by
Where I don't be myself and do as I attest
I'll leave it at that, and let the argument rest
Knowing what I need to achieve
Following my heart and what I believe
I wish you luck to find yourself as well
Only you can feel compelled
To be as true and break the cultural spell
Of what you think you should be instead of what is
Only you will know the best way you can live
Or how to set out into the world as we are both meant to be
You do you, I'll be me
I know I have now laid down a lot of stuff
I just realized, I am enough
So, with that I will stop,
Take my exit,
And let this mic drop
