We are raised in such a world where we are expected to be what we are not

Where suppression in the name of discipline is taught

Twelve years later I ask myself who am I

Why do I feel so shy

Our system of education

Seems more like child degradation

A system of screwing up your motivation

And this song is one of the reasons

Why it hates our generation

Teaching you how not to speak up

Wait but that person could be wrong

“So what! It’s not your problem

Don’t do anything just shutup!”

School won’t make you realise your worth

There is a lot more that you deserve

Even you don’t know the power you possess

I go back and say this to my younger self

Oh what’s that

Two people don’t think alike?!?!

“Try to be more like her”

When you’re actually beyond compare

More than teaching they just keep repeating who's better

I think that's kind of unfair

They say rejections aren’t failures but a learning process

Well how would I know that

When I’m not allowed to fail

“Oh my god!! Why did you cut your hair

Does that mean you’re gay or what are they called, queer?”

They laugh at me for what I wear

And say that school is not a place you should fear

Have you heard of the word ‘representation’

How is that not part of education

How can school ever be a better place for you and me

When a kid can’t even feel free

I hope there’s a day that these things become something no child has to go through

Maybe you could start by teaching the truth