Be Yourself

Wed, 03/04/2015 - 19:00 -- DitAl

These are the lyrics to my video.

- Just a young kid, turned to a man

- Looking at the world, I’m just dreaming in my head

- All the people, races, different physiques

- Yet the overriding goal is to eliminate the weak

- Yes we all are unique, but we fail to part our paths because we fear the streets

- But not from the concrete or the breeze

- It’s the separation from those who we are taught to be

- Got million dollar cars but can’t even read

- Judge our neighbors by their watches and the shoes on their feet

- You see, it’s the labels people seek

- Always trying to make a name but really they are not unique

- Submissive to the masses, afraid to even speak

- living in a “one-track” mind that’s killing us deep

- Improvisation, migration, animation,

- We live in a backwards nation, we will never achieve such expectations

- Cuz we condemn the complications, the alterations, explorations

- Someday, somebody told us, the reflection in the mirror is what controls us

- Where our happiness and wellbeing, is defined by those who see it, and not what we believe in

- We sacrifice our knowledge for the artificial wealth

- We appraise the stealth but it doesn’t bring us health

- But what’s class without intelligence

- And what’s success without excellence

- Yeah the world can seem venomous

- Always feeling restless cuz you feel you are irrelevant

- But hey, that’s just the unpleasantness,

- Of a society that is still developing

- But as individuals we must strive to become prevalent

- And make the recklessness turn into eloquence

- It's funny cuz when you take off the mask you find the beauty in the beast

- I ask why you pass up the originals for the photocopy

- I want the hard copy, not the double CC

- Why paint a bunch of same pictures when we all should compete

- Cuz there’s beauty in our difference

- Brilliance, in our resilience

- From many surroundings, we all can bring a different piece

- Because the puzzle isn’t complete unless we all write our names on it and get rid of the disease

- Man we are our own police, we just gotta V-I-V-E,

- And that’s living with our name on our sleeves,

- And not letting our appearance or our opinions be stolen by society

- Because all that pain and anguish built up inside,

- Will only be relieved when you collide and unbind from the corruptive worldwide

- There’s no such thing as a mastermind

- So be yourself, and you will shine

- So be yourself, and you will shine.

This poem is about: 
Me
My community
Our world

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