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The In Between's


Elementary is the life While Highschool is a game Humans define your status as you slowly become mundane By labels evil or benign you either accept "I am a ___" either way they'll tell you what they want and how to fit in their ranks Easy A, High GPA Run the mile in a minute If you can dunk like Michael Jordan Youre way is already paid out isn't it? In the back of the room, thats where I sit. Ripped jeans on parade While they talk about their cellphones, I slowly go insane Girls like me dont get it for free We have to take algebra twice Unless you sport a ponytail They'll just let you down real 'nice'. A girl like me, 80's wannabe Doesnt need a date Alienated from the rest because I dont make the grade Abstract in reality, I'm completely outside your box I felt the fear of being one of them So I blow them away, with my pen Verbal threats of Hard knocks Smudges from the ink, greasy hands from the oil These things dont get college funded So I have to work harder, on the double I can change the oil in your car But when I sit and stare at the desk ACT says "You wont go far" Thats the way it is I guessed Jersey shore, Teen mom, and Big bang Those things will now fill up your college bank Push a stroller, get an A, watch snooki get icecream today Warm a bottle full of sympathy, They all had babies so they get it for free. Girls like me who havent mated Scored the SAT and think Reality's over rated We dont stand out with jail free cards We dont collect 200 at GO "Reset" or "Restart" If you take the pill drink the beer You become one with the hollowed times Expects the handout while someone like me can't sing or spit any ryhmes Human is the creation divine or so their fabled God says I guess theres no room for a girl like me Who writes her own world with an erasable pen 2x=C Scored only 10 out of 16 I guess our government says everyone will make the rank Everyone but me They go get pregnant, get a free ride Figure out cold fusion and make basketballs fly Losers like me dont get anything for free all were left with is a whispered "I tried" I guess I dont quite make the grade But you can only be you but no one tells you it's 'okay'. I guess in life were the inbetweens, not at rock bottom So no sympathies But not at the top where all the stars glow So we shoot for the moon That's all we know
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