Real
When I was young my momma told me I could be anything
When I was young they told me I could rule the world
When I was young they said you can be anything
But when I got older it changed
When I got older I lost my worth
When I got older I was all product and no potential
When I got older they told me to be real
We gotta be up front from the start
We gotta stop changing what we say to our kids
We gotta stop telling them they're all gonna be astronauts when
most of them are not
We gotta be real
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