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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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