Sometimes people try to determine your life

Sometimes people try to determine your life Sometimes they tell you what mistakes not to make and you can’t learn Sometimes they push you down with their words so you can’t get up Sometimes they try to tell you your dreams and you’ll never be happy And sometimes they tell you that you’ll never get anywhere in life And you’re dumb so you believe them Sometimes people try to determine your life Occasionally they do but we let them So we listen to them; get nowhere in life We cry and complain We blame others for our faults Until we try life for ourselves Sometimes people try to determine your life And you go with it for awhile But then you take a stand and try to figure out This thing called life on your own But what if you never stand up for yourself