Good Kid

Sitting in the front of the 4th grade class

Teacher said I'm kind in a conference

Sitting all the bad kids next to my desk

Teacher said I help them stay quiet

I don't speak up

I don't know how

She thinks I'm good

I'm not too loud

She told my mom

Mom kind of laughed

Said "I wish she came home like that"

I'm a good kid

As a daughter, bad

Doctor said it's 'cause I

Feel safe when I'm

Home again

I'm a good kid

In the 4th grade class

Mom's not worried about drugs

Because I'm smarter than that

She's just worried

Cause my brain's not like my friends'

But I'm a good kid cause of that

Sitting in the back once I get the chance

Teacher said I never ask questions

Popsicle sticks in a water glass

Called it a "new type of lesson"

I don't speak up

I don't know how

I read at lunch

The kids are loud

My neighbor's birthday

Mom on the phone

In the pantry till she took me home

Do da do da do da do da do da do da do da do do

Do da do da do da do da do da do da do da do do

I'm a good kid

As a daughter, bad

Doctor said it's cause I

Feel safe when I'm

Home again

I'm a good kid

In the 4th grade class

Mom's not worried about drugs

Because I'm smarter than that

She's just worried

Cause my brain's not like my friends'

But I'm a good kid cause of that

(Whispered)

Im good

Im good

Im good

Im good

Im good

Im good

Im good