You’re too loud

You’re too soft

Don’t be sweet, don’t play too rough

Growing up is already tough enough

And the heat dances in waves over the asphalt

The clouds move slow like stories in the sky

Tiny eyes look at the world just like a mirror

You gotta let ‘Em see themselves without your clouds in their eyes

You Gotta let ‘em see themselves without your clouds in their eyes

Darling I can’t count the ways that I’ve been stared at

But I can add up on one hand the times I’ve actually been seen

Early on I was so painfully aware of all the eyes

Living life inside a world not meant for me

Make it loud

Or make it soft

You stay sweet and strut your stuff

Growing up is already tough enough

We deserve to live our lives outside the margins

Without debating whether we are real

Bigger eyes look at this life just like a mirror

We gotta try to see ourselves without their clouds in our eyes

We gotta try to see ourselves without their clouds in our eyes

Darling I can’t count the ways that I’ve been stared at

But I can add up on one hand the times I’ve actually been seen

Early on I was so painfully aware of all the eyes

Living life inside a world not meant for me

We gotta learn to see ourselves

Without their clouds in our eyes

Make it loud

Make it soft

You stay sweet

Strut your stuff