Going with the motions

Doing what's expected

Feeling what we're taught

Disconnected from our heart

I'm not weak because I care

I shouldn't have to compromise

I hope when you hear this

Something clicks behind your eyes

We don't have to be afraid

We don't have to be like them

We don't have to be angry

And we don't have to play pretend

It's the way we share words

They morph from brain to mouth

Masking them with a joke

Always weary of what comes out

I know I have it in me

To really speak from the soul

But it's the ego that stops me

And keeps me playing that role

We don't have to cause pain

And we don't have to keep it in

We don't have to be the strongest

We don't have to always win

We don't have to act out

We don't have to have a plan

We don't have to be the best

We don't have to be the man, no

Yeah

Come on, yeah

Come on

Why can't we

Why can't we

Why can't, why can't, why can't

Why can't we show love?

Why can't we say sorry?

Why can't we try?

Why can't we be okay with not being right?

Why can't we grow?

Why can't we be there for each other?

Why can't we be there for ourselves?

Why can't we be real?

Why can't we open up?

Why can't we feel?

We as a people for the past four-hundred years

Is the greatest example of behavior modification in the history of our civilization

We have had everything taken away from us

And yet we have all learned how to survive