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[Gregory Kemmis:]

(Introduction)

(Verse 1:)

Once upon a time, you were a voice in many, many places at once;

Once upon a time, you were screaming inside and somebody recognized me all along.

Somebody recognized you; you don't even know how to feel

And it really felt overwhelming for real;

Somebody recognized you, and you don't even know how to appreciate what you're going through.

(Vocalization)

But I can tell you this, I have been there before

And I can tell you this,

This is what I really understand, if you had to put it into three short words:

In order to be heard, you need to feel that you are allowed to,

You don't need to understand why.

(Chorus:)

You don't need to understand,

You don't need to understand why people reject you,

Cause it's all apart of life;

You're gonna go through it, too

And you're gonna go through it all along.

Why should I care about what people say about me?

Why should I care about what people think about me?

Who gives a damn about what I am looking out at?

Who gives a damn about what I am received as?

(Verse 2:)

Tell me what you need of me, cause I want to accommodate

But if it compromises my own integrity and it drives me the wrong way,

It's not gonna pass my approval process in the first place (no).

Cause tell me what it is to be a voice,

Tell me what it is to make a choice,

And I want to feel some special kind of way.

Who wants to be silent?

Who wants to be silent anymore?

Well this is not the way to go about it,

If you want to be a successful person in your lifetime

And do what you're commanded to all the time, (no).

But if you want to revalue, who am I to stop you?

But just remember this too:

(Chorus:)

Make a choice.

Make a choice, it will never haunt you

If you are comfortable with doing what you want to;

It won't ever be the way people see you.