not my cycle (2024 Remastered Version)

Hey, I want you to look inside the mirror and

Say these words with me

You ready

Yeah

I'm not a slave to opinions

I've got a choice to choose

I'm not a victim of circumstances

I can figure out the clues

My life is perfect, I can see it

I ditch the trap projected in my mind

No more drama

I'm like hit songs from Mary J Blidge

You see, generational curses that be

Can be broken if we

Step out of the same shoes they are walking in

Transform the patience in your heart

To some courage: that's smart

Converting in the billions like bananas in Walmart

I am whole, I bleed

However, I heal

I give life, it is my seal

I'm not sorry to be me

I am skillful in the workplace

Fast closing the gender gap

Changing the culture in the mornings

Yeah, with my baby on my back

My voice is projected in every room I walk into

Full of gratitude

You can't cap my cool, shuuuuuuush

I steer clear of envy

The lack it projects and every sense of feeling less

When I see my fellow woman blessed

There's room for us all

Medic or janitor at the mall

Tu vas etre super ma soeur

This is not my cycle

Safe to say - there ain't no perfect

Nothing satiates, not even an overabundance

With every desire met comes a void

Hoping for filling, revealing

Only to them of sight how replete life is with

Always craving for something that never fills

This reveals the ills of waiting

For the reels before one truly lives

Yeah, this is not my cycle

I'm not broken, I'm not scared

I'm not a character in Toy Story

I'm not hustling for your attention

I'm not an "ad" on your radio stations

I'm making a difference like Mary Slessor

Your demons, ama stress 'em