The Escape

This is the sound of a woman who has found

A reason to be proud, quietly holding my ground

I've founded movements and moving through the kudos

I'll welcome improvements whether we

Win or whether you thought we lost

We stick like trees to their sisters in the wood

We're thicker than the thieves who are robbing for the greater good

Got hood on my hair, keeping the dirt at bay

I'm not gonna compare, I'm seeking my own way

And I say it with my chest, don't test

See the way that I was blessed is a long hard lesson

See, believing as I step through life

That the ceiling that we see is never set too high

I try for the people around me, make some lasting change

I cry for the people around me, break these nasty chains

I dive into the challenge of getting past today

And I strive and without malice I just start again

To the escape

Gotta know the way

To the escape

The escape

To the escape

To the escape

Gotta know the way

To the escape

The escape

To the escape

Players playing the game and I aim high

Fakers faking the race 'cause they stay dry

Try lighting the way for another's pain

And embrace sunshine and make hay

I play daily when I can, I spray bravely

Making a mark on the paths I carve if I've been taking lately

Enchanting counters of the finest kind

Are the lasting reminders in my fragile mind

Binding me to the here and now

Are the threads of the deadly blessed ones who learned a how

To navigate the cityscape without a frown

Badges on my back are breaking, this is the sound

It's the sound of a woman who has found

Parts of the darkest south are melting, ready to drown

And loudly calling from the depths of my being

Is this beating feeling leading me to believe life has meaning

To the escape

Gotta know the way

To the escape