How am I supposed to grow?
If you keep pushing me down
How am I supposed to be me
If you tell me who to be
How am I supposed to breathe
When you're sitting on my lungs
How am I supposed to learn
From my mistakes
If you won't let me do it my way
How am I supposed to try new things
When you don't support them
How am I supposed to be honest
When you lie all the time
How about I say "no" to you
You wouldn't like that would you
How am I supposed to be someone
I'm not
Why would you want me to be
Someone I'm not
I'm not perfect
So don't try to make me
I'm not dumb
So don't say I am
I'm not a baby
So don't treat me like one
I'm not what you wanted
Sorry
I am who I am
And I can be anyone I want
But I know one person
I would never want to be
And it's simple
I won't be unsupportive
I won't be forceful
I won't be demanding
I won't be lying to my kids
I won't make someone be
Someone there not
So all in all
I won't ever
Even if my life depended on it
I would never
Be who
You are
I'm better than that
And if you don't think so
Well
You've got the wrong impression
Because I will be
Who I truly am
And if you don't like me
For me
Okay
I don't care
I don't wake up
Every morning to impress
You
Or anyone else for that matter
The only person
I want to impress
Is myself