from "Private Party"
All my life (all my life)
I've been looking for (I've been looking for)
Somebody else (else)
To make me whole (ooo)
But I had to learn the hard way (ooo)
True love began with me (ooo)
This is not ego or vanity (ooo)
I'm just celebrating me
I'm having a private party
Ain't no body here but me, my angels, and my guitar singin' baby look how far we've come here
I'm havin' a private party
Learning how to love me
Celebrating the woman I've become, yeah
from "There's Hope"
There's hope
It doesn't cost a thing to smile
You don't have to pay to laugh
You better thank God for that
from "I Am Not My Hair"
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am not your expectations, no
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am the soul that lives within
from "I Choose"
I done been through some painful things
I thought that I would never make it through
Filled up with shame from the top of my head to the soles of my shoes
I put myself in so many chaotic circumstances,
but by the grace of God I've been given so many second chances
But today I decided to let it all go
I'm dropping these bags, I'm making room for my joy.
(And I choose) to be the best that I can be
(I choose) to be authentic in everything I do
My past don't dictate who I am
I choose.
Seeing these words without the music to accompany them makes me realize just how cheesy and rose-tinted they are. That's probably why I like them. If you haven't noticed yet that I have a tendency to be rose-tinted and cheesy myself, then you haven't been paying attention.
And that, my friends, is why I don't suck and you don't suck and nobody sucks. Let's all hug.
3 comments:
I agree; nice words. I should listen to them with the music sometime and see if I like that as well!
I was scrolling down and thought about how I really love "I am not my Hair". I was trying to explain it to one of my co-workers the other day and I realized....I work with imbeciles
You don't suck! I don't suck!
*hug*
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