CAN YOU IMAGINE
LIVING DAY BY DAY
WITH IMAGES IN YOUR HEAD
THAT JUST WONT GO AWAY
ABOUT THE PAST LIFE YOU LIVED
THAT MAKES YOU FEEL UNPRETTY
ALTHOUGH YOU ARE TOLD EVERYDAY
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY YOU’VE TURNED OUT TO BE
NO ONE WILL UNDERSTAND
NO ONE HAVE UNDERSTOOD
BUT I WOULDN’T ASK THEM TO
BECAUSE NOT EVEN I COULD
AND YET AND STILL
I CANT FIND THE REASON WHY
SO ALL I DO IS KEEP HOPE
AND KEEP MY HEAD UP HIGH
WHAT MORE COULD YOU SAY
OTHER THAN ITS GONNA BE OKAY
IVE BEEN HEARING THAT
I REFUSE TO LET IT REPLAY
SO I KEEP MY MOUTH CLOSED
AND JUST SMILE LIKE EVERY THINGS FINE
BECAUSE LITTLE DO YOU KNOW
THIS “BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY” IS DYING INSIDE
THAT’S WHY THEY SAY
DON’T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER
BECAUSE YOU’LL NEVER KNOW
WHATS GOING ON UNDER
UNDERNEATH, DEEP INSIDE
IS THE REAL PERSON
SO TAKE ME FOR WHO I AM
NO ONE SAID I WAS PERFECT
I WAS TOLD TO LOVE EVERYONE
AND NOT TO HOLD ANY GRUDGES
SO LOVE FROM ME COMES EASILY
MY LIFE EXPERIENCE SO FAR
HASN’T BEEN THE BEST TRIP EVER
BUT DO I?REGRET? WHAT LIFE HAS TAUGHT ME?
NO AND I THINK NEVER
IF YOU HAVE NOT NOTICED
MY LIFE IS A BIG OL’ LIE
I WALK AROUND LIKE NOTHINGS WRONG
WHILE DEEP DOWN I’M CRYING INSIDE
YOU DON’T KNOW HALF OF IT
AND I BET YOU’LL NEVER KNOW
BECAUSE EVEN IF I TOLD YOU
YOU STILL WOULDN’T BE CLOSE
I SMILE TO KEEP AWAY MY FEELINGS
DAMN!!!!!!
I JUST WISH I WASN’T THIS WAY
BUT THIS IS WHY I AM THE WAY I AM
-NIKA BABY