The Badge Of Honor
I wear my scars like a badge of honor.
I'm proud of them for making me a strong person.
The perma split in my lip forever reminding me
I didn't take it lying down
I didn't just say stick it in.
I said go ahead and stick it in DADDY
I'll bite that mother fucker right off.
and I tried Mother fucker.
I wear my scars with my head held high.
you broke my nose without a backward glance
expecting me to cower in fear
a fear I would never willingly show you.
I licked the blood streaming down my face
and laughed, looking you straight in the eyes
yeah fuck you too daddy
figuratively speaking
I saw my cheek opened to the bone
forgive the fuck outa me for going to the fair
I guess you taught me not to disobey
I just laughed, stuck my finger on the bone
and twisted
stupid mother fucker
you taught me how to be fearless
while black holed mother thought me insane
I wear your claw marks on my face
proudly
with pomp and ceremony
marching down the halls of my youth
remembering that I got you back
I took flesh from your face with my nails
I'm a bitch and I pay back
I hold my head high, look the world in the eye
and say I am as good as you are
I may be scarred, but my scars hold a place of honor
on my body and face
They say to the world that I didn't just take it lying down
I gave it back. Fuck I DID!!
You bashed me and bashed me for my defiance
begging me to stop making you hit me
telling me it didn't have to be this way
if I would just BOW to your power
BOW WOW mother fucker
that all you got?
I would rather be beat to death than to surrender
I pitted my mind against yours
and I payed heavily, yet so did you
I was a soldier in my own war
and I wear my scars like a badge of honor
Stupid mother fucker
You never did know me at all
Sometimes you have to be a little insane to survive.