I Have a Voice Too
If there were one thing I could alter
it would be perspective of our society
as much as we have overcome-we falter
an outspoken ignorance on femininity
somehow our country has accepted this
music that promotes sexual abuse
girls and boys singing along to the lyrics
am I the only one that this lights their fuse?
everywhere I look I see all the ways I should change
magazines telling girls how guys like them to be
how being yourself is not important-be a blank page
you are a doll only meant to please
we are slut-shamed and wrongfully blamed day by day
what we do to our bodies is being debated by men who don’t even know us
our sexual activities are cruelly judged and put on display
if anyone speaks for equality, we are ostracised-”why make such a fuss?”
I make a fuss because I live in a world where women are still second rate
where everyday girls are told they’re just a pretty face and nothing more
inequality is rubbed in our faces daily-this isn’t my fate
I will not let what lies between my legs make me seem lesser anymore