Life of a Girl
I can’t go outside in the dark on my phone
and I can’t go to a party without a chaperone.
On the streets, I have an escape plan
everytime I see a man.
If you don’t have the perfect body
you get shamed.
But if you show yourself
people assume you just can’t be contained.
I can’t open my mouth and say I was offended
cause so help me, I wouldn’t
want your reputation to be ended.
I can’t get dressed
without being stressed
that they will look at me the wrong way.
So I pray that this feeling will all go away.
It’s up to us to make this change
so we don’t have to feel so constrained.