What Would You Change Scholarship Slam

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We live in a society full of inequality

An open drawer or a closed book

It shouldn’t even matter, the way we look

Insecurities are our bullies

We are flowers being plucked of our petals

Society is agony

Plucking away our strengths and replacing it with insects and drugs

Eating us alive with tiny, little bugs

Until we are starving and carving

Should it matter, our weight?

Would that be a good escape?

Does the shape of our nose matter where it goes?

We worry of judgment and capability

Thanks so much society

Telling us where we need to be

How we need to feed

Stripping us of pride and feeding us with greed

So I have a new suggestion

Let’s destroy our own depression

Let’s bring up our self esteem

And lay down society

‘Cause what really defines beauty?

We are all a nail on a wall

Hammered down by judgment and fears

So wash off your make up and dry your tears

Clean up the blood from behind your two ears

Don’t pierce them with lies

‘Cause that’s not what you hear

Time travels by far

So love who you are

Be your own kind of beauty

And be the star of your own movie

If I could change one thing

It wouldn’t matter what they think

Don’t care what they say

‘Cause you were born this way

We’d live life as we do

We’d build each other up

Instead of tearing to the ground

We’d be held down to the this rightful bound

In this peaceful world all around

Hold down your guns and razors

Peace is what we aim for

Stop vomiting to please others

Link arms with our sisters and brothers

Don’t force an end to something you can’t control

‘Cause eventually, we’ll cross the bridge and pay the toll

A better self-esteem is what I aim to dream

A better life for you and me

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