Words I'll Never Say
You're hard on me because you know I can
You're hard on me because you know you can't
You want me to make it like you wanted it yourself
You don't want me like you with my dreams upon a shelf
Please stop living through me if this isn't where you want to be
And don't ask me to be something I'm not I'm focusing on me
Please don't misunderstand I'm not trying to be rude
But owing my success to you is something I won't do
You're my guidance but you give up when students bash your ego
You're my teacher but you blow up when students tell you no
When you're wrong and she's right there's not reason for a fight
But we fight it anyway every single day
Ignorance is thriving in these musty college halls
Book smarts and street smarts are not the same at all
To make it in the world you must be more than average
To make it you have to break it and twist it just to salvage.