Epiphany

I look into your eyes and I see the pain you hold inside

Aren't you tired of the lies you tell so you can hide

What if my friends don't accept me

I know

What if my parents reject me

I know

But you won't truely be you

Until you can say

I am a Catholic

That's me, I believe in the Holy Trinity

One, two, three

Shout it out and make them hear your voice

Your posse might not think it's dope

To confess your sins, and like the Pope

But this is who you are, it's not a choice

Not a choice

You say you're sleeping in

When you're going out, to mass

You cut school on Ash Wednesday

So nobody will ask

Your rosaries hid in your sock drawer

Oh, no

You sneek into church through the back door

Oh, no

Time to break out and break free

And finally say, I am Catholic

And I'm proud

Sing it strong, sing it loud

I won't deny who God meant me to be

Every night you kneel and pray

Stand up and be counting today

Out of the cloisters, and into the streets

Into the streets

We are your teachers

And you doctors

And your Buger King cashiers

We're your receptionist

And your interns

And your Amtrack engineers

We are your lawyers

And your tour guides

And don't forget your actors on TV

We are your parents

We are your parents!

And your brothers

We are your brothers!

And your children

And me!

I am a Catholic

Yes I am!

Long live the Vatican

God doesn't make mistakes and he made me

Ohhh

Let out what you've trapped inside

Come on and show your Catholic pride

That's how you were meant to be

I am Catholic, hear me roar

In numbers too big to ignore

And I'm not gonna hold, back no more

No you won't, you won't deny ooh

C-A-T-H-L-I-C, Catholic with a capital C

That's how it was meant

Ooh, ooh

That's how it was meant

Oooh

That's how I was mea-a-a-a-a-ant

To be