apologetic.

In this time of media and prose

Everybody's tryna get you exposed

Tellin’ you to sit down right before you say a thing

So I've been keepin' it down

Ain’t nobody needs a confrontation

But every situation's got me

Dreadin' conversations

Now they're walkin' over me

Don't want no criticism (it's okay to admit you're scared)

Don’t know is and isn’t (no one's ever really prepared)

No harm in givin’ a try

But you'll have to face the truth

There's really little else that you can do

Doesn't matter whether you win

God loves what you’re doin'

You need to try a bit harder, to think a bit better

Or you'll waste your time just drownin' in emotion

I know you're scared of what they'll say

But think of it this way

The only way you'll shine

Is to show them your light

Backin' out before you try

Can I at least help you out this time?

There's no going forward

If you don't even take a chance

Is it humility?

Or is it the reality

Of the tragedy of my lost and broken identity?

It's not in how I come across

Or in the sound of your applause

A fool is someone who pretends

That she doesn't have any flaws

'Cause she draws her worth from an empty box

(You ain't thankful you were ready for a fight)

You think an easy life is a right, huh?

Go apologize and you'll compromise someone's life for a pretty lie

Why should I care (it's okay to admit you're scared)

If you feel good inside?

When ruin's waiting for you (no one's ever really prepared)

On the other line

Do you realize

All this making nice just won't suffice?

Honey, you were bought with a price, ooh

You need to try a bit harder, to think a bit better

Or you'll waste your time just drownin' in emotion

I know you're scared of what they'll say

But think of it this way

The only way you'll shine

Is to show them your light

You need to try a bit harder (I'll try, I'll try a little harder)

To think a bit better

Or you'll waste your time just drownin' in emotion (nobody said it'd be easy, darlin')

I know you're scared of what they'll say

But think of it this way

The only way you'll shine

Is to show them your light