My Life Is Mine

I'm gonna do my best to keep the rules as long as I'm here

Not gonna be the one that rains on parades

Don't want to be above and won't allow myself to be beneath my peers

It's not an attitude it's just a job I've got to do to finish my race

(refrain)

I've got a name

A birth date in time

While I'm in the game

My life is mine

I truly hope that we can build together mutually throughout the years

I'll tell you everything I've learned, you can do the same

But if you need me to be less than I am to support your fears

It's nothing personal but now you're detrimental to the end of my days

(refrain)

The second hand is ticking everybody's walking, bitching birth to the grave

Caught up in a spider web living in a social caste

Justifying doing nothing, milking pity, marching in the victim's parade

Blaming time and place instead of running in a race that is ending fast

(refrain)

Teacher, parent, lover, boss, don't expect me to respect you more than me

I can't afford to bet on anybody but myself

I hope you get me 'cause I'd love to hang around but should I make 93

All there's gonna be is me and if I can help it history will tell

(refrain)