the best advice anyone's ever gave me
was advice that wasn't meant to cradle me
as a kid, i fell from my bike and scraped my knees
and i cried for mom, i said, "hold me please"
but she cleaned my wound, the bloodied skid
and said, "suck it up, kid"
you may think that's cruel, or that's unkind
but if you saw the real world, you'd find
that people don't always cater to your "feelings"--they're not nice
sometimes you get burned, so just get out the ice
and suck it up, kid, dry your tears
learn to confront all those nasty fears
as humans we only have so many years
so don't waste them
