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all we want to be

I want to be on the cover of magazines
In the Forbes 30 under 30
As one of the most successful women to ever have been
I want to be comfortable in my own living space
To wake up to the sweet aroma of cappuccino
Just the way I like it
Simple and sweet
I want to spend the day painting and sketching and writing away
I want to work in a position of high status
Lead my own company
Have people look up to me
And say what an inspiration she is to the young women of this world
Not because I'm like all the other women before me
But because I'm different
That I like wearing dresses and sometimes trousers
That I sing anything
And I'm free with what I say
That I can be rude
And I have a sailor's mouth
But when you treat me with kindness
I won't hesitate to do the same
You see girls my age
Are all struggling with something
The ideas fixated into our brains
Clash with all our heart choices
It's frustrating
Whwn you know what you want to be
But your family and society
Already have a picture of what they want you to be
She wants to be a lawyer
And stand for the people who have been wrong
She wants to spend her life in tours
Singing to every ear that would listen
She wants to be an engineer
Wearing overalls so classy
The products she'll give out
Are nothing but astounding
She wants teach and guide other little girls
She's an orphan whose hoping
She'll make it to the other side
She wants to travel
And see all the world has to give
She wants to seat inside a cockpit
And fly passengers round the world
She wants to sail
See what the oceans have to offer
The blue hues
Of the sky's reflection on the water surface
Is all she wants to wake up to
She wants to have children
Who will have smiles on their faces
She's stuck between wars and she just wishes it'll go away
She wants to be a soldier
Serve her country and her loved ones
Adrenaline is like a drug to her
She can't help craving excitement
She wants to hold a scalpel
As she saves other women
Math is hard for her
But fashion is home sweet home
Can you see this?
When you're looking all around
All these girls that you meet
All have dreams locked inside
And some are lucky
Cause they get to say them out
But others are afraid
Since they know what's to become
You say you support us
But you've already set a bar
Of what you want us to be
That we'll never go too far
We have visions
And our imagination is off the charts
But it's all we have to offer
Since we're stuck living out your lives
When will you listen
When will you stop and hear us out
We shouldn't have to beg
For you to see just who we are
It's all a ruse
All the seminars and campaigns
When you go back to your own homes
And still do the same
I really wish
That I'd live to see the day
When we all become everything
We truly wish to be.