I've Taken My Time (Song)

[Underground_Network]

I've taken my time
Listening to the world
Tell me what I can be,
But I'm tired of this.

I'm tired of living for the sake of somebody else,
When's it my turn to be myself?
And live for my own reasons,
It's my own life, it should be my own decision
To go or stay or turn the other cheek,
And go the other way, away from here
Where no one knows and no one cares
But everyone believes.

I'm tired of taking a test
To grade myself, they say "do your best"
But how do they know what's best for me?
Why do they suggest for me:
"Get a tutor, you're a loser you've got no chance
Unless you hold your head up, get A's..."

I'm sorry to them but today I take a stand
And say fuck the way they make me think,
'Cos all I've ever done is listened to them mumble
"That kid, he keeps to himself! That kid is like no one else!
He's smart but don't apply himself! He should try harder, what the hell?"

But I'm tired of living for the sake of somebody else,
When's it my turn to be myself?
And live for my own reasons,
It's my own life, it should be my own decision
To go or stay or turn the other cheek,
And go the other way, away from here
Where no one knows and no one cares
But everyone believes.

I'm sorry I got a D,
But this is a democracy,
Don't I choose what's best for me?
Why do I need to perceive
Everything that you put in front of me,
And then interrogate the truth
Just to further this algebra proof,
I don't have reason within my heart
To go that far, "reach for the stars."

Oh I'm tired of living for the sake of somebody else,
When's it my turn to be myself?
And live for my own reasons,
It's my own life, it should be my own decision
To go or stay or turn the other cheek,
And go the other way, away from here
Where no one knows and no one cares
But everyone believes.

I just wanna go somewhere where
The world won't care so much
About "who's the best,
Who's got hair on their chest,
Who's better than the rest?
Who stands out among them all...?"

I just wanna be my own individual
Someone who can do anything that he chooses to,
If I wanna live my life is solemnity
Why can't I be reclusive without somebody judging me?
Why does the world look down on individuality?
Why must we conform to a world
Of mass hypocrisy?

I'm tired of living for the sake of somebody else,
When's it my turn to be myself?
And live for my own reasons,
It's my own life, it should be my own decision
To go or stay or turn the other cheek,
And go the other way, away from here
Where no one knows and no one cares
But everyone believes.
Yeah, a place where everyone believes...