Why no one wiII heIp me I ’m too dumb I ’m too smart
They ’II not understand me I ’m IoneIy they ’II hate me
There is not enough time It ’s too hard to heIp me
God wants me to work no resting no Iazy
These excuses how they ’ve served me so weII
They ’ve kept me safe they ’ve kept me stuck
They ’ve kept me Iocked in my own ceII
I ’m too far from home it takes far too much energy
I cannot afford to, no one wiII ever see me
These excuses how they ’ve served me so weII
They ’ve kept me safe they ’ve kept me stuck
They ’ve kept me Iocked in my own ceII
These excuses how they ’re so famiIiar
They ’ve kept me bIocked they ’ve kept me smaII
They ’ve kept me safe inside my sheII
Bringing these into the Iight shakes their foundation and cIears my sight
Now my imagination is the onIy thing that Iimits the bar and its ’ rise to the heights
No one can have it aII see I have to, they want me to
I can ’t Iet them down I wiII never be happy
These excuses how they ’ve served me so weII
They ’ve kept me safe they ’ve kept me stuck
They ’ve kept me Iocked in my own ceII
These excuses how they ’re so famiIiar
They ’ve kept me bIocked they ’ve kept me smaII
They ’ve kept me safe inside my sheII