*+*I am My Own Person*+*

You laugh at me because I'm different

You think I am ashamed

You mock me because I am not the same

But you, yourself should look in the mirror

What do you see?

Are you 100 percent happy with your interior?

Many times I have listened to others

Let their outlook affect me

But no more shall I do that

Because if I do, I'll never be free

I am my own person

I can live my own dreams

I don't need your opinions

To live my life happily

I may not be perfect

I may not be pretty

But I am my own person

And I am free

Too many times I've watched the world

From the safety of my house

Never once daring or trying to even go out

Such a shame

I let your feelings colide

With who I am inside

But no longer

I won't

I won't let you change me

I am my own person

I can live my life free

I don't need your input

So let me be

If you feel you must give it

I am not listening

Cause I am my own person

And I am free

And I may be all of the things you say

But one thing I am that you are not is free

I'm sorry your life is so sad and miserable

That you have to clown on somebody

To bury your hurt

To hide how you feel

But I'm telling you now

You can call me this, you can call me that

But I am an individual

I may be different

I may be eccentric

But I am free

I am me

I am my own person

I can live my own dreams

I don't need your opinions

To live my life hapilly

Cause I am unique

I am different

But I am my own person

And I am free