With a dolphin smile
With no elbow room
With your body in bloom
You've had your little backyard
Protected by big walls
You didn't dare look over
'Cause you've been too small
Now you're finally sixteen
And you're feeling old
But they won't believe
That you've got a soul
'Cause you're only sixteen
And you're feeling real
But you can't seem to cop a feel
Why do they force us
Through the metamorphose
Little butterfly
No matter how you try
You'll be segragated
You're gonna be closed off
You're callow and you're green
'Cause you're caught between
You're only sixteen
Try to cross the line
But your little wings are intertwined
You're only sixteen
And you're such a tease
And there's nothing you do
That can really please
"These children
They're not really bad most of them
They're just products
Of rotten neighborhoods
And bad family situations"
You know you can forsake it
So sit back and take it
You see you're not just ripe
So don't try and fight that
You're only sixteen
You wanna catch a peek
But they look at you
Like you're such a freak
Well, you're only sixteen
With a lot to say
But they won't give you
The time of day
You're only sixteen!
You're only sixteen!!
You're only sixteen!!!
You poor little thing
Hey, this is Aisha, welcome to my world. I put in pictures and poems instead of real diary entries most of the time.
First Entry
People say it's scary growin' up in the USA
It's hard cuz you get ignored no matter what you say
And no one give a damn what you think
And all the adults assume girls love pink
And you're tryin' to be different when the want you to conform
You're tryin' to stand out and not be the norm
And they all want you to be exactly alike
And they don't even care what you hate and what you like
They just drown the youth with useless warnings
They set up teen rules that are fucked and boring
They make us out to be criminals
But all they're crimes are subliminal
"Be the same, be what we want you to be
Girls don't need brains they just need to be pretty
And don't even think of stepping out of line
Or risk being shunned by mankind"
People say it's scary growin' up in the USA
It's hard cuz you get ignored no matter what you say
And no one give a damn what you think
And all the adults assume girls love pink
And you're tryin' to be different when the want you to conform
You're tryin' to stand out and not be the norm
