Little Girl

My friends always tell me I get carried away
 Sometimes I spit when I talk 'cause I have so much to say
 They don't seem to hear me, but I guess it's okay
 It's not their fault my mind is working overtime with no pay
 They always say the same thing and it's starting to get old
 That my mind can't get sick, that it can't catch a cold
 I scratch and I pick, my insecurities poke,
 My fears, my anxiety, a voice that provokes
 Take a walk, clear your head, breath in, count to ten
 'Cause on the first page of life written in red
 You'll never make it here if you don't learn how to bend
 Don't speak unless you're spoken to, little girl
 Someday you will find your place in the world
 But ladies don't get dirty
 Someday you'll learn to fill the empty space with empty faith
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 Everyday feels like a battle and I always get hurt
 I was frequently told violence was never the answer
 But life doesn't abide by the rules of a child
 I don't know how to fight, only taught how to surrender
 There is a certain kind of darkness that does the reaping
 It usually takes you right before you are sleeping
 Is it the crack in the door that it finds a way to creep in
 Or the crack in your brain that wants you to drop dead
 I don't remember what it's like to see with clear vision
 I awake every morning like the dead has arisen
 I don't have to think this body of mine is a prison
 You don't control me, I just got to find my lights switch
 But the more that I look, the further it gets
 You're the only thing about me that needs to be fixed
 'Cause on the first page of life written in fine print
 Stop looking for light, live it instead
 Don't speak unless you're spoken to, little girl
 Someday you will find your place in the world
 But ladies don't get dirty
 Someday you'll learn to fill the empty space with empty faith
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 My mind is a mess, but I love it nonetheless
 They told me to hush, but my words are all that's left
 So on the last page of life written in gold
 Don't waste it, always doing what you're told