Don't Take It Personally

Do I really love this place?

This I always wonder!

I so often feel out of place

It’s like no one knows the stress I’m under

This world is often said to be so cold

Yeah people can be straight and direct

But the one thing I’ve never been told

Is why it’s a reason to not show respect?

So you’re in control... this, everyone can see

And the people around you conform

But let me make to know a little fact about me

Being weak and afraid ain’t my norm

We use differences in culture as an excuse

To continue to do as we please

And our power with ease we continue to abuse

To make others feel much less at ease

They tell me I have quite a lot to learn

I don’t understand because I’m so young

But I’ve always knew respect’s something you earn

And it’s a quality possessed by the strong

You’re just doing your job, yes I agree

But there are ways in which things are done

So just imagine I’m you and you were me

If I abused my position, I would be wrong!

Were my reactions to your curtness simply out of line?

I’m told I take things personally; you simply had no other choice

And this I have thought about, it’s been tapping in my mind

But I just hate when I can’t have a voice

The world is filled with people like you

This... I’m coming to understand

But you don’t intimidate me like you think you do

You’re just a coward and less than a man!