And then it hit me 

Like a fucking train 

Going so fast that I hardly had a second to breathe 

People pleasing had been my life

Pleasing my family

friends 

boss

I was so caught up in how to act

Who to be

And I lost me 

When the schools taught us to respect authority figures and keep our heads down and shut the fuck up

And I listened because that’s how my grandparents taught me to be… 

Respectful 

But there’s a different between being respectful and 

Being a slave 

Yet no one gets it

When are we all gonna wake up?