Not here to be perfect

(yeah) (ooh) I'm a little too loud

Talk

too fast when I get excited Lose my place in a crowded

room But I keep coming back I keep trying I miss cues

I forget the script

Trip

on words when I mean the most Still I'll look you right

in the eyes

Say "I'm just me" and I hold that close

I'm not here to be perfect I'm just here to be better

anyway

If I can stand in my own skin Maybe someone else won't

be afraid

Yeah

I'm strange I'm stubborn

I'm learning

But I'm still gonna show up every day

I'm not here to be perfect I'm just here to be better

anyway I was told "pick something safe" Small life Small dream Don't

chase it

But the fire in my chest kicked back Said "your heart's too

big to fake it"

So I'll mess up

Fall apart

Laugh too loud at my own bad jokes Show the kids who

feel like me They're not broken

They're just woke up

I'm not here to be perfect I'm just here to be better

anyway

If I can stand in my own skin Maybe someone else won't

be afraid

Yeah

I'm strange I'm stubborn I'm learning

But I'm still gonna show up every day

I'm not here to be perfect I'm just here to be better

anyway

To every kid who thinks they're "too much" (oh yeah) To every

soul that's been called "too weird" You're not wrong

You're not less

You're the reason we are here

We're not here to be perfect We're just here to be better

anyway

If we can stand in our own skin Maybe someone else won't

be afraid

Yeah

We're strange We're stubborn We're learning

But we're still gonna show up every day We're not here to

be perfect We're just here to be better anyway