My Voice Is A Gift

(hummmm) (ahhhh) My voice is a gift

You reach for it,

grab it Like it’s yours to keep

But it lives in me

You cut with your words Still I keep my name

I won’t fold up small

Just to fit your shame

Well don’t you see

I’m not your toy?

I speak in fire

I speak in joy

My voice is a gift A gift,

a gift You can’t take this I was born like this I’m

just unique

I’m just me

And you are simply mean

To me

You lean in close With that cold little grin

Try to dim

my spark Try to crawl under skin

But I know my worth Even when you don’t I can stand

alone And I will,

I won’t

Well don’t you see

I’m not your toy?

I speak in fire

I speak in joy

My voice is a gift A gift,

a gift You can’t take this I was born like this I’m

just unique

I’m just me

And you are simply mean

To me

Say what you want

I’m still here

Loud in my bones Clear and clear

I won’t be quiet

I won’t shrink down My truth stays mine And I hold it

now

My voice is a gift A gift,

a gift You can’t take this I was born like this I’m

just unique

I’m just me

And you are simply mean (yeah!)

To me

Born like this (hummmm)