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(squeaking)

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(light music)

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- The box that I was born in wasn't

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big enough and growing
up well fed by these

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ads, mags, six-pack abs,
fat ass, flat stomach,

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booty bumpin', belly rumblin',
jeans ripped, team quit

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my years were at a baker's dozen

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and as I grew from both
sides I slowly surmised

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that people my size with
thick necks and big thighs

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weren't allowed to have
good time in a world

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succumbed to augmentation.

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Tummy tucks, Brazilian
butts, work it, earn it,

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train harder better faster stronger longer

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hours at the gym, more
fat to burn, more laps,

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more reps, more sets, not even close.

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I wish you had taken this seriously.

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You haven't earned it.

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Am I even worth it?

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When I woke something had
changed, and instead of rage,

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I found solace, an honest
free sample of tranquility,

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sweet and zesty.

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Happiness that I hadn't
tasted in many meals.

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And on that day I was beautiful.

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It felt unusual to feel suitable

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where I used to be reducible,
and now it's indisputable

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that when I look in the mirror
what I see is much clearer.

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Fear gone, sheer calm.

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Today, I take time to
rewind and remind myself

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to find the good in body and mind.

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And though there are days
when you may feel lesser,

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it gets better.

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But it starts with
converting that pressure

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that made you feel terror into something

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you can sever and separate.

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I hope you can relate and
realize that the box only

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equates to what you make it to be,

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so before you listen to that
constant chatter and think

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that all your dreams
are shattered, remember

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if you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

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(light music)