# Gender Isn't Something You Can Make Someone Be (What Should You Say?)

What should you say? \
What should you do? \
When there are so many people out there \
Looking up at you \
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I can't stop being so impressive \
I can't stop being so obscene \
Showing myself to the whole damn world \
Making everyone say "that's who I wanna be" \
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It's true that it's scary being "normal" \
It's true that the journey's quite a drag \
Queen in the making, I'm celebrating \
Can't shoot me down in this middle act \
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What should you say? \
What should you do? \
When there are so many people out there \
Looking up at you, I'd say \
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Fuck it, this life is right for me \
Fuck it, laws can't keep me from being me \
You wanna get me hiding under my bed \
Parading colors like it was the national flag \
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It's too hard to be cisgender \
It's too hard to be unseen \
I can't hide who I am and that's just \
What they don't wanna see from me \
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What should you say? \
What should you do? \
When there are so many people out there \
Looking up at you \
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I'm a monster, I'm a scene \
Cut throat killers, living dreams \
I'm the topic of the week, committing phrases on the screen \
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No way back to home right now \
There's nothing safe about the South \
I'm no predator, but my pen writes bullets shooting from my snout \
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Radical conservatives \
Can kiss my ass and choke on it \
Yeah, I'm not normal, but maybe normal's not a word that should persist \
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I'm happy, I'm laughing, I'm living my life \
You can't stop me when you put me in your sights \
I'll wave my flag proudly and give you a punch \
Can not see you liking that treatment too much \
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What should you say? \
What should you do? \
When there are so many people out there \
Looking up at you \
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This is where I'd end the story \
Somewhere happy and complete \
But we're just getting started here \
Don't keep running from your dreams \
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It may seem hopeless to hold on \
But we're all stronger and they'll see \
The only things killing trans teens \
Are bigots yelling in the streets \
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So what should you say? \
What should you do? \
When there are so many people out there \
Looking up at you