Can't Grow Up

This place makes me want to kill myself

Everyone is so selfish only thinking of themselves

I don't know if i'll get out alive

Seeing past all the lies

Trapping me here like I'm too wild

Treating me as though I'm a child.

This place makes me want to kill myself

With all the restrictions and rules

No freedom for me to choose

They watch me and wait 

Waiting for me to break

I'm not a star athlete

Or a straight A student

I'm not a child 

I'm not anything they want me to be

So I guess there's no room for me

I'm starting to feel hopless and

This school makes me want to kill myself 

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