Defying the Prejudice of Low Expectations

You look at me and think you know just where I have been,

But you have no idea, I do not wear it on my sleeve.

Assumptions fail you, who cannot imagine what I have seen.

I have done so many things that you may not easily conceive.

 

Our obstacles and loves, our friends and family too

The majority of who we are is more than what we show

The threads of an existence are woven through and through

No furtive glance will ever tell you all you ought to know

 

There is more to see in a man than that which is well lit

So much of a life experience hides behind the eyes.

To your prejudice of low expectations, I refuse to submit.

Your superficial judgment clouds your mind with lies.

 

Before you jump to conclusions which usher your demise

Know that there is a higher road to which you may choose to rise.

Obviously

She said you’re not like the other boys

The way you stand up to all the noise

Never heed the pressure to conform

Always find a calm eye in the storm

 

Obviously, never doubted that is me

Obviously, the only way I know how to be

Obviously, never doubted that is me

Obviously, unapologetically

 

He said why you got to be so strange

I said peer pressure clings to you like mange

Stop trying to follow someone else

And find the courage to just be yourself

 

Obviously, never doubted that is me

Obviously, the only way I know how to be

Obviously, never doubted that is me

Obviously, one with my liberty

 

They said man you don’t belong

I said no that’s where you’re wrong

We’re all alone together here

Trust yourself and face your fear

 

Obviously, never doubted that is me

Obviously, the only way I know how to be

Obviously, never doubted that is me

Obviously, only I can set me free

She said you’re not like the other boys

The way you stand up to all the noise

Never heed the pressure to conform

Always find a calm eye in the storm

 

Obviously, Obviously

Obviously, Obviously

Obviously, Obviously

Obviously, it’s up to you to set you free

Woke up one day and I’m feeling low

Like anybody confidence takes a blow

Nobody around to help me out

On my own to face down my doubt

 

Shortcomings that I can’t deny

Want to run and want to cry

Feeling like I am born to fail

Slack tide and windless sail

 

Then saw my reflection in the glass

And knew that feeling had to pass

Nobody is really born to lose

In these moments we get to choose

 

Obviously, unapologetically

Obviously, one with my liberty

Obviously, it’s up to you to set you free

Obviously, only I can set me free

 

She said you’re not like the other boys

The way you stand up to all the noise

Never heed the pressure to conform

Always find a calm eye in the storm

 

Obviously, never doubted that is me

Obviously, the only way I know how to be

Obviously, never doubted that is me

Obviously, only I can set me free


Only I can set me free...Obviously