As a youth I knew it, and yes I did bend   I wanted acceptance and friends   Confidence broken from repeated peer pressure   I'd give in again and again   And yes, I wanted love but I loved what's inside   And I remeber the day when I drew that line   Between following my heart and someone else   And gaining some friends but losing myself   I refuse to bend just to impress a few   I refuse to be the one you want me to   I refuse to live the life you do, so small   Sometimes it's best not to fit in this world at all   And still as I grow, I smell defeat   As twisted shepherds herd up their sheep   Insteda of challenging we lay fast asleep   When sewing apathy, disaster's what reaps   Afraid, alone and out of place, but I refuse   I won't get lured into their race, I refuse   How could a man go on and live with himself   Giving up discrimination   Our minds have been molded from all we've imbibed   We still think we make our choices in life   Media barrage assults our minds   Personality pruned while we're still in our prime