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Lyrics to the Song
They're gone from my
chest, those lumps of flesh.
I always knew they would go, these days are the best.
I got this weight off my chest, along with the rest.
Along with the self-hatred, repression and stress.
Realized I am whole through mutilation.
Through making my body my own creation.
Being true to myself for my own mental health
Means living for me and defining my own self.
If I don't do it now who will do it for me?
If I don't do it now, who will do it for he?
Or she?
Or ze?
All those coming up after me,
I got the chance to know
What it means to be free.
We gotta edit the script that's found us where we are.
We gotta keep making progress to raise the bar.
I met some kids today, a real inspiration.
Being trans and proud, our future nation.
I gotta fight for them, and also for myself.
For acceptance and freedom, good care for our health.
I'm only one person, just like anyone.
Deserve respect and guidance, civil rights and love.
I don't want to blend in, if that's an option.
I can't put my identities up for auction.
It's not for someone else to say who I am.
That's for me to do, and I'm a transman.
I'm not just some guy, personally.
I'm a complex human being who wants to be free.
Time to plant the seeds
Of my own unique masculinity.
If I don't do it now who will do it for me?
If I don't do it now, who will do it for he?
Or she?
Or ze?
All those coming up after me,
I got the chance to know
What it means to be free.
This body I craft isn't mutilation.
Seeing it as such only fuels the hatred.
Despite the rhetoric of a fascist nation,
My mere existence no abomination.
I'm building up, not tearing down.
Reaching for my dreams, and for the clouds.
If you're in my life, then you gotta learn.
honor my transition, and make the turn.
It's not just "my problem" that you've gotta face,
But society's way to keep us each in our place.
Living gendered lives with no analysis
Makes you part of a lie you can't help but assist.
Aiding and abetting in this mass oppression
Every one of us is facing its repressions.
Trans or not, you're stuck with it.
So let's tear it down, brick by brick.
If I don't do it now who will do it for me?
If I don't do it now, who will do it for he?
Or she?
Or ze?
All those coming up after me,
I got the chance to know
What it means to be free.
I got a new mission and official statement.
'cause I gotta take a stand before I hit the
pavement.
Let's break these walls of identity,
Building up a world where we're truly free.
Not a man or a woman, a boy or a girl.
You don't have to choose give them all a whirl!
Don't settle for the shame of gendered implications
Look a little harder for a new equation.
I do what I can, and so do you.
I'm just one tranny, but I got a crew.
Of people like me who got my back.
Who spread the love and keep me on track.
Time to move forward and take some action,
Time to fight back and write my own captions.
Tell my own story so they don't mess it up.
Be out and proud, it's time to stand up.
If I don't do it now who will do it for me?
If I don't do it now, who will do it for he?
Or she?
Or ze?
All those coming up after me,
I got the chance to know
What it means to be free.
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