"OUTNUMBERED"
by Becky Hemsley
by Becky Hemsley
7 pounds 10 ounces -
They all asked how much you weighed
And an IQ of 100
Makes you average so they say
Piano to grade 5
2 minors in your Friday test
And now you’re free to drive
85’s the pass mark
So you’d better try your best
And if you’re scoring 90
Then you’re destined for success
But grade five doesn’t tell them
Of your favourite song to play
And how much you love is not defined
By how much you might weigh
Seven pounds won’t tell them
You were born to paint the stars
And your test scores can’t explain
How you have come to bear your scars
Two is not nostalgia
When you drive yourself back home
And it’s not the memories you make
With friends out on the road
Eighty-five and ninety
Aren’t the songs you sing when sad
And they’re not the feeling in your heart
When you get up to dance
One hundred doesn’t tell them
That your favourite month’s September
So when you feel outnumbered
It’s important you remember
You are strength and you are kindness
You’re creative and you’re brave
You are things that can’t be measured,
Can’t be counted, can’t be weighed
You’re a name and not a number
You weren’t born to be a score
So don’t let them quantify you
When you’re made of so much more
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