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Afraid
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 Ashamed
 Scared to speak out
 Life is a show
 And I never took the stage
 I still don't
 Won't
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 I am afraid
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 I need only to prove
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 In fingers calloused
 From the pen I use to write these words
 No one
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 Not now
 Not ever
 I stand strong
 Forever

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