No Cigar
Embrace Your Uniqueness: No Cigar by Adam French
Lyrics
Tell us where you're from
Tell us your origin
What you want to become
Express your aspirations
And we'll say if you're okay
Judgment on your acceptability
Where did you go to school?
Where did you receive education?
Right answer and you're cool
Correct answer grants approval
You already get a whole day
Instant recognition and praise
Got a sticker on your face
Marked by societal labels
Information 'bout your case
Details about your situation
So you know your potential
Awareness of your potential
Don't think you can't extend
Encouragement to extend beyond limits
Don't think you can't extend
Reiteration of expanding possibilities
Just comprehend
Understanding and embrace
But I don't wanna hear it
Resistance to hearing certain things
No, it's more than I accept
Unwillingness to accept beyond a certain point
'Cause I don't care where I belong no more
Indifference to belonging
What we share or not, I will ignore
Disregard for shared experiences
I will ignore
Intentional neglect
We will shut you out
Exclusion and doubt-inducing actions
We'll put you in doubt
Challenging one's perceived uniqueness
If you think that you're special
Assertion of control over identity
We'll tell you who you are
Defining one's identity
We'll tell you you're close but no cigar
Recognition without reaching the goal
And I don't want to hear it
Refusal to hear certain information
No, it's more than I accept
Unwillingness to accept beyond a certain point
'Cause I don't care where I belong no more
Indifference to belonging
What we share or not, I will ignore
Disregard for shared experiences
And I won't waste my time fitting in
Time not wasted on fitting in
'Cause I don't think contrast is a sin
Belief that contrast is not a wrongdoing
Yeah, what they say is
Confirmation of societal prejudice
"Go back where you came from"
Instructions to return to one's origin
They'll tell you that
Reiteration of rejection
But I don't wanna hear
Resistance to hearing undesirable information
No, I don't wanna hear
Repeated refusal to listen
No, I don't wanna hear
Continued rejection of certain information
No, it's more than I accept
Unwillingness to accept beyond a certain point
'Cause I don't care where I belong no more
Indifference to belonging
What we share or not, I will ignore
Disregard for shared experiences
And I won't waste my time fitting in
Time not wasted on fitting in
'Cause I don't think contrast is a sin
Belief that contrast is not a wrongdoing
It's not a sin
Contrast is not morally wrong
It's not a sin
Reiteration that contrast is not a sin
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