We were young and naive
Believing everything they told us
Following blindly, aimless like sheep
We didn’t know any better
We were just kids, told that “mama knows best”
Who were we to question it?
We were learning to be human
But they had already learned
Parents, teachers, authority figures
Been through decades of life
While were yet children
Seen things for themselves
Experienced what life had to offer
But we are not them, and they are not us

The older we get, the more we understand:
The lies that they told us
The ways they tried to brainwash us
How we were manipulated

But our eyes have been opened
We know better
We aren’t as lost
We’ve found ourselves
And we’ve found some answers
We’re not as innocent 
Not as helpless
The lies that they told us are no longer our truths
The lies that they told us tether us no longer
We find our own way
No longer needing a helping hand
We are our own guidance
We are our own brand
No longer subject to the lies that they told us

We’ve found freedom in knowing:
That we aren’t bound to the past
We’re free to be 
Free to believe

We are our own, finding our way
We are at home within ourselves
Truth is hidden within us all
We only need to unveil it
Each man walks a different path
Each journey tells a different story
We find our own way, and forget what they told us
We turn a corner and leave them behind
The lies that they told us control us no more