Rockin' In Rage

If I can't speak my truth for fear of bein' abused I might as well be a mute, my voice never used I'll be maligned, I'll be distant and trolled If I can't be aligned, I'll be thrown in the cold I don't think I've ever felt so out on the margin I'm too old to fight with machetes and blades I feel like a leper, like handin' my cards in Like I don't have the right to join the parades I'm rockin' in rage, forward and back My bones disengage, they splinter and crack Defying the clock in one last rampage Drop all the lines, I'm rockin' in rage Rockin' in rage, oh, I won't leave the stage Oh yeah, I'm rockin' in rage If you can ride it right here, you know how to die If you can conquer your fear, you'll get to fly Ooh, you'll get to fly This must be your right, to get it down on the page You know you must write, you know you must rage You might learn to fly, get out on the stage But you might as well lie, unless you can rage I don't think I've ever felt so out on the margin I'm too old to fight with machetes and blades I feel like a leper, like handin' my cards in Like I don't have the right to join the parades I'm rockin' in rage, well past my prime Denyin' the curtain, wastin' no time So this is the carver, the death before age I thought I'd be calm, but I'm rockin' in rage Rockin' in rage, oh, I won't leave the stage I'm rockin' in rage, rockin' in rage Rockin' in rage, no, I won't leave the stage 'Cause I'm a-rockin' in rage Rockin', oh, my heart in a cage If I can't speak my truth for fear of being abused Might as well be a mute, my voice never used This must be my right, get it down on the page I know I must write, I know I must rage Rage Rage