Gender Isn't Something You Can Make Someone Be (What Should You Say?)

What should you say?
What should you do?
When there are so many people out there
Looking up at you

I can't stop being so impressive
I can't stop being so obscene
Showing myself to the whole damn world
Making everyone say "that's who I wanna be"

It's true that it's scary being "normal"
It's true that the journey's quite a drag
Queen in the making, I'm celebrating
Can't shoot me down in this middle act

What should you say?
What should you do?
When there are so many people out there
Looking up at you, I'd say

Fuck it, this life is right for me
Fuck it, laws can't keep me from being me
You wanna get me hiding under my bed
Parading colors like it was the national flag

It's too hard to be cisgender
It's too hard to be unseen
I can't hide who I am and that's just
What they don't wanna see from me

What should you say?
What should you do?
When there are so many people out there
Looking up at you

I'm a monster, I'm a scene
Cut throat killers, living dreams
I'm the topic of the week, committing phrases on the screen

No way back to home right now
There's nothing safe about the South
I'm no predator, but my pen writes bullets shooting from my snout

Radical conservatives
Can kiss my ass and choke on it
Yeah, I'm not normal, but maybe normal's not a word that should persist

I'm happy, I'm laughing, I'm living my life
You can't stop me when you put me in your sights
I'll wave my flag proudly and give you a punch
Can not see you liking that treatment too much

What should you say?
What should you do?
When there are so many people out there
Looking up at you

This is where I'd end the story
Somewhere happy and complete
But we're just getting started here
Don't keep running from your dreams

It may seem hopeless to hold on
But we're all stronger and they'll see
The only things killing trans teens
Are bigots yelling in the streets

So what should you say?
What should you do?
When there are so many people out there
Looking up at you