potential
I'm so scared of my potential
I just want to throw it away
Something's missing but I can't fix it
I don't know what i'm chasing
A life on the stage
A life on the screen
A life where nobody knows my real name but me
Why's it hard to be
Why's it so hard to be
That girl that they've claimed to see
Why can't I be
Oh why can't I be
Like miss Minaj or Ari G
I just wanna sleep wondering who will I be?
While time is outrunning me
And I haven't sang in a while
Cuz sometimes I don't feel the need to be heard
And sometimes I sing quietly cuz I forget there's people listening
Is anybody listening?
Is anybody listening?
I fight with my fear
I keep happiness far away from here
I picture myself in her shoes
I got the nails, the hair, the face, the boobs
What would life be like if I was half as nice and wanted twice the ice? (Ah)
Who would I know if I valued my time and knew when to let go?
Would I reach my potential?
I know that anxiety is just fear of being alive
I long to live free but how death follows me
It's like I keep myself from being happy
I know what I need and I know what to do
Why is it just so hard for me to follow through
Oh I wish I could be just like Meg or Britney
But I sing quietly
Cuz I don't feel the need
To be heard
I think "What if someone finally heard my words?"
Finally heard my words
And there's room for me too
I fight with my fear
(What if there's room for me too?)
I picture myself in her shoes
(What if there's room for me too?)
What would life be like?
What would life be like?
I fight with my fear
I keep happiness far away from here (What if there's room for me too?)
I picture myself in her shoes (What if there's room for me too?)
I got the nails, the hair, the face, the boobs
(I fight with my fear) What would life be like
If I was half as nice and wanted twice the ice? Ah
(Far away from here) Who would I know
(I picture myself in her shoes- self in her shoes)
If I valued my time and knew when to let go?
Would I reach my potential? (I got the nails, the hair, the face, the)
Oh (I got the nails, the hair, the face, the)
Oh (What would life be like if I was half as nice ah)
Mmm (Wanted twice the ice ah)
Would I reach my potential?
Would I reach my potential?