[ Why Are Fears So Hard To Overcome? ]
[ For Others It Might Be Easier ]
[ But For You, Fears Are Worrisome ]
[ They Make You Color Outside The Lines ]
[ But Then While You Are Walking Through A Field ]
[ You Wish Someone Would Have Swept It For World War II Land Mines ]
[ Do You Go Right Or Go Left ]
[ Any Which Way ]
[ You Feel That You Have To Carefully Watch Your Step ]
[ Pitfalls Around Every Corner ]
[ Then You Find Yourself ]
[ Tip-Toeing Along The Border ]
[ Wondering If You Should Take A Chance ]
[ & Cross ]
[ To Join In On The Next Dance ]
[ Without Considering The Loss ]
[ You Can Lie To Others ]
[ But You Can’t Lie Inside Your Own Head ]
[ When You Try To Get Empathy From Your Mother ]
[ You Will Get Fake Pity, Instead ]
[ You Might Think That You Are Positioning Yourself For The Best ]
[ But Ever Since You Moved To The Pacific Northwest ]
[ You Have Been Ran Through Test After Test ]
[ You Don’t Want To Sit In The Corner & Pout ]
[ Did You Pass Every Test With Flying Colors ]
[ The Thought Fills Your Head With Alot Of Doubt ]
[ How Can You Change The Direction Of The Crowd? ]
[ You Try To Avoid Any Areas Where Things Get Loud ]
[ It’s Because Of The Sound ]
[ It Is The Ride ]
[ That You Have To Take ]
[ In Building The Level Of Pride ]
[ In Your Quest To Separate Yourself From The Fake ]
[ & Rich ]
[ Who Only Sit, Whine & Bitch ]
~ Ka hopena ~
Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe
~ Aloha ~
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