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17 - Mahalia

Written by：Mahalia Burkmar/James Burkmar

See as people

We try to please one another

In order to be equal we lie

So we don't have to suffer

But I'm tired of hiding for

The benefit of my peers

What's so wrong with shining

Why eve you got so much fear

I got my skin all out

I don't care I'm proud to be me

Yeah

I was scared to stand out

Now I'm wearing my hair down

And I feel so free

Oh it's good to be seventeen

Well I feel so free

Oh it's good to be

Seventeen

Seventeen

See as teenagers

We think

We have to blend it

But if you want to be greater

Than this

There's no use in pretending

'Cause I tried to change myself for

The benefit of my friends

Well now it s time to wave goodbye 'cause

My used to be's are at an end

Now I got my skin all out

I don't care I'm proud to be me

Yeah

I was scared to stand out

Now I'm wearing my hair down

And I feel so free

Oh it's good to be

Seventeen baby

I feel so free

Oh it's good to be

Seventeen

Seventeen

I will be myself 'cause I like who I'm becoming

If you re ready come with me

These boots are made for running

But I'm sick of running in circles around ya

This ain't about ya this ain't about ya

I got my skin all out

I don't care I'm proud to be me yeah

And I was scared to stand out

Now I'm wearing my hair down

And I feel so free

Oh it's good to be seventeen

Seventeen

Seventeen

Seventeen

Seventeen

I will be myself 'cause I like who I'm becoming

If you're ready come with me

These boots are made for running

But I'm sick of running in circles around ya

This ain't about ya

This ain't about ya