Find My Voice
Accomplishments take me one step closer to happiness and tranquility. For example, maintaining an “A” in a rigorous course, helping others that are struggling, cook for my family, etc. are minor achievements and events that have formed me into a better being. Sometimes, ignorance gets the best of me, and it does conquer my sweet, timid personality that I possess. Accordingly, my accolades never suggest nor imply I am better than anyone else. I never consider highly of myself because we are equally intelligent in our own separate ways. It is a way to build up my confidence level as I am an introvert myself. When transferring schools from second to third grade, I was often bullied, and I had no way to cope with the situation at hand. Consequently, I could not voice my personal opinions nor could I speak up for myself. It felt like living in a “faultless” society where you have to be a certain ethnicity, gender orientation, or a size two to fit in with the rest of the crowd. But when sixth grade came around, I could not tolerate all the anguish, so from there on out, I started writing song lyrics/poetry as a form of expression. In my perspective of songwriting, I love to write about relatable personal life
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Many of my song lyrics have been written during my high school career and the pros and cons of each year. “Find My Voice,” a song lyric dedicated to my Freshmen year, explains that it is complicated to speak up for myself and that I have been judged because of my subtle personality. “No Expiration Date” specifically referred to friends who have always been by my side and accepted me for who I am, allocated to my Sophomore year. Junior year, I wrote “Restless,” from all the hardships I faced with a friend and the overload of schoolwork and Finals. Lastly, “Stay True” is about finally finding my own identity and uniqueness and becoming an euphoric person as a