None of Your Damn Business
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Liner Notes:
I'm going back through the unfinished blurbs and this concept has been floating around all 50/90. Without realizing it, I'd started two versions, but neither one got very far. Decided to combine, edit, add, and reform them today. Still not sure how I feel about it as a whole. Probably needs another rewrite post-October 1.
Open to hearing what lines stand out and which ones fall flat.
Lyrics:
Objectified before I was even born
Clothes are scrutinized
Before they're even worn
Limitations set before I took my first step
What makes you think
These burdens I'd accept
This life is mine alone to live
Keep your opinions
I don't have a fuck to give
I didn't ask for your permission
And you don't get to make that decision
I don't need your forgiveness
Cuz my life's
None of your damn business
What I eat, who's in my phone
If I'm living on my own
Where I work and how I wear my hair
Why interfere in my affairs
This life is mine alone to live
Keep your opinions
I don't have a fuck to give
I didn't ask for your permission
And you don't get to make that decision
I don't need your forgiveness
Cuz my life's
None of your damn business
Think a little lady needs to know her place
Expect me to be quiet
Polite and full of grace
But I'm not your charge or your property
Won't let your fragile ego throttle my liberty
You act surprised, don't like to be ignored
Too bad cuz all your talking leaves me bored
I'll take up space, use my own voice
Confident enough to make my own choice
This life is mine alone to live
Keep your opinions
I don't have a fuck to give
I didn't ask for your permission
And you don't get to make that decision
I don't need your forgiveness
Cuz my life's
None of your damn business
© R. C. Richardson
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Comments
Good sense of rhythm and flow and just the right amount of attitude. Hope you can get this one to ROCK. The only structural question I might ask is that the opening stanza is 6 lines and verses elsewhere seem to be of different lengths. Having said that, how you set up the music can make it all work regardless. So yeah.