I Am Not The Street I Came From (feat. Lena Dungan)

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Justin Morrison

Justin Morrison (born August 10, 1979, in Los Angeles, California, United States) is an American former professional ice hockey player who last played for Lukko of the SM-liiga. more »

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Standing in front of a mirror
Standing in a group of friends feeling alone
Looking at what you want to be and where you are
I am reflective
Stirring the pot of simple potato soup
Close to boiling over with thoughts
Is what they said true

You are untalented
You are unqualified
You can't do it
Are these the statements that I have been told by peers, parents, and teachers
Or the lies I've told myself
When placed in my own thoughts
When placed in front of those around me
Feeling withdrawn
Feeling inferior
Were the lies of my own origin or another outside force
Because the world
The world judges
Remembering what I've done
Remembering where I've come from
Dim lights illuminating dark streets
Stoplights on a quiet square
Trying to run away by my own two feet
If this small town taught me one thing
It's that I have to grow to go anywhere

Once again I come back to my kitchen
Spilling over with the messes and memories
Taking me away to a distant time
Spices and scents transport me out of my kitchen
To days driving two lane streets to a school never big enough
Routinely pulling into the same parking spot as the day before
To the days resting my head on my desk
Blaring music drowning out the darkness hangover
In a class of 30 people
But never feeling so alone
Is what my brain says true

You don't have enough talent to make it
Why isn't your name on the list
You will never measure up
I never turned the volume up but these voices weren't something I could put up
But who defines talent
Who decides you aren't enough
Where do you get your identity
If I got it from the place I grew up
If I got it from the so called friends surrounding me
If I got it from the unrealistic magazines
If I got it from the lies they told me
I would crumble
I would crash to the ground
Because in their books, I will never be enough
Hit higher notes
Run a little faster
Maybe lose a little weight
What they told you
What the texted you, more like
What you read
What you thought
No longer
Even when the darkness that is my own thoughts comes spilling over my mind
Even when friends lie
And teachers cry
I will not crumble
I am not another step for someone to walk up
I will not stay stuck
No matter where I was planted
It doesn't matter where you call home
The 903
Dallas
A town of 30 people
It will never define where you grow

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