if you believe you are made up
of those around you like family
and the elements adding upto
you would agree that if being yourself
means moving from these it's harder
but without the friends whose minds i read
without the love i've always known
without the streets i know by heart
without the house i know as home
without the youth i always felt
and without support of family
and without these ingredients
i don't know who to be
remove ingredients i'm not myself
doing what i must
makes me someone else
but if ingredients were swapped around
for the physical a bone for each experience
would be less harmful
but you would all stare at the legs
i'm missing you don't seem to care
i'm missing places
but without the friends whose minds i read
without the love i've always known
without the streets i know by heart
without the house i know as home
without the youth i always felt
and without support of family
and without these ingredients
i don't know who to be
remove ingredients i'm not myself
doing what i must
makes me someone else