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Accept Who They Are

When we are born and starting to grow we start crawling to find our feet When we are able and wanting to know you see our character starting to beet It’ now our innocents you have to protect you have to teach us right from wrong It’s our deference you have to project so, we can learn to be bright and strong In our youth, you except who we are as it is us, who are finding our way We don’t want to be someone afar we want to feel needed, to have our say When it gets harder, to climb the ladder that’s when good mates, can help you achieve They help you step up and be louder as they are there, for you to believe Discrimination is not very nice for us, who struggle in life We find it hard, to roll the dice and not end up, in strive It is hard to live life with a mental illness you feel out of place, for what they call normal All we want, is respect and kindness to save our grace, and not feel ad normal

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