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magdalen hsu-li - redefinition lyrics

redefinition of identity
music and lyrics by magdalen hsu+li
c. 2001 smashing the ceiling music

i’ve been a torment to my mother and father
a loser, reject, dutiful daughter
brutalized and terrorized
and ostracized by some
i’ve been open eyed and criticized
demoralized, and demonized
by all the lies, objectified
and fetishized by some
i’ve been a painter, dancer, lover
or an emblem of the dirty score
that lives inside of all of us
a shadow that won’t go away
i’vе been raped and frightened to my knees
a good littlе girl who wants to please
free as the breeze
i laugh with ease
at the way we view social dis+ease

redefinition…redefinition…
redefinition of identity

i’m a drummer, singer, player, writer
a person of intense inner fire
a music maker, booty shaker
a big risk taker
i was the person who gave you free refills
when you were high on dope
and drugged on pills
a superwoman all bl+ster and bluff
a wimp who can barely pick herself up
i’ve been yellow with pride
white at the gills
black with anger
and burning with sk!lls
red with passion
brown with age
cause my mind is a set
but my heart is a stage
i’ve been pushing and pushing all my life
to evolve through truth and change by might
i will never be done until i begin
to redefine who i am once again
redefinition…redefinition…
redefinition of identity

well maybe you dream of being rich
as you’re chasing after that big bright star
but do you really have insight and clarity?
do you really know who you are?
it’s a sea of sharks and charlatans
as you navigate round the bends
and sometimes you don’t even end up
with any money, power, or friends
so i am rolling the dice as you call my name
i’ve got nothing to lose and no one to blame
i am young but with foresight i can see
a wider vision of equality
i am picking steam ahead of the game
i don’t know who you are
but i know who i am
i’m nothing like all of your other girls
i’m thinking ahead for the rest of the world

redefinition…redefinition…
redefinition of identity

- magdalen hsu li lyrics

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