Don't tell me how to live my life

I know what I want to do

Don't tell me how to wear my clothes

I'm not dressing to please you

Don't tell me I'm too sexy

Don't tell me I'm too prude

I don't give a damn what you think of me

I don't care if I 'm being rude

I am more than just my beauty

I am more than just my ass

I am more than what you think of me

Don't tell me I have no class

I am fierce

I am vicious

I am everything you lack

I am kind

I am gentle

But I'm not afraid to talk back

Don't wink at me when you see me

don't try to touch me in any way

Don't holler at me on the street

I don't need your opinions to feel okay

So to all the men who think they own me

Who try touch to touch and grope me

Who think my body is what makes me

Who would every try to rate me

Who think they have the right to validate me

Who want to insinuate

That I'm just spewing hate

Towards them

Towards men

That I'm trying to oppress them

Thinking that standing up for myself means I'm trying to shut them down

When I'm just trying to get through life without falling around

I just want to walk the street without feeling incomplete

Because being a woman without fitting the mold

Is seen in society as something bold

But we're all different, we're all unique

Whether your skin is black

Or has a complexion of pink

So women don't be afraid to say what you think

In a world that's trying so hard to advance

But still struggles to let women have the chance

To share their thoughts and share their stories

To talk about politics whether you're in your teen or your forties

So women be courageous

Women be strong

And women don't be afraid

Don't let people tell you you're wrong

And if you want to be quite or be feminine

Do that with everything you've got

Because you are your own woman

Which means you don't have to be someone you're not.