Our English teacher asked us over break to write a song/rap about something we thought was wrong with the world. I started small with what I thought was wrong with high school.

The ones with the biggest smiles

Are the ones with the biggest tears

When no one’s watching no one’s around

She’s crying all the time

Her smile says I’m fine

But her eyes say save me

And at the end of the day

She’s still got a smile on her face

She’s suffocating

She can’t breathe

She needs to get away

But the very thing she needs to get away from

Is the thing she loves most

A different type of drug

Can people be drugs?

These people that hurt her

They’re the same ones she can’t live without

So she’s conflicted all the time

And she’s tearing herself apart

The ones with the biggest smiles

Are the ones with the biggest tears

When no one’s watching no one’s around

She’s crying all the time

Her smile says I’m fine

But her eyes say save me

And at the end of the day

She’s still got a smile on her face

She feels worthless

Like there’s just no point

She tries to explain

She tries not to complain

But she feels like she disappoints

And people tell her she’s worth it

But their words are empty

They don’t know what they’re saying

She feels like she’s nothing

Unimportant

Irrelevant

Insignificant

But no one gets it

The ones with the biggest smiles

Are the ones with the biggest tears

When no one’s watching no one’s around

She’s crying all the time

Her smile says I’m fine

But her eyes say save me

It’s not like anyone looks into her eyes though

So at the end of the day

She’s still got a smile on her face

She dies a little each day

But no one sees

They assume she’s healthy and happy

And why wouldn’t they?

She’s popular and smart

She’s got nothing to be sad about

So she pushes it in

Pretends to be happy

Her problems don’t matter

There’s bigger things to worry about

Other than her and her issues

So she forces it in

And at the end of the day

She’s still got a smile on her face