Kimberly Townsend - Ruminated Lyrics

I used to be just like them now I'm just like me
I used to be just like them now I'm just like me

I fell in line with what you showed
I bended backward to da floor
I nodded hard without a fight
My realest feels locked outta sight

I pledged allegiance to the craze
I drank the hype, I ate the phase
You comment, these are better days
I said, I woke and kicked the lazy

I used to be just like them now I'm just like me
I used to be just like them now I'm just like me

I wrapped the flaw inside the fear
I pulled the blinds and disappeared
I smeared the ache across the wall
I took the truth and kept it small

Such torn and tattered, weathered ways
Such effort to erase the haze
I halted cautious in the maze
Of black and white exhausted days

I used to be just like them now I'm just like me
I used to be just like them now I'm just like me

And I'm not gonna hold that hate
I ain't got space inside for that kind of rage
No I am not gonna hold that hate
I ain't got space inside for that kind of rage

I am speaking out the words I think
Uncertain left, she went instinct
Compliance dusty on the shelf
This deeply rooted sense of self
Replaced the wavering of grace
This quirky talk and silly space
This soul to mind to pen to page
I found the clear
I burned with sage

I used to be just like them now I'm just like me
I used to be just like them now I'm just like me