Boy                                                                   Girl               

Since I was young                                         Since I was young

I was taught                                                   I was taught

“sit up straight”                                          “Keep your elbows off the table”

“Keep your legs crossed”                          “Keep your pants on”

“And for the love of god,                           “And for the love of god,

Stop eating all the purple crayons”         “Stop eating all the purple crayons”

Then when I got to middle school, I learned       Then when I got to middle school, I learned

If you do too well in elementary,

People will have unrealistic expectations of you

For the rest of your life                                  For the rest of your live

And in high school it only gets worse         And in high school it only gets worse

_____________________________I can’t show an inch of skin

Because I could get distracted

And “Netflix and chill”                                  Doesn’t mean he wants to watch a movie

College showed me things                             College showed me things

I never knew                                                   I never knew

You’ll want to drop out                                 You’ll get stressed out

You’ll change your major at least three times        And you’ll still question yourself

After you think you’ve settled