Not My Responsibility

Intro Am  Em  Am  Em  Am 

Em 
Do you know me? 
               Am 
Really know me? 
                  Em 
You have opinions about my opinions 
Am 
About my music 
                 Em 
About my clothes 

About my body 
            Am 
Some people hate what I wear 

Some people praise it 
            Em 
Some people use it to shame others 

Some people use it to shame me 
      Am 
But I feel you watching 

Always 
    Em 
And nothing I do goes unseen 

So while I feel your stares, your disapproval 
Am 
Or your sigh of relief 

If I lived by them, I'd never be able to move 
Em 
Would you like me to be smaller 

Weaker, softer, taller? 
          Am 
Would you like me to be quiet? 

Do my shoulders provoke you? Does my chest? 
Em 
Am I my stomach? My hips? 

The body I was born with 
Am 
Is it not what you wanted? 
                             Em 
If I wear what is comfortable, I am not a woman 
                    Am 
If I shed the layers, I'm a slut 

Though you've never seen my body 
    Em 
You still judge it 

And judge me for it 
    Am 
Why? 

We make assumptions about people 

Based on their size 
     Em 
We decide who they are 

We decide what they're worth 
              Am 
If I wear more, if I wear less 

Who decides what that makes me, what that means? 
      Em 
Is my value based only on your perception? 

Or is your opinion of me not my responsibility?