Tougher Than You

SS, Mitch Brody, Marc, Matt Kaprelian You talk like you've been through hell I was born into it While you were learning to throw your first punch I was learning to smile through the first insult While you were bragging about the scars you chose I was collecting the ones I did not I've been told to sit pretty, to shut up To take a joke when there wasn't one I've learned to read the room before I speak To swallow rage so deep You wear your toughness like a jacket I had mine sewn into my skin So no You're not tougher than me Because baby, you've never had to be I've been talked over I've been looked through I've walked home with my keys in my fist Praying the footsteps behind me kept their distance I've learned to read the room before I speak I swallow rage so deep You wear your toughness like a jacket I had mine sewn into my skin So no You're not tougher than me Because baby, you've never had to be You think you're tough cause you've fought men I've fought the way men look at me The way they talk to me The way the world keeps telling me I'm smaller, and expecting me to prove otherwise Without ever breaking stride I don't need to tell you I'm tougher than you Because you've never had to Survive me I've learned to read the room before I speak I swallow rage so deep You wear your toughness like a jacket I had mine sewn into my skin So no You're not tougher than me Because you have never had to be © Stephanie Gilliard