I'm Still Here Lyrics

I am a child of immigrants

Who upended their lives

Left it all behind

To bet on the unknown

My parents told me stories

They were 22 and broke

Six thousand miles from home

In a foreign land alone

Pennies in their pockets

Failure wasn’t an option

Turned their rusted copper into gold

I was born in perfect circumstances

Had success in my genetics

Why I’m still such a mess well I don’t know

Sometimes I wanna scream so desperately

But I don’t deserve to cry

The universe it gave me everything

Perfect family perfect life

My mom is curing cancer, my dad’s an engineer

My friends are moving on and doing well in their careers

And I feel like such a criminal crying all these tears

I had every head start in the world

But I’m still here

I’m thankful for my privilege

And my parents’ sacrifice

But I have this guilt inside

That I’ll never measure up

I was born in perfect circumstances

Had success in my genetics

Why I’m still such a mess well I don’t know

Sometimes I wanna scream so desperately

But I don’t deserve to cry

The universe it gave me everything

Perfect family perfect life

My mom is curing cancer, my dad’s an engineer

My friends are moving on and doing well in their careers

And I feel like such a criminal crying all these tears

I had every head start in the world

But I’m still here

And my family swears that I make them proud

And messing up and making mistakes is more than allowed

They tell me to not be so hard on myself

And I deserve the love that I give to everyone else

Sometimes I wanna scream so desperately

But I don’t deserve to cry

The universe it gave me everything

Perfect family perfect life

My mom is curing cancer, my dad’s an engineer

My friends are moving on and doing well in their careers

And I feel like such a criminal crying all these tears

I had every head start in the world

But I'm still here