You think you own me/ squeezed my
Life in your palms/ taken over my body.
You think you are me/ Lupus/ you think because you've hijacked this
Vessel that you're captain/ you think you can get away with mutiny/
But see/ I'm still the same me/ the same beautiful butterfly floating
On the breeze/ I ain't scared to
Wrestle the wind/ to battle raynaud's thorns/
Not afraid to diss this disease/ to find peace/ be at ease with this
Disease/ I miss my old life but I'm fashioning a new
One with this disease/ in no way am I saying this is easy/
The way my cells fight themselves/ that my chest being in a cage of
Pleurisy/ that my scalp crying strands of my hair/ that the pain in
My knees which interfere with my prayers/ makes it hard to sometimes
Find the joy in life/ makes the sun less bright/ but I know no matter
What there's nothing that'll take away my fight/ When it seems to
Make my day feel like night/ I'll still reach for a star / when it
Seems my world spins left/ I've resolved to force it to revolve
Right/ and even if my limbs refuse to move/ my spirit will still
Dance/ Every day I'm going to choose to enhance
This universe with my presence in any way I can/
Lupus is not me/ but it's the spark that created a flame/ my disease
Is not me/ but it's the source of my vanity lupus you can't damage
Me/ cause my body isn't all I possess I still have a
Purpose a reason to smile I'm still living my life with no regrets.