Blood Orange, Janet Mock - Family lyrics
[Blood Orange, Janet Mock - Family lyrics]
You asked me what family is
And I think of family as community
I think of the spaces where you
Don't have to shrink yourself
Where you don't have to
Pretend or to perform
You can fully show up and be vulnerable
And in silence, completely empty and
That's completely enough
To show up, as you are, without judgment
Without ridicule
Without fear or violence, or policing
Or containment
And you can be there and you're
Filled all the way up
We get to choose our families
We are not limited by biology
We get to make ourselves
And we get to make our family
And I think of family as community
I think of the spaces where you
Don't have to shrink yourself
Where you don't have to
Pretend or to perform
You can fully show up and be vulnerable
And in silence, completely empty and
That's completely enough
To show up, as you are, without judgment
Without ridicule
Without fear or violence, or policing
Or containment
And you can be there and you're
Filled all the way up
We get to choose our families
We are not limited by biology
We get to make ourselves
And we get to make our family