Luyện nghe bài hát The Competition

I never wanted to be than my friends
I just wanted to prove wrong the in my head
the ones who told me I'd be of dead
the ones who told me I would never win

when I delivered newspapers said I was too slow
when I was a barista they I made lousy foam
when I worked in retail they said I was a
much too dumb for school and too lazy for a job

so I rode my bike like
and I cappuccinos that would make the angels sing
took two showers a day and I dressed up like a
shook my fist in my own face and said I'll show you who's the

I wrote the kinds of teachers hang up on their walls
I was employee of the month at seven different malls
and one time playing football I the tendons in my leg
to prove that I was tough I on one foot
and finished up the

I thought if I succeeded I'd be and they'd go away
but first thing in the morning I'd still up and I'd hear them say
"you're fat, ugly, and stupid, you should really be
no one will ever you you're not good at anything"

and I'd rise to the challenge
but other I'd feel so bad that I could not get out of bed
and on the days I stayed in bed I sang and and sang
how crappy I felt no realizing how many other people would relate

now people me emails that say thanks for saying the things they didn't know how to say
and the people in my head still visit me
and they all of their friends but I don't mind
I play my like lightning
when I sing I like it when you sing too loud and
different voices different tones all sayin' "yeah, not alone"
I got good at feeling bad and that's why I'm here
I got good at feeling bad and why I'm still here
I got good at feeling bad and why I'm still here