SUPER SWEET LIFE
sally steadman © 2025

Learned Helplessness sets in when one gives up trying to sort a bad situation.

At that point the victim joins the perpetrator.

The important lesson here?...
be no one's victim.

Insults hang in the air from long ago,
Keepin' me waitin' too long before I show.
Holdin' me back from far too much,
Like a long held done 'n' dust'd grudge.

Your words sliced me into a thousand parts.
All I knew was how to take them straight to heart.

Until now...

Excuse me if a rats we don't give,
Got ourselves a super-sweet life to live.
Gettin' a bus ticket outta here,
To leave behind this toxic air.

Still hijackin' every inspirin' thought,
My life was destined for nothin' but nought.
A better existence I couldn't see.
Life experience made it foreign' to me.

Time to lose this messed up glitch.
Ain't gonna be no one's dropped stitch.
I know you'll try to cut me down a couple of pegs,
like a poppy that's outgrown its long legs.

Do your worst....

Excuse me if a rats I don't give,
Got myself a super-sweet life to live.
Gettin' a bus ticket outta here,
To leave behind this toxic air.

You can't crucify me with your words no more.
Just gonna let 'em float out that wide open door.
Ain't takin' your put downs, or bein' seen as zero.
I know my worth - Time to be my own super hero.

Gave my inner critic a brand new role:
"To find better moves for my stirrin' soul".
Now it speaks with wisdom and a pure heart,
Givin' me cool courage and more street smarts.

Here we go...

Excuse me if a rats I don't give,
Got myself a super-sweet life to live.
Gettin' a bus ticket outta here,
To leave behind this toxic air

Now I can breathe, my body stands so tall and straight.
My heart chooses kind words to create my own fate.
I stay tuned into the station of fresh sweet opportunity,
And pick 'n' choose what I know is so damn right for me.

Excuse me if a rats I don't give,
Got myself a super-sweet life to live
Used that bus ticket outta there,
And found in time, the best fresh air.

Thank you for givin' me a life to live without doubt.
And for showin' me what self love is all about.

Excuse me if a rats I don't give,
Got myself a super-sweet life to live
Used that bus ticket outta there,
And found in time, the best fresh air.

Yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about.