Ever since I was little

I seemed to break the stereotypes.

At the age of 2 I asked for a truck,

And oh! Did that cause a lot of fuss and hype.

I grew up in a neighborhood

That all there was were boys.

I learned how to play their games

And I enjoyed all their toys.

When most of the girls were playing with dolls

Or even learning to cook,

I was out with the boys

Putting worms on the hook.

As I grew up and got a little older

I still played "boys" games.

I’d play baseball, football even army.

To me there were all the same.

I learned to be aggressive

and to always give it my all.

I learned to stand up for what I feel is right,

And to be there, anytime a friend would call.

I learned all this as I grew up

And it’s with me still today.

But because I’m a girl-and not a boy

My life is wrong in every way.

I’m an adult now, and a woman too,

This is no big shock.

But because I live as I learned

People say that I’m a "jock".

They call me a "jock" because I live what is natural

And I never put on a show.

Maybe I should put on a mask

And tell my real self it has to go.

But I couldn’t be happy living like this

And acting as what I’m not.

I’m the type of person who acts what I feel

Whether I should or not.

I won’t act like a "female"

Just to please those around me.

Therefore I will live as I learned

And if you don’t like it, don’t be around me.