Lyrics B-Side: Masochist (The Smith Twins Version) by Joe Iconis

The cat don’t choose to purr

The light don’t choose to buzz

Weather don’t choose to occur
It just does

Electro shocks don’t elect to sting
Medication don’t select to fizz

B***erfly don’t try to be a beautiful thing
She just is

(And) hey hey the way that I feel
They try to say hey {that it isn’t real}
(But I don’t choose who I am)
(I) just exist
Cuz I may be a queer, but

Hey, baby, I ain’t no masochist
The fire gotta make some smoke
Rebel gotta raise her voice
The system doesn’t have to be broke
Because unlike us the system has a choice

(And) hey hey (the way that we are)
(They try to) say hey {that it’s so bizarre}
They tell me how to be
I fight back, I persist
Cuz I may be a b*t*h but

Hey, baby, I ain’t no masochist
Uh uh uh uh
Hey, baby, I ain’t no masochist
Uh uh uh uh
Hey, baby, I ain't no masochist
Uh uh uh uh
Hey, baby, I ain't no masochist
Uh uh uh uh
Hey, baby

The world can claim it’s all lies
But ain’t nobody gonna tell me otherwise

I just wanna transcend
I won’t stop until
They can all comprehend
That I am not ill
I already know that I’m whole
Not something in between

Now, the number one goal
Is I just wanna be
I just wanna be
I just wanna be
I just wanna be
I just wanna be seen

Hey hey (the way that I feel)
(Don't try to) say hey {that it isn't real}

Cuz with the terror that I feel
Every day
Tell me who in their right mind
Would choose to feel this way

Let them shackle me down
I will always resist
I refuse to be eternally
Degraded and dismissed

I love who I am
I demand to exist
And I will not play the victim today cause
Hey, baby, I ain't no masochist
Uh uh uh uh hey, baby, I ain't no masochist
Uh uh uh uh hey, baby, I ain't no masochist
Uh uh uh uh hey, baby, I ain't no masochist
Uh uh uh uh
Hey, baby

The world can claim it's all lies

But one day everybody’s gonna recognize
I’m not wearin' any phony fake disguise
My existence shouldn’t be a compromise
Ain’t nobody gonna tell me otherwise

-Wiiiise