You Can't Be Whatever You Want to Be

As you grow older, please keep this in mind You can't be a fighter pilot, if you're blind People tell you otherwise but they forget, you see You can't be whatever you want to be. You can't be whatever you want to be You can't be whatever you want to be If you come from money, this might not apply For money opens doors and buys you the easy way But you could be a lawyer, dentist, truck driver or clerk Cause if you don't come from money, you're gonna have to work A valid plan is probably to work with what you've got Take a look at yourself and find out what you're good at Ask yourself what kind of person do you want to be And what's important to you in this society You can't be whatever you want to be You can't be whatever you want to be You can't be whatever you want to be You can't be whatever you want to be The world that we all live in is based on capitalism Which means you have to employ practical pragmatism The market does not care what you dream to be Look at where you're gonna be and pick something they need I'm not here to discourage you from pursuing your dream If you got the will and goods, pursue it by all means It takes talent, luck and hard work for a dream to provide Until then you'll be writer, artist, rock star on the side You can't be whatever you want to be You can't be whatever you want to be Solo If you're good with numbers, you can be a mathematician If you've got charisma, you can be a politician If you've got discipline and balance, be a ballet dancer If you are patient and a genius, you can cure the cancer You can't be whatever you want to be You can't be whatever you want to be You can't be whatever you want to be You can't be whatever you want to be There's nothing wrong with being a convenience store clerk Carpenter or waitress, teacher, garbage man at work You can't be whatever you want, that much is true So be the best you can be, cause you can only be you