i do it for the joy it brings because i'm a joyful girl because the world owes me nothing and we owe each other the world - Ani DiFranco

The world owes us nothing; we owe each other the world.

Because the world owes me nothing, and we owe each other the world.

Because the world owes me nothing
And we owe each other the world.

They can call me crazy if I fail
All the chance that I need
Is one in a million
And they can call me brilliant
If I succeed…

we can't afford to do anyone harm
because we owe them our lives
each breath is recycled from someone else's lungs
our enemies are the very air in disguise

you can talk a great philosophy
but if you can't be kind to people
every day
it doesn't mean that much to me
it's the little things you do
the little things you say
it's the love you give along the way

I am a work in progress
Dressed in the fabric of a world unfolding
Offering me intricate patterns of questions
Rhythms that never come clean
And strengths that you still haven't seen