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

[EMERSON MAE SMITH]
The cat don’t choose to purr

[MURPHY TAYLOR SMITH]
The light don’t choose to buzz

[EMERSON MAE SMITH & MURPHY TAYLOR SMITH]
Weather don’t choose to occur
It just does

Electroshocks don’t elect to sting
Medication don’t select to fizz

[EMERSON MAE SMITH]
Butterfly don’t try to be a beautiful thing
She just is

[(EMERSON MAE SMITH), {MURPHY TAYLOR SMITH}, BOTH]
(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
‘Cause I may be a queer
But hey, baby
I ain’t no masochist

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

‘Cause I may be a bitch
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}

[EMERSON MAE SMITH]
‘Cause with the terror that I feel
Every day
Tell me who in their right mind
Would choose to feel this way
[MURPHY TAYLOR SMITH]
Let them shackle me down
I will always resist
I refuse to be eternally
Degraded and dismissed

[EMERSON MAE SMITH & MURPHY TAYLOR SMITH]
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