There is no more need for pretending

There is no more need for pretending, and no more need to lie
Tear off the mask you're wearing: let's be honest you and I
I'm not like the rest of all your friends; there is no more need to "win"
You can be whoever you are wanting to be: true beauty lies within

Somehow we've been brought up believing that this life is but a race
And if we're not out there competing then we're seen as some disgrace?
We're valuing ourselves by accomplishments, measuring ourselves by friends
Can it be possible that our happiness is where  all of this nonsense ends?

We have been programmed by our society by the media and our friends
But, our happiness must be something more than all of the latest trends
So let us  try to take a step or two to consider what's  real or not:
Perhaps we'll discover true happiness is what we haven't been taught.