Who are you to tell me how to be me? How are you going to tell me to be me
you don’t know how I feel
you say you know but you don’t
Who are you to tell me how to be me?
you haven’t seen what I’ve seen, felt what I feel
Who are you to tell me how to be me?
you have no relation to what has happened to me and my family
Who are you to tell me how to act?
you don’t know my life and how I live it
Who are you to tell me how to act?
saying that I need to take anger out of the picture
Who are you to tell me how to feel?
When I feel unloved and left out...
who are you?

1.How do you think the author feel towards the “you” mentioned in the poem?

2.What words does the author use to convey those feelings?

3.What tone (or attitude) comes through in this poem?

4.How does the tone progress/develop throughout the p