Born Wrong

Fanmade cover

**Born Wrong** is an unreleased song by Teddy Sinclair. It was likely written and recorded during the studio sessions for her debut studio album as Verbalicious, *Verbal Issues*, but the project was scrapped. The song leaked on June 24, 2013.

## Lyrics

**[Intro]**

This type of thing just happens every day

Goes unnoticed

But I’m not here to point a finger at anybody

(Na na, na na na, na na na)

(Na na, na na na, na na na)

**[Verse 1]**

If you got this CD, it’s likely that you already know

A lot of my life, people told me I’m wrong

Till I felt out of place or alone

I remember the feelin’, this is how it goes

Like I woke with a cloud hangin’ over my head

The wrong side of the bed is any side that I pick

All the emotions envelopin’ me are holdin’ me in

I gotta hold it all in, full to the brim, but I’m gonna tip

Ticked off, other people’s problems get inflicted on me, my fault (Na na, na na na, na na na)

Finger pointed at my face, you think I’m only so small (Na na, na na na, na na na)

Blame your insecurities on me like I’m born wrong

Why try get it right? In your eyes, I’m wrong (Na na, na na na, na na na)

Even this song you criticize till the beauty’s gone

Never happy with the things I’ve done, well I’m gone (Na na, na na na, na na na)

Givin’ up, never been a runner in my life

But the time’s right, sick of feelin’ like I’m...

**[Chorus]**

Born wrong

This is to the kids who feel like this is it

This is life, this is good as it’ll get

Hold on

Don’t be doin’ nothin’ you’ll regret

‘Cause they’re all wrong, it’s not your fault

They make you think you’re born wrong

This is to the kids who feel like this is it

This is life, this is good as it’ll get

Hold on

Don’t be doin’ nothin’ you’ll regret

‘Cause they’re all wrong, it’s not your fault

They make you think you’re born wrong

**[Verse 2]**

The case with my father, but worse

‘Cause his mama was the one that beat him into a hearse

At least she tried, angels of God helped him survive

Till he ran away, to this day, I wonder he’s alive

Terrified, woulda put a gun between his eyes

But it was a knife to his neck almost every night

Tell me why, what’d make you do this to a child?

Lock him up like he’s an animal with nowhere else to hide

I could cry, sad ‘cause I can’t understand

But there’s times where I felt like my dad woulda had

When somebody talks to you like you’re a fool

Till you’re so humiliated and there’s nothing you could do

But listen to someone just criticize you to death

Till you’re nervous and turbulence circles your head

Till you sweat, you sense accusation ahead

Can’t face it, can’t take it, you think to yourself you’re...

**[Chorus]**

Born wrong

This is to the kids who feel like this is it

This is life, this is good as it’ll get

Hold on

Don’t be doin’ nothin’ you’ll regret

‘Cause they’re all wrong, it’s not your fault

They make you think you’re born wrong

This is to the kids who feel like this is it

This is life, this is good as it’ll get

Hold on

Don’t be doin’ nothin’ you’ll regret

‘Cause they’re all wrong, it’s not your fault

They make you think you’re born wrong

**[Verse 3]**

So nervous, you’re scared to breathe

Mentally, you’re numb, feelin’ like your lungs been squeezed

Holdin’ your knees, try to sing yourself to sleep

‘Cause the only place you’re safe is when you’re in your dreams

The thing is with kids, they don’t voice opinions like we do

So we don’t know the stuff we’re going through

So before you throw a fit with a kid that you knew

Stop and think for a second what that kid’s gon’ do

When they’re grown, you’re old and there’s no excuse

And rejection, neglection are still fresh wounds

‘Cause a fist leaves an imprint, verbal abuse

Till the mind is a tumor of scar tissue

Hurtin’ kids, sayin’ you got hit when you was young

Well, it takes someone big not to let it carry on

All you kids remember the words to this song

That it’s not your fault ‘cause it’s them, they’re just...

**[Chorus]**

Born wrong

This is to the kids who feel like this is it

This is life, this is good as it’ll get

Hold on

Don’t be doin’ nothin’ you’ll regret

‘Cause they’re all wrong, it’s not your fault

They make you think you’re born wrong

This is to the kids who feel like this is it

This is life, this is good as it’ll get

Hold on

Don’t be doin’ nothin’ you’ll regret

‘Cause they’re all wrong, it’s not your fault

They make you think you’re born wrong (Na na, na na na, na na na)

This is to the kids who feel like this is it

This is life, this is good as it’ll get

Hold on (Na na, na na na, na na na)

Don’t be doin’ nothin’ you’ll regret

‘Cause they’re all wrong, it’s not your fault

They make you think you’re born wrong (Na na, na na na, na na na)

This is to the kids who feel like this is it

This is life, this is good as it’ll get

Hold on (Na na, na na na, na na na)

Don’t be doin’ nothin’ you’ll regret

‘Cause they’re all wrong, it’s not your fault

They make you think you’re born wrong

## Background

A snippet of Born Wrong surfaced online on November 13, 2011, following the discovery of a 30-second preview on music licensing website, BMG. The song leaked in full on June 24, 2013, alongside other tracks from the *Verbal Issues* sessions.

Born Wrong was leaked as the eighth track on *Verbal Issues*, but the track listing is most likely unofficial; for more information, see the album's page.

## Writing and Development

Born Wrong was likely written during the development of the unreleased studio album, *Verbal Issues*, sometime after winning a BBC Radio 1 MC Battle in 2003 and before the album was scrapped in what seems to be late 2005.

#### Note

There is a chance this song can be accredited to Verbz due to the close proximity of the two eras in terms of time and music registrations. However, this is unlikely because the song was seemingly registered on BMI in a batch along with other Verbalicious songs, including Hey Boy, which can be noted by the sequential numbers of the songs' work IDs. On BMI, the song was registered before any confirmed Verbz tracks (Shopaholic, Swaggerific, etc.) were, something which is shown by the sizeable gap in the songs' work IDs, so it's safe to assume it's a Verbalicious song.

## Registrations

This song was assigned an ISWC, a unique code necessary for commercial releases, which suggests that it was finished and ready for release at a point in time.

ISWC: T-011.202.374-1

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## References

1. ↑ Warning... they're from the Verbalicous era. November 13, 2011. Retrieved February 25, 2022 via Night Owl on Gaga Daily.
2. ↑ "The unreleased debut album from Natalia Kills, Verbal Issues, has been leaked online!" June 24, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2022 via Leaving on Pop Hates Flops.
3. ↑ "she was signed soon after she won a Radio 1 MC competition when she was just 16." February 24, 2005. Retrieved February 25, 2022 via BBC.
4. ↑ "Verbalicious seems to have disapeared too. She had an album, Verbal Issues, in the pipeline but I guess it got shelved." September 14, 2005. Retrieved February 24, 2022 via [Deleted User] on Digital Spy Forums.