2025 Competition Entry:

I Am Enough by Oded Gross

Genre

Pop

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Co-writer(s)

no

Performer(s)

Written and arranged by Oded Gross
Sung by Oded Gross and Regan Forman

Description

Uptempo song I wrote for my 50th birthday.

Bio

Lyrics

I used to wish that I could be somebody else
Cause I had trouble being happy as I am
When I would check out my reflection
All I’d see is imperfection
And an overwhelming feeling of less than

But lunch one day at a Panda Express
I got some Broccoli Beef – Although
It doesn’t really matter what I had
But the fortune cookie with the food
That somehow changed my attitude
Cause this is what the fortune inside said

It said I’m
16 quarters at a laundromat
72 on a thermostat
21 at a local bar
Or 25 to rent a car
5 solid paragraphs
For a high school essay that’s
All about Boo Radley’s impact

It said all this and more
At least 10 other metaphors
How they made it fit
On that very tiny slip
Well, I have no idea
But the point was very clear
I am enough
I am enough

On any other day after I’d eat Panda Express
I would typically be feeling not so great
But much to my disbelief
And I don’t think it’s the broccoli beef
I noticed that somehow I seemed
To have a boost of self-esteem

I was walking tall
Didn’t feel so small
Not the way I’m prone to be
Normally I must admit
I feel a bit inadequate
But somehow that fortune spoke to me

It said I’m
14 lines in a Shakespeare sonnet
3 eggs in a western omelet
3 feet 8 inches high
For Disneyland’s Space Mountain ride
270 Electoral votes
I could be
The next President of these United States

I’m a cup of butter for a chocolate brownie
80 bucks for meth for a townie
2 acts for a full length play or
An EZ Pass on the Garden State Parkway
Bottom line the message here
Was loud and clear
I am enough
I am enough

I’m wondering right now
If there are other people out there
Who at times have felt a little insecure
Well, if you can’t find your way
To Panda Express today
I can be your fortune cookie cure
So trust me when I say that your

The golden snitch in a game of quidditch
A can of Popeye’s spinach
A nose ahead at a horse race with a photo finish
6 feet apart to ensure COVID safety
One prophylactic to have sex more safely

The lesson here today
At risk of sounding a little cliché
With-out the similes
Or metaphors or whatever these are
Best thing that you can do
Accept this simple truth
You are enough
You are enough

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