Time for you to take a breath and look around,
Time for you to shout about the voice you've found
Building from within you is a brand new sound
Only pick you up so they can put you down
Summer comes around when the seasons change
Just like people, now it feels so strange
Just another marriage that they can't arrange
So don't be ashamed

Shareena, you've got to know,
Don't be blaming yourself no more
Don't you know that your heart is pure?
And you know he's worth fighting for
Shareena don't you know
That you can't replay this act
Once it has faded to black

Time up! Act now,
You have to somehow stand up,
Shout loud because family should be proud
Of you whatever you choose or lose your love forever

Shareena you are who you are

Wage the war that went before the last two years,
Can't just keep on smiling through the dried-up tears,
Face the only part of you that you can't pierce,
Caught between your culture and a life that's here
Looking like you've found a place where you belong,
Always with apologies upon your tongue
If he makes you happy how can it be wrong?
He's waited this long

Shareena, you've got to know,
Don't be blaming yourself no more
Don't you know that your heart is pure?
And you know he's worth fighting for
Shareena don't you know
That you can't replay this act
Once it has faded to black

Time up! Act now,
You have to somehow stand up,
Shout loud because family should be proud
Of you whatever you choose or lose your love forever

Shareena you are who you are
Everything you can be,
A star in front of me,
That's all they need to see

Time up! Act now,
You have to somehow stand up,
Shout loud because family should be proud
Of you whatever you choose or lose your love forever
Keep your head together through the stormy weather
The sun will come through

Shareena, you've got to know,
Don't be blaming yourself no more
Don't you know that your heart is pure?
And you know he's worth fighting for
Shareena don't you know
That you can't replay this act
Once it all fades into black
You can never get it back

Time for you to take a breath and look around,
Time for you to shout about the voice you've found
Building from within you is a brand new sound
Only pick you up so they can put you down
Summer comes around when the seasons change
Just like people, now it feels so strange
Just another marriage that they can't arrange
Just another daughter has to live estranged
Finally it's time for you to make that choice,
Hearing the sincerity that's in my voice
Telling you to do whatever you decide,
Girl you are so beautiful, I'm by your side
This was always more than just a lost romance,
Don't forget that this could be your final chance