Lyrics @ Christina-Aguilera-XXL
Stripped Intro
Waited a long time for this
Feels right now
Allow me to introduce myself
Want you to come a little closer
I'd like you to get to know me a little bit better
Meet the real me
Ohh sorry you can't define me, sorry I break the mold
Sorry that I speak my mind, sorry don't do what I'm told
Sorry if I don't fake it, sorry I come so real
I will never hide what I really feel
No way oh
So here it is
No hype, no glass, no pretense
Just me
Stripped
Can't hold us down
So, what am I not supposed to have an opinion
Should I keep quiet just because I'm a woman
Call me a bitch 'cause I speak what's on my mind
Guess it's easier for you to swallow if I sat and smiled
When a female fires back
Suddenly big talker don't know how to act
So he does what any little boy would do
Making up a few false rumors or two
That for sure is not a man to me
Slandering names for popularity
It's sad you only get your fame through controversy
But now it's time for me to come and give you more to say
This is for my girls all around the world
Who have come across a man that don't respect your worth
Thinking all women should be seen not heard
So what do we do girls, shout out loud
Lettin 'em know we're gonna stand our ground
So lift your hands higher and wave 'em proud
Take a deep breath and say it loud
Never can, never will
Can't hold us down
Nobody can hold us down...
Never can, never will...
So, what am I not supposed to say what I'm saying
Are you offended with the message I'm bringing
Call me whatever 'cause your words don't mean a thing
'Cause you ain't even a man enough to handle what I sing
If you look back in history
It's a common double standard of society
The guy gets all the glory the more he can score
While the girl can do the same and yet you call her a whore
I don't understand why it's okay
The guy can get away with it the girl gets named
All my ladies come together and make a change
And start a new beginning for us, everybody sing
This is for my girls all around the world
Who have come across a man that don't respect your worth
Thinking all women should be seen not heard
So what do we do girls, shout louder
Lettin 'em know we're gonna stand our ground
So lift your hands higher and wave 'em proud
Take a deep breath and say it loud
Never can, never will
Can't hold us down
Lil' Kim:
Check it
Here's something I just can't understand
If a guy have three girls then he's the man
He can even give us some head, and sex her raw
If the girl do the same, then she's a whore
But the table's about to turn
I'll bet my fame on it
Cats take my ideas and put they name on it
It's aight though, you can't hold me down
I got to keep on moving
To all my girls with a man who be trying to mack
Do it right back to him and let that be that
You need to let him know that his game is whack
And Lil' Kim and Christina Aguilera got your back
You're just a little boy
Think you're so cute so coy
You must talk so big, to make up for smaller things
Said you're just a little boy
All you do is annoy
You must talk so big, to make up for smaller things
Repeat Chorus x2
Walk away
What do you do
When you know something's bad for you
And you still can't let go
I was naive
Your love was like candy
Artificially sweet
I was deceived by the wrapping
Got caught in your web
And I learned how to bleed
I was prey in your bed
And devoured completely
Oh and it hurts my soul
'Cause I can't let go
All these walls are caving in
I can't stop my suffering
I hate to show that I've
Lost control 'cause I
I keep going right back
To the one thing that I need
To walk away from, yeah
I need to get away from you
I need to walk away from you
Get away, walk away, walk away
I should have known
That I was used for amusement
Couldn't see through the smoke
It was all an illusion
Now I've been licking my wounds
But the venom seeps deeper
We both can seduce
But darling you hold me prisoner
Oh I'm about to break
I can't stop this ache
I'm addicted to your allure
And I'm fiending for a cure
Every step I take
Leads to one mistake
I keep going right back
To the one thing that I need
I can't mend
This torn state I'm in
Getting nothing in return
What did I do to deserve
The pain of this slow burn
And everywhere I turn
I keep going right back
To the one thing that I need
To walk away from, yeah
I need to get away from you
I need to walk away from you
Every time I try to grasp for air
I am smothered in despair
It's never over, over
It seems I'll never wake from this nightmare
I let out a silent prayer
Let it be over, over
Inside I'm screaming, begging pleading
No more...
Now what to do
My heart has been bruised
So sad but it's true
Each beat reminds me of you
It hurts my soul
'Cause I can't let go
All these walls are caving in
I can't stop my suffering
I hate to show that I've
Lost control 'cause I
I keep going right back
To the one thing that I need
I'm about to break
And I can't stop this ache
I'm addicted to your allure
And I'm fiending for a cure
Every step I take
Leads to one mistake
I keep going right back
To the one thing that I need
I can't mend
This torn state I'm in
Getting nothing in return
What did I do to deserve
The pain of this slow burn
And everywhere I turn
I keep going right back
To the one thing that I need
To walk away from
Repeat chorus x4
Fighter
After all you put me through
You'd think I'd despise you
But in the end, I wanna thank you
'Cause you made me that much stronger
Well I, thought I knew you
Thinking, that you were true
I guess I, I couldn't trust
Called your bluff, time is up
'Cause I've had enough
You were, there by my side
Always, down for the ride
But your, joy ride just came down in flames
'Cause your greed sold me out in shame
After all of the stealing and cheating
You probably think that I hold resentment for you
But, uh uh, oh no, you're wrong
'Cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do
I wouldn't know, just how capable
I am to pull through
So I wanna say thank you
'Cause it
Makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter
Never, saw it coming
All of, your backstabbing
Just so, you could cash in
On a good thing before I'd realize your game
I heard, you're going round
Playing, the victim now
But don't, even begin
Feeling I'm the one to blame
'Cause you dug your own grave
After all of the fights and the lies
'Cause you're wanting to haunt me
But that won't work anymore
No more, uh uh, it's over
'Cause if it wasn't for all of your torture
I wouldn't know how, to be this way now
And never back down
So I wanna say thank you
'Cause it
Makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter
How could this man I thought I knew
Turn out to be unjust so cruel
Could only see the good in you
Pretended not to know the truth
You tried to hide your lies disguise yourself
Through living in denial
But in the end you'll see
YOU-WON'T-STOP-ME
I am a fighter and I
I ain't no stop
There is no turning back
I had enough
Repeat chorus x2
Primer Amor Interlude
Yo te contaré, una historia
De como un puertorriqueño me robó el corazón
Nunca más he vuelto a amar de esa manera
Quizás, jamás lo haré
Es la historia de mi primer amor
Era buenmozo
Con grandes y profundos ojos marrones
Un bailarín
Juntos, nos perdimos en el ritmo del amor
Así es como comenzó
Übersetzung:
Ich werde euch eine Geschichte erzählen
Wie ein Puerto Ricaner mein Herz gebrochen hat
Ich habe nie wieder so geliebt
Vielleicht werde ich das auch nie mehr
Es ist die Geschichte meiner ersten Liebe
Er war gut aussehend
Mit großen, tiefen braunen Augen
Ein Tänzer
Zusammen, waren wir verloren im Rythmus der Liebe
So begann es
Infatuation
He comes from a foreign place
An island far away
Intrigues me with every move
Till I'm breathless, I'm helpless
Can't keep my cool
Steals my heart when he takes my hand
And we dance, to the rhythm of the band
I feel his fingertips, grip my hips
And I slip as we dip into a state of bliss
Mama used to warn me
To beware those Latin lovers
She said I gave my heart too soon
And that's how I became your mother
I said, ay Mama, you seem to forget
I'm not in love yet
Sweet talk don't win me over
But I realize
Big brown eyes can hypnotize
When he says
I am full blood boricua
Read the tattoo on his arm
He tells me, mami I need ya
And my heart beat pumps so strong
Getting lost in el ritmo
He whispers te quiero, te quiero
I begin to give in with no hesitation
Can't help my infatuation
It's pure infatuation
Skin the color of cinnamon
His eyes light up and I melt within
Feels so good it must be a sin
I can't stop what I started
I'm giving in
He brings life to my fantasies
Sparks a passion inside of me
Finds the words when I cannot speak
In the silence his heartbeat is music to me
Mama used to warn me
Not to rush love with another
She said I'm not trying to lecture
I just care about my daughter
Ay Mama, you seem to forget
I never will let
A man control my emotions
But when he smiles
I feel like a little child
And when he says
I am full blood boricua
Read the tattoo on his arm
He tells me, mami I need ya
And my heart beat pumps so strong
Getting lost in el ritmo
He whispers te quiero, te quiero
I begin to give in with no hesitation
Can't help my infatuation
It's pure infatuation
Caught between my mama's words
And what I feel inside
I'm wanting to explore his world
But part of me wants to hide
Should I risk it, can't resist it
This has caught me by surprise
Should I let him take me to Puerto Rico
I can't hold back no more
Let's go tonight...
Papi hold me, say that you adore me
Never let go, never leave me lonely
Papi hold me, say that you adore me
Never let go, never leave me lonely
Repeat Chorus
Loves Embrace
Oh you make me wanna fly
Crying sky on that mountain
I'm so so afraid
Afraid of loves embrace
Loving me 4 me
People ask if I'm in love with you
Because I'm sitting here with your picture
And smiling to myself
I'm kinda lost in my own thoughts of you
My heart speaks before my mind thinks through
And I blush as I say yes
What a feeling of vulnerability coming over me
And I'm feeling weak and I can't speak
I can't think
Never thought I'd give in so willingly to a human being
With abilites to set me free
Let me be me
Makes me wanna say
Your lips, your eyes, your smile, your kiss
I must admit it's a part of me
You please me, complete me, filling me
Like a melody
Your soul, your flow, your youth
Your truth is simply proof
We were meant to be
But the best quality that's hooking me
Is that you're loving me 4 me
Is that you're loving me 4 me
Now people ask why I'm in love with you
Well let me start by sayin you got my heart
By just being who you are
And what we got is between me and you
Doesn't matter about the money I make or what I do
Or that I'm a star
Unconditionally you're there for me
Undeniably you inspire me, spiritually
So sweet
This is meaningful, it's incredible
Pleasurable, unforgettable
The way I feel
So surreal
Makes me wanna say
Your lips, your eyes, your smile, your kiss
I must admit it's a part of me
You please me, complete me, filling me
Like a melody
Your soul, your flow, your youth
Your truth is simply proof
We were meant to be
But the best quality that's hooking me
Is that you're loving me 4 me
Is that you're loving me 4 me
It's so amazing how something so sweet
Has come and rearranged my life
I've been kissed by destiny
Oh heaven came and saved me
An angel was placed at my feet
This isn't ordinary
He's loving me 4 me
Poem:
Stripped of all make-up
No need for fancy clothes
No cover ups, push ups
With him, I don't have to put on a show
He loves every freckle, every curve
Every inch of my skin
Fulfilling me entirely
Taking all of me in
He's real
He's honesty
He's loving me 4 me
Impossible
Play something for me Alicia
There you go Chris, what's up
Just got something on my mind
Speak on it girl
Oh...
It's impossible
It's impossible to love you
If you don't let me know
What you're feeling, yeah
It's impossible
For me to give you what you need, oh yeah
If you're always hiding from me
I don't know what hurt you
I just, I wanna make it right
'Cause boy I'm sick and tired
Of trying to read your mind
'Cause it's impossible
Oh baby it's impossible
For me to love you, this way
It's impossible
Oh baby it's impossible
If you making it this way
Impossible to make it easy
If you always trying
To make it so damn hard
How can I
How can I give you all my love, baby
If you're always
Always putting up your guard
This is not a circus
So don't play me for a clown
How long can emotions
Keep on going up and down
Repeat Chorus x2
Underappreciated
I remember when it all first began
We were tight right from the start
It wasn't long before you came on strong
Trying hard to win my heart
I played hard to get but I couldn't help
But give up my heart in the end
You were thoughtful
Careful not to hurt the relationship
What happened to those days
When you used to be compassionate
Caring what I thought and said
So attentive, a gentleman
Now it's hard to turn your head
Away from the TV set
Taking me for granted lately
And frankly it's gotta quit
(I'm not taking this)
Ooh I feel underappreciated
Now girls help me out
If you know what I'm talking about, I said
I'm feeling underappreciated
For all the time and effort
I have put in this commitment
Let's take it back again
To the very beginning
When our love was something new
Back when romance was important
Not just another thing to do
I was feeling high on loves delight
Thought I'd never come back down
Now it seems that you and me
Have lost our solid ground
But after time I've realized
I seem to give more than I get
Funny how things seem to change
After a few years commitment
Used to talk for hours on end
Of our dreams while we lay in bed
I miss those days when you stayed awake
Now you roll over and snore instead
Ooh I feel underappreciated
Now girls help me out
If you know what I'm talking about, I said
Ooh I'm feeling underappreciated
Ooh, for all the time and effort
I have put in this commitment
I miss the nice massages
The long phone calls and the
Way you talked how it'd turn me on
Miss the bubble baths
Had the sweetest laughs
I'm needing those days back
Repeat Chorus x2
Beautiful
Everyday is so wonderful
Then suddenly
It's hard to breathe
Now and then I get insecure
From all the pain
I'm so ashamed
I am beautiful
No matter what they say
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful
In every single way
Yes words can't bring me down
So don't you bring me down today
To all your friends you're delirious
You're so consumed
In all your doom
Trying hard to fill the emptiness
The pieces gone
Left the puzzle undone
Is that the way it is
'Cause you are beautiful
No matter what they say
Words can't bring you down
'Cause you are beautiful
In every single way
Yes words can't bring you down
So don't you bring me down today
No matter what we do
No matter what we say
We're the song inside the tune
Full of beautiful mistakes
And everywhere we go
The sun will always shine
And tomorrow we might awake
On the other side
'Cause we are beautiful
No matter what they say
Yes words won't bring us down
We are beautiful
In every single way
Yes words can't bring us down
So don't you bring me down today
Don't you bring me down today
Don't you bring me down today
Make Over
I can't believe what you did to me
Down on my knees and I need to break free
All these years, you violated me
I don't know why I can't feel inside
I try to hide can't make it alright
It's overkill, now I'm ready to fight
I don't need nobody trying to make me over
I just wanna live simple and free
I just wanna get away
Saving all your bullshit for another day
Feeling confined like I'm being force fed
My visions blurry and I'm lost in regrets
It's overload, and I'm outta control
So sick and tired of being so misused
You're taking me down with all your mental abuse
And I said, I gotta get you outta my head
Everybody's always trying to look me over
I just wanna live simple and free
I just wanna get away
Saving all your bullshit for another day
I'm the only one that can rescue me from me
Leaving the house around quarter to five
Zipped up my boots and I'm ready to ride
And I feel so high, I feel so alive
Let down my hair, feel the wind on my skin
Crossing the border where my new life begins
And I close my eyes, and take it all in
I don't need nobody trying to make me over
I just wanna live simple and free
I just wanna get away
Saving all your bullshit for another day
I'm the only one that can rescue me from me
I just wanna get away
Saving all your bullshit for another day
I'm the only one that can rescue me from me
You wanna break me down
You wanna break me down
You wanna break me down
Cruz
I'm leaving today
Living it
Leaving it
To change
Slowly drifting
Into a peaceful breeze
Tongue tied and twisted
Are all my memories
Celebrating a fantasy come true
Packing all my bags
Finally on the move
I'm leaving today
I'm living it
Oh I'm leaving it
To change
As I'm driving
I'm captured by the view
So much beauty
The road becomes my muse
The heat is rising
And my hand surfs through the wind
Cool, calm, collected
Is the child that lies within
See I'm leaving today
I'm living it
Oh I'm leaving it
To change, oh yeah
See I'm leaving today, oh yes I'm
Living it
Oh I'm leaving it
To change
But somehow I miss it
I think I'll really miss it
One day
I turn up the radio
And I'm feeling like I've never felt before
Turn down the memories of
Yesteryears and broken dreams I bring
Finally free
Slowly drifting
Into a peaceful breeze
Repeat Chorus x3
But somehow I miss it I think I'll really miss it One day
Soar
When they push, when they pull
Tell me can you hold on
When they say you should change
Can you lift your head high
And stay strong
Will you give up, give in
When your heart's crying out
That it's wrong
Will you love you for you
At the end of it all
Now in life, there's gonna be times
When you're feeling low
And in your mind
Insecurity seems to take control
We start to look outside ourselves
For acceptance and approval
We keep forgetting that
The one thing we should know is
Don't be scared to fly alone
Find a path that is your own
Love will open every door
It's in your hands
The world is yours
Don't hold back and always know
All the answers will unfold
What are you waiting for
Spread your wings and soar
The boy who wonders
Is he good enough for them
Keeps trying to please them all
But he just never seems to fit in
Then there's the girl who thinks
She'll never ever be good enough for him
Keeps trying to change and
That's a game she'll never win
Now in life, ooh there's gonna be times
When you're feeling low
And in your mind
Insecurity seems to take control
We start to look outside ourselves
For acceptance and approval
We keep forgetting that
The one thing we should know is
Don't be scared to fly alone
Find a path that is your own
Love will open every door
It's in your hands
The world is yours
Don't hold back and always know
All the answers will unfold
What are you waiting for
Spread your wings and soar
In the mirror is where she comes face to face with her fears
Her own reflection, now foreign to her after all these years
All of her life she has tried to be something besides herself
Now time has passed and she's ended up someone else with regret
What is it in us
That makes us feel the need
To keep pretending
Gotta let ourselves be
Repeat Chorus x2
Get mine, get yours
Baby you pretend that things
Ain't what they seem
All this tension on titling
Just exactly what we should be
Now I don't mind us being
Some kinda casual thing
Listen all I want to do for now is
Have you come and take all of me
Can you
Put your hands on my waistline
Want your skin up against mine
Move my hips to the baseline
Let me get mine, you get yours
Hang a please don't disturb sign
Put my back into a slow grind
Running chills up and down my spine
Let me get mine, you get yours
If you see me with a man
Understand that you can't question me
The feelings that you caught, ain't my fault
Can't help your jealousy
If you can handle the fact that what we have
Has got to be commitment free
Then we can keep this undercover loving, comming
Hidden underneath the sheets
Can you
Put your hands on my waistline
Want your skin up against mine
Move my hips to the baseline
Let me get mine, you get yours
Hang a please don't disturb sign
Put my back into a slow grind
Running chills up and down my spine
Let me get mine, you get yours
So come on and freak my body
We can get nasty, naughty
All night a private party
Gotta hit that spot just right
Work me like a 9 to 5
It ain't about the kissing and hugging
'Cause this is a physical loving
Straight sweating, our bodies are rubbing
Gotta hit that spot just right
Work me like a 9 to 5
We have a physical thing
We make love, but don't fall in love
We spend time, just enough
So you get yours, and I get mine
No strings attached
I want your body
Not your heart
Dirrty
Redman:
Ah, dirrty
Filthy
Nasty, you nasty
Too dirrty to clean my act up
If you ain't dirrty
You ain't here to party
Ladies (move), gentlemen (move)
Somebody ring the alarm
A fire on the roof
Ring the alarm...and I'm throwin' elbows (7x)
Uh, let me loose
Ooh, I'm overdue
Give me some room
I'm coming through
Paid my dues
In the mood
Me and my girls gonna shake the room
DJ spinnin', show your hands
Let's get dirrty, that's my jam
I need that, uh, to get me off
Sweating till my clothes come off
It's explosive, speakers are thumpin'
Still jumping, six in the morning
Table dancing, glasses are crashing
No question, time for some action
Temperature's up (can you feel it)
About to erupt
Gonna get my girls
Get your boys
Gonna make some noise
Gonna get rowdy
Gonna get a little unruly
Get it fired up in a hurry
Wanna get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start the party
Sweat dripping over my body
Dancing getting just a little naughty
Wanna get dirrty
It's about time for my arrival
Ah, heat is up
So ladies, fellas
Drop your cups
Bodies packed
Front to back
Now move your ass
I like that
Tight hip huggers, low for ho
Shake a little somethin', on the floor
I need that, uh, to get me off
Sweating till my clothes come off
Let's get open, cause a commotion
We're still going, eight in the morning
There's no stopping, we keep it popping
Hard rocking, everyone's talking
Give all you got
Just hit the spot
Gonna get my girls
Get your boys
Gonna make some noise
Rowdy
Gonna get a little unruly
Get it fired up in a hurry
Wanna get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start the party
Ooh sweat dripping over my body
Dancing getting just a little naughty
Wanna get dirrty
It's about time for my arrival
Here it comes, it's the one
You've been waiting on
Get up, get it rough
Yup, that's what's up
Giving just what you love
To the maximum
Uh oh, here we go
What to do when the music
Starts to drop
That's when we take it
To the parking lot
And I bet you somebody's
Gonna call the cops
Uh oh's, here we go's
Repeat Chorus x3
Stripped Pt.2
Oh sorry if I ain't perfect, sorry I don't give a f**k
Sorry I ain't no diva, sorry just know what I want
Sorry I'm not a virgin, sorry I'm not a slut
I won't let you break me, think what you want
To all my dreamers out there, I'm with you The voice within Young girl don't cry When you're safe inside your room you tend to dream When there's no one else Young girl don't hide Now in a world where innocence is quickly claimed When there's no one else Life is a journey When there's no one else Young girl don't cry I'm OK Once upon a time there was a girl It hurt me to see the pain across my mother's face Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same I often wonder why I carry all this guilt Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same It's not so easy to forget Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same Keep on singin' my song I woke up this morning with a smile on my face Say goodbye to all the tears I've cried I see, every blessing, so clearly I believe they can take anything from me, but they I never wanna dwell on the pain again Say farewell to every single lie Cause too long, I've been, struggling, couldn't go on I believe they can take anything from me, but they Every time I tried to be In the end I answer to one God I believe they can take anything from me They can do what they wanna I believe that they can take from me Say what they wanna say
All my underdogs, ha, I feel you
Lift your head high, and stay strong
I'll be right here when your world starts to fall
Young girl it's alright
Your tears will dry, you'll soon be free to fly
Of a place where nothing's harder than it seems
No one ever wants to bother to explain
Of the heartache life can bring and what it means
Look inside yourself
Like your oldest friend just
Trust the voice within
Then you'll find the strength
That will guide your way
You'll learn to begin to
Trust the voice within
You'll never change if you just run away
Young girl just hold tight
Soon you're gonna see your brighter day
It's so hard to stand your ground when you're so afraid
No one reaches out a hand for you to hold
When you look outside, look inside to your soul
Look inside yourself
Like your oldest friend just
Trust the voice within
Then you'll find the strength
That will guide your way
You'll learn to begin to
Trust the voice within
It can take you anywhere you choose to go
As long as you're learning
You'll find all you'll ever need to know
(Be strong)
You'll break it
(Hold on)
You'll make it
Just don't forsake it because
No one can tell you what you can't do
No one can stop you
You know that I'm talking to you
Look inside yourself
And like your oldest friend just
Trust the voice within
Then you'll find the strength
That will guide your way
You'll learn to begin to
Trust the voice within
I'll be right here when your world starts to fall
In her early years she had to learn
How to grow up living in a war that she called home
Never knew just where to turn for shelter from the storm
Every time my father's fist would put her in her place
Hearing all the yelling I would cry up in my room
Hoping it would be over soon
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid
Strength is my mother for all the love she gave
And every morning that I wake
I look back at yesterday
And I'm OK
When it's you that helped me put up all these walls I've built
Shadows stir at night through a crack in the door
The echo of a broken child screaming, please no more
Daddy don't you understand the damage you have done
For you it's just a memory, but for me it still lives on
And I still remember how you kept me so, so afraid
Strength is my mother for all the love she gave
Every morning that I wake
I look back at yesterday
All the marks you left along her neck
When I was thrown against cold stairs
And everyday afraid to come home
In fear of what I might see next
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid
Strength is my mother for all the love you gave
And every morning that I wake
I look back at yesterday
And I'm OK
And nobody's gonna bring me down today
Been feeling like nothing's been going my way lately
But I decided right here, right now
That my outlook's gonna change
That's why I'm gonna
Every time somebody hurt my pride
Feeling like they won't let me live my life and
Take the time to look at what is mine
And I thank God, for what, I got from above
Can't succeed in taking my inner peace from me
They can say all they wanna say about me, but I
I'm gonna carry on
I'ma keep on
Singing my song
There's no use in reliving how I hurt back then
Remembering too well the hell I felt
When I was running out of faith
Every step I'm about to take
Well it's towards a better day
'Cause I'm about to
And all the fears I've held too long inside
Every time I felt I couldn't try
All the negativity and strife
But now, I've found, I'm feeling strong and I'm moving on
Can't succeed in taking my inner peace from me
Now they can say all they wanna say about me, but I
I'm gonna carry on
I'ma keep on
Singing my song
What they wanted from me
It never came naturally
So I ended up in misery
Was unable to see
All the good around me
Wasting so much energy
On what they thought of me
Than simply just remembering to breathe
I've learned
I'm humanly unable to please
Everyone at the same time
So now I find, my peace of mind
Living one day at a time
Comes down to one love
Till I get to heaven above
I have made the decision
Never to give in
Till the day I die no matter what
I'm gonna carry on
I'ma keep on
Singing my song...
But they can't succeed in taking my inner peace from me
Say what they wanna say
But I'm gonna
Keep on
But they can't take my inner peace
I am gonna sing my song