People can take everything away from you But they can never take away your truth But the question is, can you handle mine? They say I'm crazy I really do not care That's my prerogative They say I'm nasty But I do not give a damn Getting boys is how I live Some messy questions Why am I so real? But they do not understand me I really do not know the deal about my sister Trying hard to make it right Not long ago Before I won this fight Everybody's talking all this stuff about me Why do not they just let me live? (Everybody) I do not need permission Make my own decisions That's my prerogative That's my prerogative (It's my prerogative) It's the way that I want to live (It's my prerogative) You can tell me

what to do Do not get me wrong I'm really not soupe Ego trips is not my thing All these strange relationships really gets me down I see nothing wrong in spreading myself around Everybody's talking all this stuff about me Why do not they just let me live? (Everybody) I do not need permission Make my own decisions (oh) That's my prerogative That's my prerogative Everybody's talking all this stuff about me Why do not they just let me live? (Everybody) I do not need permission Make my own decisions (oh) That's my prerogative That's my prerogative (It's my prerogative) It's the way that I want to live (It's my prerogative) You can tell me what to do I can do what I want to do (it's my prerogative) I can live my life (it's my prerogative) And I'm just doing it for you (it's my prerogative) Why can not I live my life Without all of the things That people say, oh (oh) Everybody's talking all this stuff about me Why do not they just let me live? (Everybody) I do not need permission Make my own decisions (oh) That's my prerogative They say I'm crazy Everybody's talking all this stuff about me Why do not they just let me live? (Everybody) They say I'm nasty I do not need permission Make my own decisions (oh) That's my prerogative (That's my prerogative)