(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 don't care
That's my prerogative
They say I'm nasty
But I don't give a damn
Getting boys is
how I live
Some ask me questions
Why am I so real
But they don't
understand me
I really
don't 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 don't they just
let me live
(tell my why)
I don't need permission
make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
(That's my prerogative)
(it's my prerogative)
It's the way that
I wanna live
(it's my prerogative)
You can't tell me
what to do
Don't get me wrong
I'm really not souped
Ego trips is
not my thing
All these strange
relationships
really gets me down
I see nothing wrong
with spreading
myself around
Everybody's talking
all this stuff about me
Why don't they just
let me live
(tell my why)
I don't need permission
make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
(That's my prerogative)
Everybody's talking
all this stuff about me
Why don't they just
let me live
(tell my why)
I don't need permission
make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
(That's my prerogative)
It's the way that
I wanna live
(it's my prerogative)
You can't tell me
what to do@
Why can't
I live my life
Without all
of the things
that people say
Oh oh
Everybody's talking
all this stuff about me
Why don't they just
let me live
(tell my why)
I don't need permission
make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
(they say I'm crazy)
Everybody's talking
all this stuff about me
Why don't they just
let me live
(tell my why)
I don't need permission
make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
(it's my prerogative)@
