I'd Rather Be Me

[00:06.78] So your best friend screwed you over
[00:08.37] Acted nice when she not nice
[00:10.44] Well, I have some advice
[00:11.96] 'Cause it's happened to me twice
[00:13.75] Here's my secret strategy
[00:15.04] It always works because
[00:17.30] The world doesn't end
[00:18.86] It just feels like it does
[00:20.01] So raise your right finger
[00:24.07] And solemnly swear
[00:27.43] Whatever they say about me
[00:31.18] I don't care
[00:34.21] I won't twist in knots to join your game
[00:36.14] I will say, "You make me mad"
[00:37.63] And if you treat me bad
[00:38.61] I'll say, "You're bad"
[00:41.16] And if I eat alone from this moment on
[00:42.86] That's just what I'll do
[00:44.55] 'Cause I'd rather be me, I'd rather be me
[00:47.91] I'd rather be me than be with you
[00:54.87] We're supposed to all be ladies
[00:56.32] And be nurturing and care
[00:58.59] Is that really fair?
[00:59.83] Boys get to fight, we have to share
[01:01.62] Here's the way that that turns out
[01:02.97] We always understand
[01:05.19] How to slap someone down
[01:06.81] With our underhand
[01:08.11] So here's my right finger
[01:11.92] To how girls should behave
[01:15.52] 'Cause sometimes what's meant to break you
[01:19.00] Makes you brave
[01:22.29] So I will not act all innocent
[01:23.86] I won't fake apologise
[01:25.36] Let's just fight and then make up
[01:27.24] Not tell these lies
[01:29.11] Let's call our damage even
[01:30.87] Clean the slate 'til it's like new
[01:32.51] It's a new life for me
[01:34.32] Where I'd rather be me
[01:35.94] I'd rather be me
[01:38.34] Than be with you
[01:42.61] I'll say, "No" (no)
[01:43.85] I'll say, "Knock it off with your notes and your rules and your games"
[01:46.48] And those sycophants who follow you
[01:47.93] I'll remember all their names
[01:49.66] And when they drag you down
[01:50.95] Like they inevitably do
[01:53.29] I will not laugh along with them and
[01:55.02] Approve their palace coup, 'cause that's not me
[01:57.16] (Janis, Janis, Janis, Janis)
[01:59.97] I don't need their good opinions
[02:01.55] I have plenty of opinions
[02:03.56] Everybody has opinions but it doesn't make them true
[02:06.70] What's true is being me
[02:08.67] And I'd rather be me
[02:10.44] I'd rather be me than be with you
[02:17.10] So raise them high 'cause playing nice and shy is insulting my IQ
[02:22.97] (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
[02:24.85] I'd rather be me (I'd rather be me)
[02:26.82] I'd rather be me (I'd rather be me)
[02:28.30] I'd rather be me than be with you
[02:30.95] (I'd rather be me)
[02:31.81] I'd rather be me (I'd rather be me)
[02:33.57] I'd rather be me (I'd rather be me)
[02:35.21] I'd rather be me than be with you
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