It's taken awhile to get here
To stand where I'm standn' now
I got here on my own terms
And in my own time
Not a chance in Hell
That you're gonna drag me back down

You say I've gotten to high
Pushed the limits too far
What you gonna say if I push'em a little farther?
Whatca gonna do?
Whatca gonna say?
You ain't my God
You ain't my momma
Hell, you not even my master
I don't answer to you
So give me a reason to listen to you
And I might pretend to care

You say I'm too strong
I say you're too weak
You tell me to get off that high horse of mine
I think I won't
Cause', I think the view from up here is just fine

Is it my fault
That my whole self-worth
Doesn't rely on someone else?
According to you it is
Well, maybe it is
But does it look like I care?
Hell no!

I don't fit your mold, you say?
I consider that a compliment
Thank You
I'd rather be myself
Sure as heck beats being like you
Sobbing in my beer
Cause' no guys like me
I don't blam'em for avoiding you like the plague
Every time you come near

No one likes to be treated like a trophy or a prize
Not even a guy
You can see the fear in their eyes
Whenever you come around
Oh, it's just another sad chapter
In your sad little life

That's somehow my fault, too
Don't ask me how
But it is according to you
Is it my fault that I live life
And I don't dwell on the past?
For what is yesterday
Is yesterday
Live for today
Cause' it'll soon be gone

So you got dealt a bad hand
In the game of life
Who cares?
You're alive,
You've got a family that loves you,
Food,
Shelter,
Money
So many people
Got so much worse than you
Just look around
Now dammit,
What gives you the right to say life's not fair
When some orphan in some foreign land
Is dying
And no one cares?

What gives you the right
To count yourself
Among those who really got it bad?
What gives you the right
To walk around
Like you're dead
When you're got so much to live for?

Life's not fair
Glad we can all agree on that
Now,
GET OVER IT!!!
Sometime
You should stop your bitchn'
And listen
To the problems of a friend
To the story of a grandparent
Just listen
Don't judge

Friendship is about compromise
I've listened to you
Now you listen to me
Live for today
Stop thinking about what could've been
Cause' it'll never be

Don't blame me
It's not my fault.
Your life is a sham?
Well, don't look at me.
Place the blame
On that person in the mirror
Not on me

Don't let your life
Be ruled by fear
Own up to your mistakes
Pick yourself up
And keep on goin'
Take a stand
And learn to be happy being you
That's how you get those you love near

It's taken a long time
The journey's been tough
I've made it this far
But it's still not far enough
The goal is within reach
And the day is comin' soon
When I'll see my journey through

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
While others took one road
I took another
I took the one less traveled by
And got laughed at for my efforts
But with the quest almost complete
Who's laughing now?
No way you're pulling me down
I've grown up
I wish you would, too

Being like everyone else
Acting how I was supposed to act
I think not
That scene was never for me
I hate to be cruel
Don't mean to be mean
But that girly shit
Was never in this lady's genes

I'm riding high now
Look at me
Soaring happy and free
Took too long to get here
Sweat too much blood
Cried too many tears
Fought too hard to be heard over the crowd
So do you really think
I'm gonna roll over
And play dead
When you challege me
You could never get that lucky
Buddy

So go cry to your diaries
And dollys
I'll be laughing with the guys
While you're sobbing to Barbie

Who's the smart one now?
Who got the better deal?
Go back to the doll house
And come back in ten years
Come back when you can handle the real world
Without fear

I took the road less traveled by
And it has made all the difference
All the difference in the world
And all the more reason to be me
Not something I'm not
Not someone I like
I'm who I am
And being me
Is what I'm best at
Being different
Has made all the difference