I Don’t Care What You Say

I grew up in a different place
Never picked to play or won a race
How's a kid like me to know
What I could have been
What I could have been then
I was always told what to say
What clothes to wear
What games to play
How's a kid like me to know
What I could have been?
What I could have been now....
I walked alone on my way to school
Never had a friend
Kids can be so cruel these days
Cruel to my face
Never knew that life could ever change
If only I knew what I did today back then...
Today.....

(chorus)
I could make it change
I could start again
I could live the life that I was always meant to live
I'm going to take my place
And never feel your shame
I always win the game, now it's time to break away
I don't care what you say
Bobby was a boy that they thought was lost
He liked to dress outside the box
Daddy never saw the gift he had
What he could have been
What he could have been then
Tina grew up in a different town
Forced to play with dolls and do ballet lines
Momma never saw the gift she had
What she could have been
What she could have been now
I want to be that boy that was so cool
I want to be that girl that broke the rules worth breaking
Chances taken
I never knew that life could ever change
If only I knew what I did today back then....
Today!

(chorus)
I could make it change
I could start again
I could live the life that I was always meant to live
I'm going to take my place
And never feel your shame
I always win the game, and now it's time to break away
I don't care what you say
Who do you think you are?
Just get out of my face
Just keep on driving your car
Stop your invading my space
We didn't burn in no itch
I know I'm never one to you
I ain't nobody's bitch

(chorus)
I could make it change
I could start again
I could live the life that I was always meant to live
I'm going to take my place
And never feel your shame
I always win the game, and now it's time to break away
I don't care what you say