The Next Me

[Verse 1]
She just wants me to be like somebody else
So she can keep me from becoming my true self
Don't wanna have to change my own identity
Or be somebody else's personality

[Pre-Chorus]
Where is everyone's originality?
(Where can it be? Where can it be?)
I'm not ashamed of what I believe
'Cause now is not eternity

[Chorus]
Oh, I'm not gonna be like everyone else
I ask you not to take it personal
I don't have to be under anyone's spell
I said, I wanna be original
I just wanna be free
Have my own identity
No need to be the next big thing
I'm gonna be the next me

[Verse 2]
She can talk about me never to my face
She thinks that she can try to put me in my place
I won't even let her try to play that hand
'Cause I wanna be the bigger one, I gotta a bigger plan

[Pre-Chorus]
Where is everyone's originality?
(Where can it be? Where can it be?)
I'm not ashamed of what I believe
'Cause now is not eternity

[Chorus]
I'm not gonna be like everyone else
I ask you not to take it personal
I don't have to be under anyone's spell
I said, I wanna be original
I just wanna be free
Have my own identity
No need to be the next big thing
I'm gonna be the next me

[Bridge]
That boy, that girl, don't need 'em now (ooh, don't need 'em now)
Those shoes, that shirt, don't need 'em now
That group, this club, don't need them now
Take all these things and cut all the strings
For all the pain and all that it brings
Don't wanna be fake
Oh, what a mistake, 'cause that so isn't me
And that's not me
No, no, no, oh, original

[Chorus x2]
I'm not gonna be like everyone else
I ask you not to take it personal
I don't have to be under anyone's spell
I said, I wanna be original
I just wanna be free
Have my own identity
No need to be the next big thing
I'm gonna be the next me