Get your mind right. Start thinking for yourself.
You don't need to impress anybody else.
This is your life, live it.
It's a beautiful gift that you've been given.
Don't fall victim to the system.
Resist 'em and their authority.
It's not necessarily important to be part of the majority.
I just feel like there's more to me.
More than they're telling me. More than they're selling me.
I need to see for myself or I'll never be able to rest without knowing that I gave it my best to make a little sense out of this mess.

Don't ever let 'em tell you what to do!
You've gotta be you!
And don't believe everything they tell you.
It might not be true.
It's never to late to make that move.
You can always improve!
Just please, never let 'em tell you what to do
'cause, fool, you gotta be you!

I'm hecka fortunate to be who I am.
Idiosyncracies and imperfections.
Individual, I don't fit a mold.
I do what I want, not exactly what I'm told.
I could never understand following the plans of another man when I can stand on my own two.
Can't think for yourself? That's on you!
'Cause I could never live that way.
I've gotta be free to make my own mistakes.
Above the influence of all these snakes.
Whatever it takes to avoid the hate
and the negativity that this poison creates.
I think I need to escape. I mean I've gotta be me.
Life ain't worth living if you can't be free.
We all need a little room to breathe.
Ya feel me?

Don't ever let 'em tell you what to do!
You've gotta be you!
And don't believe everything they tell you.
It might not be true.
It's never to late to make that move.
You can always improve!
Just please, never let 'em tell you what to do
'cause, fool, you gotta be you!

Break those chains. Face that fear.
Respect who you see when you look i the mirror.
God made each and everyone of us unique.
Different ways to think. Different ways to speak.
Different ways to act and we all interact
for the good and the bad of it.
Ya gotta love it!
It's in every person on this earth
from our birth until we're back in the dirt.
Ya gotta put in work to figure out who you are and where you're going.
Sometimes it's hard.
I mean, I'm not even sure how I made it this far!
But, one thing's for certain...
I might not be perfect, but I'm doing my best to be an honest person.
Good people, bad habits and the world keeps turning.
And your boy keeps learning.
I'm trying to keep my soul from burning!

Don't ever let 'em tell you what to do!
You've gotta be you!
And don't believe everything they tell you.
It might not be true.
It's never to late to make that move.
You can always improve!
Just please, never let 'em tell you what to do
'cause, fool, you gotta be you!