Lyrics:

[Spoken:]
People can take everything away from you
But they can never take away your truth.
But the question is...
Can you handle mine?

They say I’m crazy
I really don’t care
That’s my perogative.
They say I’m nasty
But I don’t give a damn
Gettin' boys is how I live.

Some messy questions
Why am I so real?
But they don’t understand me
I really don’t know the deal about my sister
Tryin’ hard to make it right
Not long ago, before I won this fight.

[Chorus]:
Everybody's talkin’
All this stuff about me
Why don’t they just let me live? (Tell me why)
I don’t need permission
Make my own decisions
That’s my perogative.
(That’s my perogative)

(It’s my perogative)
It’s the way that I wanna live
(It’s my perogative)
You can’t tell me what to do.

Don’t get me wrong
I'm really not souped
Ego trips is not my thing
All these strange relationships
Really gets me down
I see nothing wrong
Spreading myself around.

[Chorus x2]

It’s the way that I wanna live
(It’s my perogative)
You can’t tell me what to do.

Why can’t I live my life
Without all of the things
That people say?
(Oh!)

[Chorus:]
Everybody's talkin’
All this stuff about me
Why don’t they just let me live? (Tell me why)
I don’t need permission
Make my own decisions
That’s my perogative.


(They say I'm crazy)
Everybody is talkin’
All this stuff about me
Why don’t they just let me live? (Tell me why)
(They say I'm nasty)
I don’t need permission
Make my own decisions
That’s my pr
perogative.

It's my Perogative.