(Am)Ev ’ry bod y’s talk ing all this stuff a bout me.

Why don’t they just let me live?

I don’t need per mis sion, make my own de ci sions, that’s my pre rog a tive.

They say I’m cra zy.

I (E7)real ly don’t care.

That’s my pre rog a tive.

They say I’m nas ty, but I don’t give a damn.

(Am)Get ting girls is how I live.

Some ask me ques tions.

Why am (E7)I so real?

But (Am)they don’t un der stand me, or (E7)real ly don’t know the deal a bout the broth er, try ing (E7)hard to make it right.

Not long a go, be (E7)fore I won this fight.

Sing.

(Am)Ev ’ry bod y’s talk ing all this stuff a bout me.

Why don’t they just let me live?

Tell me why.

I don’t need per mis sion, make my own de ci sions, that’s my pre rog a tive.

(E7)(It’s my pre It’s rog my a pre (Am)rog a tive.

It’s the (E7)way that I wan na live.

It’s my pre (Am)rog a tive.

I can (E7)do just what I feel, it’s my pre (Am)rog a tive.

No one (E7)can tell me what to do.

It’s my pre (Am)rog a tive, ’cause what I’m do ing I’m do ing for you.

(Am)Don’t get me wrong, I’m (E7)real ly not souped, (Am)e go trips is not my thing.

All these (Am)strange re la tion ships (E7)real ly gets me down.

I see noth ing wrong in (E7)spread ing my self a round.

(Am)rog a tive.

I can (E7)live my life.

It’s my pre (Am)rog a tive,

and I’m (E7)do ing it just for you.

It’s my pre (Am)rog a tive.

(E7)Tell me, tell me (Dm7)why

can’t I

live my (C)life,

(Am7)live my life with out (Dm7)all

of the things that peo ple (C)say.

Oh.

Yo, Ted dy, kick it like this.

(E7)Oh no no.

I can (Am)do what I wan na do.

(E7)Me and you to (Am)geth er to geth er to geth er to geth er to geth er.

(Am)Ev ’ry bod y’s talk ing all this stuff a bout me.

Why don’t they just let me live?

I don’t need per mis sion, make my own de ci sions, that’s my pre rog a tive.