I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO LIVE BY WHAT'S TRUE
THE FACTS DON'T LIE SO FAR THEY'VE GOTTEN ME
THROUGH DON'T NEED TO ALWAYS DO WHAT'S
WRONG TO fiGURE OUT WHAT'S RIGHT I'VE SEEN
SO MANY FRIENDS GET SWALLOWED UP BY d**gs
MY TEACHING MY PREACHING YOU DON'T LIKE IT
THAT'S TOUGH YOU BLOW ME OFF BUT I KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
AFTER ALL I'VE SEEN SAID AND DONE I'VE GOT TO
PROVE I'll STAND HARD AND STRONG DON'T TELL ME
I'M WRONG YOU CAN b***h SCREAM AND COMPLAIN
'Til YOU'RE BLUE IN THE FACE BUT THE FACTS WON'T
CHANGE DON'T TELL ME I'M WRONG
WEIGHED OUT MY OPTIONS PICKED THE SOLID GROUND
SO GET IT OUT OF MY FACE 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT IT
AROUND YOU'RE TREADING ON THIN ICE THAT COULD
BREAK AT ANY TIME IT'S A HARD WORLD OUTSIDE SO
YOU GOTTA STAND STRONG YOU'LL DO WHAT YOU
WILL BUT DON'T TELL ME I'M WRONG YOU're OUT
OF PLACE WHEN YOU KNOCK ME FOR LIVING STRAIGHT
DON'T TELL ME I'M WRONG
I WON T JUST SIT BACK AMONGST THIS POISON
AND SHUT MY MOUTH TIGHT 'CAUSE I MUST SHARE
THIS SIMPLE TRUTH I MUST LET IT OUT KEEP TALKING
ABOUT MY EGO BUT SOON YOU'LL PAY THE PRICE SEE
THERE'S A MESSAGE YOU'RE MISSING SO YOU BETTER LISTEN
TWICE THE PROBLEMS NOT MY STANDPOINT IT'S NOT IN
WHAT I SAY BUT RATHER YOUR MISLED DIRECTION
AND WHERE YOU STAND TODAY