For what it's worth - KMurdock Music Group
23 and thought I knew the game
Sign my name on every dotted line
Gave you passwords, gave you spare apartment keys
Watch you take my favorite books and leave
Called my mother crying on a Tuesday night
She just laughed and said girl get in line
Every woman learns this lesson hard
Some get lucky, some get battle scars
So I changed the locks, blocked your number
Threw your records in the dumpster
Learned to laugh at my own blunder
Yeah, yeah
I'm not bitter, just better educated
Know the difference between love and complicated
Used to think respect was negotiated
Now I know exactly what I'm worth
I'm not damaged, just appropriately jaded
Got a degree in manipulation graduated
Thank you for the lessons that you demonstrated
Now I speak my mind for what it's worth
For what it's worth
Sister calls me up, she's 22
Met some guy who talks just like you do
All those promises wrapped up in pretty words
I can spot that bullshit from the curb
Told her baby when he starts to slip
When excuses taste like medicine
Trust that feeling crawling up your neck
Some lessons only bruises can perfect
So she cut him loose on the power
Took herself out, bought the flowers
Getting strong by the hour, hour
I'm not bitter, just better educated
Know the difference between love and complicated
Used to think respect was negotiated
Now I know exactly what I'm worth
I'm not damaged, just appropriately jaded
Got a degree in manipulation graduated
Thank you for the lessons that you demonstrated
Now I speak my mind for what it's worth
They teach you calculus and chemistry
But never how to spot a liar's teeth
Never how to trust your own two feet
When everybody's selling you a dream
28 and finally feeling right
Sleep alone but damn I sleep at night
No more checking phones or double checking stories
Found my peace without apologies
Learned to love the woman in my skin
Learned that losing you was where I win
Every scar's a medal that I earned
Thank God for everything I learned
I'm not bitter, just better educated
Know the difference between love and complicated
Used to think respect was negotiated
Now I know exactly what I'm worth
I'm not damaged, just appropriately jaded
Got a degree in manipulation graduated
Thank you for the lessons that you demonstrated
Now I speak my mind for what it's worth
For what it's worth
Yeah, I speak my mind
For what it's worth
Every single time
For what it's worth
And that's everything
That's everything