You can say what you want about me
Wanna do what you want to me
But you can not stop me

I´ve been knocked down
It´s a crazy town
Even got a punch in the face in LA
Ain´t nothing in the world that you keep
me from doing what I wanna do

´Cause I´m too proud, I´m too strong
Life by the code that you gotta move on
Feel excited for yourself
and got nobody no way

so I...
(Held my head high)
Knew I (Knew I survive)
Well I made it (I made it)
I don´t hate it (Don´t hate it)
That´s just the way it goes
Yeah
I done made it through
Stand on my own two
I paid my dues, yeah
Tried to hold me down
You can´t stop me now
I paid my dues

So straight back on
You cannot stop me
I paid my dues

Now I´m still trusted every day
people try to mess with Anastacia
gotta nothing in common
cause I handle mine
and I thought I better let you know

I´m no punk I can´t get down
I don´t give a damn about abuse around
that was just fine ´til now

So I...
(Held my head high)
Knew I (Knew I survive)
Well I made it (I made it)
Oahh (Don´t hate it)
That´s just the way it goes
Yeah
I done made it through
Stand on my own two
I paid my dues
Yeah yeah
Tried to hold me down
you can´t stop me now
I paid my dues, yeah
yeah yeah yeah
Took so long to get me here (here)
But I won´t live in fear (fear)
You try to steal my shine (shine)
But first they wanna build you up (up)
Then they tear you down (down)
It´s a struggle, you try to bubble
so I...
(Held my head high)
Knew I (Knew I survive)
Oahh (I made it)
(Don´t hate it)
Said that´s - just - the - wayyyyy
(I done made it through)
(Stand on my own two)
I said I paid my, I paid my dues
Yeahhhhh
(Tried to hold me down)
But you can´t stop me now (you can´t stop me now)
(I paid my dues) I paid my, paid my dues
(I done made it through) oahhh
(Stand on my own two) oh
(I paid my dues) I paid my, I paid my dues
yeahh (Tried to hold me down)
But you can´t stop me now (you can´t stop me now)
(I paid my dues) I paid my dues