I'd Rather Be Me
Barrett Wilbert Weed Lyrics

So your best friend screwed you over
Your closest friend betrayed you

Acted nice when she's not nice
Pretended to be kind, but really is not

Well, I have some advice
I have a suggestion

'Cause it's happened to me Twice
I have gone through it twice

Here's my secret strategy
I have a secret approach

It always works because
It is always successful as

The world doesn't end
The world does not stop existing

It just feels like it does
It just seems like it has ended

So raise your right finger
Raise your right middle finger

And solemnly swear
Make a serious promise

"Whatever they say about me
Whatever they say regarding me

I don't care!"
I do not care about their opinion

I won't twist in knots to join your game
I will not contort myself to fit in with your plans

I will say, "you make me mad"
I will express my anger

And if you treat me bad
And if you treat me poorly

I'll say "you're bad"
I will tell you that you are a bad person

And if I eat alone from this moment on
And if I dine by myself from now on

That's just what I'll do
I am fine with it

'Cause I'd rather be me
Because I prefer being myself

I'd rather be me
I would rather be myself

I'd rather be me than be with you
I would rather be alone than be with you

We're supposed to all be ladies
We are expected to act like proper women

And be nurturing and care
And be caring and compassionate

Is that really fair?
Is that truly equitable?

Boys get to fight, we have to share
Boys are allowed to brawl while we have to cooperate

Here's the way that turns out
This is the outcome of that approach

We always understand
We comprehend very well

How to slap someone down
How to humiliate someone

With our underhand
Secretly and covertly

So here's my right finger
So here is my right middle finger

To how girls should behave
To how girls are expected to act

'Cause sometimes what's meant to break you
Because sometimes what is meant to shatter you

Makes you brave
Makes you courageous

So I will not act all innocent
So I will not pretend to be naive

I won't fake apologize
I will not falsely say sorry

Let's just fight and then make up, not tell these lies
Let's argue and reconcile honestly, without deception

Let's call our damage even
Let's consider our harm equitable

Clean the slate till it's like new
Start anew without any burden of the past

It's a new life for me
It is a fresh beginning for myself

Where I'd rather be me
Where I prefer being myself

I'd rather be me
I would rather be myself

I'd rather be me than be with you
I would rather be alone than be with you

I'll say, no (No!)
I will say no with emphasis

I'll say, knock it off, with your notes and your rules and your games
I will tell you to stop with your strict instructions and regulations

And those sycophants who follow you, I'll remember all their names
And I will keep a list of all your followers who are insincere flatterers

And when they drag you down like they inevitably do
And when they inevitably bring you down

I will not laugh along with them
I will not join them in mocking you

And approve their palace coup
And allow them to take over your throne

'Cause that's not me
Because that is not who I am

(Janis Janis Janis Janis)
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I don't need their good opinions
I do not require their favourable views

I have plenty of opinions
I have an abundant amount of ideas

Everybody has opinions but it doesn't make them true
Everyone has an opinion, but it is not necessarily accurate

What's true is being me
What is genuine is being myself

And I'd rather be me
And I prefer being myself

I'd rather be me than be with you
I would rather be alone than be with you

So raise them high 'cause playing nice and shy is insulting my IQ
So raise your middle fingers high because acting polite and bashful is offensive to my intelligence

I'd rather be me (I'd rather be me)
I prefer being myself

I'd rather be me (I'd rather be me)
I prefer being myself

I'd rather be me than be with you!
I would rather be alone than be with you