Oooh I'm so happy that I'm
Livin' my life

I never knew what I went through
But hoped everything'd turn out right

I'm rememberin' the days that I was holdin' my head down
When people came around I always pretended to smile

But I knew
Deep in my heart

That I was slowly
Fallin apart

Some days
All I wanted
Was to hold my mother's hand
And hear her say
"Baby...
You're gonna make it"
Over and over again
So I
And I been livin' my life for quite some time
And I'm
So glad I made it this far
And
Nothin' gonna bring me back down
And
Nothin' gonna turn me around

And I been livin' my life for quite some time
And I'm
So glad I made it this far
And
Nothin' gonna bring me back down
And
Nothin' gonna turn me around
Don't want nobody to think
It was easy for me

It took a while just to get down

Too many people just didn't believe

I'm remembering the sacrifices that I had to make

I would cry myself to sleep and say that it would be ok

But I knew
That if I prayed

That I would be on my way someday

Some times
All I wanted
Was to hear my father say

He would say
"Baby...
You're gonna make it
And I don't care what people say"
So I'm
And I been livin' my life for quite some time
And I'm
So glad I made it this far
And
Nothin' gonna bring me back down
And
Nothin' gonna turn me around
And I been livin' my life for quite some time
And I'm
So glad I made it this far
And
Nothin' gonna bring me back down
And
Nothin' gonna turn me around

Oh I want the world to see

Everything that's happened to me
I went from goin' out my mind
To always on time
And I am no longer a fool

Since my days are cold without you
And I'm so
Happy
Baby baby babe
Said I'm so
Happy

Baby baby babe
And I been livin' my life for quite some time
And I'm
So glad I made it this far
And
Nothin' gonna bring me back down
And
Nothin' gonna turn me around
And I been livin' my life for quite some time
And I'm so glad I made it this far
And
Nothin' gonna bring me back down
And
Nothin' gonna turn me around