[00:08.02]verse 1]
[00:14.30]I know just who I be, I know just what I need
[00:21.53]Don't need no sympathy, I just wanna live my life
[00:27.01]cause life is so beautiful in my eyes
[00:35.92]I love the birds and bees all in the summer breeze
[00:40.35]Or chillin' at the beach, I love to enjoy my life
[00:45.96]Leave your stress and troubles behind
[00:51.04]chorus]
[00:54.38]That's the way I am and I don't give a damn
[00:58.31]If you really don't understand, cause I'm payin' my own rent
[01:03.14]And I never ask for sympathy
[01:05.59]All I wanna know's if you're down with me
[01:08.26]So don't misunderstand, cause that's just the way I am
[01:13.85]verse 2]
[01:15.73]I know what's family, I know what's loyalty
[01:19.30]I know just how it feels for someone to love you right
[01:24.16]Cause life's so beautiful in my eyes
[01:34.49]I love expensive things, champagne and diamond rings
[01:39.05]But life without these things
[01:41.14]Is still a wonderful life, just be thankful you're alive
[01:49.07]chorus]
[01:52.92]That's the way I am and I don't give a damn
[01:56.48]If you really don't understand, cause I'm payin' my own rent
[02:01.73]And I never ask for sympathy
[02:03.69]All I wanna know's if you're down with me
[02:07.08]So don't misunderstand, cause that's just the way I am
[02:12.97]bridge]
[02:13.37]I'm gonna live the way I live
[02:19.78]Enjoy my life, live positive
[02:24.53]And help someone who ask
[02:28.01]It's time well spend
[02:30.46]'Cause that's the way that I am
[02:33.09]That's the way I am and I don't give a damn
[02:37.84]That's the way I am and I don't give a damn
[02:42.35]That's the way I am and I don't give a damn
[02:47.22]chorus]
[02:51.80]That's the way I am and I don't give a damn
[02:55.86]If you really don't understand, cause I'm payin' my own rent
[03:00.55]And I never ask for sympathy
[03:03.09]All I wanna know's if you're down with me
[03:05.84]So don't misunderstand, cause that's just the way I am
[03:10.90]chorus]
[03:11.12]That's the way I am and I don't give a damn
[03:14.64]If you really don't understand, cause I'm payin' my own rent
[03:19.46]And I never ask for sympathy
[03:21.87]All I wanna know's if you're down with me
[03:24.72]So don't misunderstand, cause that's just the way I am