Now I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation You're living in the past, it's a new generation And a girl can do what she wants to do And that's what I'm gonna do And I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation Whoa no (no no no no no no) Not me (me me me me me me) And I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation I never said I wanted to improve my station And I'm only feelin' good when I'm havin' fun And I don't have to please no one And I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation Whoa no (no no no no no no) Not me (me me me me me me) Whoa no (no no no no no no) Not me (me me me me me me) And I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation I've never been afraid of any deviation And I don't really care If I'm strange I ain't gonna change And I'm never gonna care 'bout my bad reputation Whoa no (no no no no no no) Not me (me me me me me me) Whoa no (no no no no no no) Not me (me me me me me me) Break it down! And I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation The world's in trouble, there's no communication And everyone can say what they want to say It never gets better anyway So why should I care 'bout a bad reputation Anyway Whoa no (no no no no no no) Not me (me me me me me me) Whoa no (no no no no no no) Not me (me me me me me me) Whoa no (no no no no no no) Not me (me me me me me me) Whoa no (no no no no no no) Not me (me me me me me me)

I like to live a little I like to drink a little I like to smoke a little I like the rush a little Misunderstood a little We're all the same, a little Some were just born to be bad I got it bad, bad, bad Don't tell me what I should do or say 'Cause I wanna do it my own way I don't give a fuck what you think, what you say I got a bad reputation I got it bad, bad, bad I got a bad reputation And I got it bad, bad, bad I rolled the dice a little I let it ride a little Out of my mind a little I'm like a lion, I'm chained I like the finer things Sipping on wine, I'm singing I was just born to be bad I got it bad, bad, bad Don't tell me what I should do or say 'Cause I wanna do it my own way I don't give a fuck what you think, what you say I got a bad reputation I got it bad, bad, bad I got a bad reputation And I got it bad, bad, bad And I got it bad, bad, bad And I got it bad, bad, bad I got it bad, bad, bad Don't tell me what I should do or say 'Cause I wanna do it my own way I don't give a fuck what you think, what you say I got a bad reputation Don't tell me what I should do or say 'Cause I wanna do it my own way I really don't care what you think, what you say I got a bad reputation I got it bad, bad, bad I got a bad reputation And I got it bad, bad, bad I got a bad reputation (Don't tell me what I should do or say) I got it bad, bad, bad ('Cause I wanna do it my own way) I got it bad reputation (I really don't care what you think) I got it bad, bad, bad (What you say) I got a bad, bad, bad

I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation You're living in the past, it's a new generation A girl can do what she wants to do And that's what I'm gonna do And I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation Oh no, not me I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation Never said I wanted to improve my station And I'm only doing good when I'm havin' fun And I don't have to please no one And I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation Oh no, not me Oh no, not me I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation I've never been afraid of any deviation And I don't really care if ya think I'm strange I ain't gonna change And I'm never gonna care 'bout my bad reputation Oh no, not me Oh no, not me And I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation The world's in trouble, there's no communication And everyone can say what they want to say It never gets better anyway So why should I care 'bout a bad reputation anyway? Oh no, not me Oh no, not me I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation You're living in the past, it's a new generation And I only feel good when I got no pain And that's how I'm gonna stay And I don't give a damn 'bout a bad reputation Oh no, not me Oh no, not me Oh no, not me

She got a bad reputation She takes the long way home And all of my friends seen her naked Or so the story goes Mistakes we all make them But they won't, let it go, oh no 'Cause she's got a bad reputation But I know what they don't And I don't care what they, say about you baby They don't know what you've been through Trust me I could be the one to, treat you like a lady Let me see, what's underneath All I need is you She got a bad reputation Nobody gets too close A sight of a soul when it's breakin' Makin' my heart grow cold And into the deeper she's sinkin' I'm beggin' her please, don't let go She's got a bad reputation But she's all that... all I want though And I don't care what they, say about you baby They don't know what you've been through Trust me I could be the one to, treat you like a lady Let me see, what's underneath All I need is you Nobody knows the way that I know her, said Nobody knows the weight that's on her shoulders, said Nobody knows the way that I know her, said She got it bad, she got it bad Nobody knows the way that I know her, said Nobody knows the weight that's on her shoulders, said Nobody knows the way that I know her, said She got it bad, she got it bad And I don't care what they, say about you baby They don't know what you've been through Trust me I could be the one to, treat you like a lady Let me see, what's underneath All I need is you And I don't care what they, say about you baby They don't know what you've been through Trust me I could be the one to, treat you like a lady Let me see, what's underneath All I need is you She got a bad reputation She takes the long way home

I know I got a bad reputation And it isn't just talk, talk, talk If I could only give you everything You know I haven't got I couldn't have one conversation If it wasn't for the lies, lies, lies And still I want to tell you everything 'Til I close my eyes Suddenly I'm on the street Seven years disappear below my feet Been breaking down Do you want me now? Do you want me now? Suddenly I'm down in Herald Square Looking in the crowd, your face is everywhere Been turning 'round Do you want me now? Do you want me now? Don't try to be an inspiriation Just wasting your time, time, time You know about the best I'll ever be See it in your eyes I know I got a bad reputation And it isn't just talk, talk, talk If I could only give you everything You know I haven't got Suddenly I'm on the street Seven years disappear below my feet Been breaking down Do you want me now? Do you want me now? Suddenly I'm in another place Looking in the crowd, I think I see your face Been turning 'round Do you want me now? Do you want me now? (down, down, down) Do you want me now? Do you want me now? (down, down, down) Do you want me now? Do you want me now? Don't you think I've heard the talk? Nobody's gonna tell me who to love Been breaking down Do you want me now? Do you want me now? Suddenly I'm down on Herald Square Looking in the crowd, your face is everywhere Just turning 'round Do you want me now? Do you want me now? Been breaking down Do you want me now? Do you want me now? I'm just breaking down, down, down, down Been breaking down, down, down, down Been breaking down, down, down, down Been breaking down, down, down, down Been breaking down, down, down, down

"Vipassana is a science of mind and matter How the mind is influencing the body And later, how the body is influencing the mind" Yesterday? Forget it Tomorrow is? Nada The present is right here, through the breath, watch it Atheist Jesus piece, hangin' on a cross We sit and discuss God on lawn chairs About how we got here What it is, what it isn't, shit Fate versus faith, scrimmaging with coincidence Leave out the marketing, hold up on the business end Focus on the genuine, and everything else, you can shed the skin I was a couple moves away from being dead In that ER overdosing, eyes bleeding red I fell in love, made an album, got a buzz Lost it all, sobered up, and guess what? Now we meet again And now I'm back, finally just laughin' Expectations are resentments waiting to happen Studying the dharma, karma, vipassana practice Bahá'u'lláh, Buddha, God, to the mountaintop and I'm traveling Learning, yes, reflecting on what matters People, impermanence, lack of attachments It's space and time, a couple of man-made distractions The measure of a spirit that no human can ever capture Church, this booth is my Vatican I don't control life, but I can control how I react to it Student of the breath, brick beats and balancin' Desire versus truth until I finally find happiness I was put here to do something before I'm lying in that casket I'd be lying on the beat if I said I didn't know what that is The world's a stage and we play a character, I found him It took me 20-something years and a bunch of shitty soundchecks I'm not gonna be content 'til I find gratitude Regardless of my sales or the record deals they're handing you If the next generation takes our legacy and samples you We'll have a bunch of mp3s and misled kids to pass 'em to I use my veins to create the color I paint from Delve into self 'til my heart becomes my paint brush I told my mama I'm not stoppin' 'til my name's up Thinking those comments on that blog is gonna save us Searchin' for everything but God to validate you Get insecure and then we start blaming the haters Used to look to women to fill a part of me that was vacant Truth, the only thing that I ever used in moderation So I stare into this paper instead of sitting at a cubicle Take all the ugly shit inside and try to make it beautiful Use the cement from rock bottom and make it musical So the people can relate to where I've been Where I'm going, what I've seen, what I've heard From the guts, fuck the glory Just a person on a porch putting it all into recording Many in my past and many that came before me I just keep walkin' my path and blessed to share my story

Could we take this life a little slower than we used to Than we used to Are my eyes More like story tellers of what's past Are my eyes The triggers of a story that won't last Feels in the path of a past storm Emotions of the past got me transformed You're back in the game but summer is over Warn me when the water is getting warmer Could we take this life a little slower than we used to Than we used to Please don't open This old folder Files unspoken So much colder Chills in my back give me fevers Those pictures of the past, is it over? Placed me in a frame, summer is colder Warn me when your skin is getting warmer Can we live this life a little closer like we used to Than we used to Can you open This new folder Files unwritten Let me write them