This may come as shocking news   I don't wanna be like you   I'm not afraid of standing out   Don't belong in a crowd      I dont act like I'm all that   don't think I'm better   then you are   Still you wanna hassle me   just 'cause   I'm following my heart   I've tried to fit in what    other people think that   I should be   but now I found the only way    to make me truly happy      So many ways to go   I choose to use my own   and you don't have to understand   because it's up to me alone   and you can't change   the way I am      Just a girl showing off    is what you see   I just do what's right for me   wont imitate anyone else   you be them, I'll be myself      Don't get me wrong   'cause I have respect   how other people choose   how to live their lives but I   deserve that respect too, oh      So many ways to go   I choose to use my own   and you don't have to understand   because it's up to me alone   and you can't change   the way I am      oh oh    oh oh      Just a girl is what you say   showing off but you just wait   you aint seen yet just what    I have got   no no no   just a girl is what you heard   showing off but you're so wrong   you ain't seen yet just what    I have got (what I have got)      So many ways to go   I choose to use my own   and you dont have to understand   because it's up to me alone   and you can't change   the way I am      You can't change the way I am   oh no   you can't change the way I am