I had a love and I had pain   Best believe they come hand in hand   Cause I’m a soldier for the love brigade   I’m prepared to do battle with anything      I have control of my life you see   Let’s keep it real not to make believe   I won't get caught with my foot in my mouth   And I won't let love take me out      I have the power to do as I please   I take the blows and I do it with ease   I dish it out very hard there's no doubt   And I won't let love take me out      I had to be a fool indeed   To let someone break me down to my knees   I was reckless with my heart you see   There’s no rule for that in my world and yet that's plan      Say bye bye to the teary brown eyes   And the big sad face    With an upside down smile   It’s so beneath me, it's so beneath      Say bye bye to the meaningless days   And the loneliest nights   Just wasting my mind   It’s so beneath me it can't control me      I have control of my life you see   Let’s keep it real not to make believe   I won't get caught with my foot in my mouth   And I won't let love take me out      I have the power to do as I please   I take the blows and I do it with ease   I dish it out very hard there's no doubt   And I won't let love take me out      I have control of my life you see   Let’s keep it real not to make believe   I won't get caught with my foot in my mouth   And I won't let love take me out      I have the power to do as I please   I take the blows and I do it with ease   I dish it out very hard there's no doubt   And I won't let love take me out      Won’t take me out, won't take me out   Won’t take me out, won't take me out   Won’t take me out, won't take me out   Me out, me out, me out      Time to rise, time to shine   Never again cause I decline   To be a victim of a broken heart   Cause I found the goddess in me   And now I leave my mark      I have control of my life you see   Let’s keep it real not to make believe   I won't get caught with my foot in my mouth   And I won't let love take me out      I have the power to do as I please   I take the blows and I do it with ease   I dish it out very hard there's no doubt   And I won't let love take me out      Repeat x3         I have the power to do as I please   I won't let it take me out   I dish it out very hard there's no doubt   And I won't let love take me out