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Artist: MARINA
Canonical path: /marina-and-the-diamonds/cruel-rule
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Cruel Rule
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Cruel Rule
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Rolling hard with my best friend
I love myself tonight
Blazing, clear-cut confidence
We’ve only got one life
I’m livin’, I’m livin’, I’m livin’ by nobodies’ rules
So don’t you take me for a fool
‘Cause I’m a million dollar jewel
I live my life fearlessly
So come and roll with me, roll with me
I’m ready for the revolution
And you don’t get to tell me who to be, to be
I’m an independent woman
And I’m the one who decides that I’m free, I’m free
Of cruel rule
Cruel rule
I can look you dead in the eye
And hope to God you die
I don’t wanna see my friends
Go down ‘cause of your lies
I’m living, I’m living, I’m living by nobody's rules
So don’t you take me for a fool
‘Cause I’m a million dollar jewel
I live my life fearlessly
So come and roll with me, roll with me
I’m ready for the revolution
And you don’t get to tell me who to be, to be
I’m an independent woman
And I’m the one who decides that I’m free, I’m free
Of cruel rule
Cruel rule
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