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Artist: New Edition
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My prerogative
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My prerogative
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Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live
I don't need permission
Made my own decisions
That's my prerogative
They say I'm crazy
I really don't care
That's my prerogative
They say I'm nasty
But I don't give a damn
Gettin' girls is how I live
Some ask the question
Why can't I stay real
But they don't understand me
They really don't know the deal
About my brother trying hard to make it right
Not long ago before I really despised
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live
(Tell me why)
I don't need permission
Made my own decisions
That's my prerogative
(It's my prerogative)
It's my prerogative
It's the way that I wanna live
(It's my prerogative)
I can do just what I feel
(It's my prerogative)
Nobody can tell me what to do
(It's my prerogative)
Cause what I'm doin'
I'm doin' for you
Don't get me wrong
I'm really not a sook
Ego trips is not my thing
All these strange relationships
Really gets me down
I see nothin wrong
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live
(Tell me why)
I don't need permission
Made my own decisions
That's my prerogative
(It's my prerogative)
I can do what I want to do
(It's my prerogative)
I can live my life
(It's my prerogative)
I keep doing it just for you
Just tell me, tell me
Why can't I live my life
Without the all of the things people say
I can do what I want to do
Me and you
Together, together, together
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live
(Why don't they just let me live)
I don't need permission
Made my own decisions
That's my prerogative
[Repeat and fade]
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