While I'm Alive

[Chorus] If I can't be me Who do you want me to be? 'Cause if you can't see beyond your gaze You don't phase me and I don't trust you anyway 'Cause running through life, I figured out time Don't wait for no one, so while I'm alive, I'ma just be me Whoever that ends up being [Verse 1] Don't say I'm too loud when I cry out what I've held inside I wanna know why they tried to take me and bury me alive 'Cause who am I to think that I have a right? Or decide to know what I need, right? It's in the way, I talk and walk away From what you made me [Chorus] If I can't be me Who do you want me to bе? 'Cause if you can't see beyond your gaze You don't phasе me and I don't trust you anyway 'Cause running through life, I figured out time Don't wait for no one So while I'm alive, I'ma just be me Whoever that ends up being [Verse 2] And I know this is all too familiar Feel the motive behind all that fake love I can't take all these unsolicited opinions Go ahead and be the scared ones Either way, I'll get it done I've been told I'm too much Too proud, too cruel Too wild, difficult to be around With too much to say Never in the right way So, what's the right way? [Chorus] If I can't be me Who do you want me to be? (Who do you want me to be?) 'Cause if you can't see beyond your gaze You don't phase me and I don't trust you anyway 'Cause runnin' through life, I figured out time Don't wait for no one So while I'm alive, I'ma just be me (I'ma just be me, yeah) Whoever that ends up being (Yeah) [Guitar Instrumental] [Chorus] If I can't be me Who do you want me to be? (Who do you want me to be?) 'Cause if you can't see beyond your gaze You don't phase me and I don't trust you anyway 'Cause runnin' through life, I figured out time Don't wait for no one So while I'm alive, I'ma just be me (I'ma just be me) Whoever that ends up being