Can’t Take That Away (Mariah’s Theme) [Live at VH1 Divas 2000]

[Spoken Intro]

I wrote this song for everybody going through any type of adversity

Any sort of struggle, any kind of pain

This is for you

Mmm, mmm, mmm-mmm, mmm

Oh, oh, ooh-woah

[Verse 1]

They, they can say anything they want to say

Try to bring me down, but I will not allow

Anyone to succeed hanging clouds over me

And they, they can try hard to make me feel

That I don't matter at all

But I refuse to falter in what I believe

Or lose faith in my dreams

[Chorus]

'Cause there's

There's a light in me

That shines brightly

They can try

But they can't take that away from me

[Post-Chorus]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no

They

[Verse 2]

Oh, they

They can do anything they want to you

If you let thеm in, but they won't ever win

If you cling to your pridе and just push them aside

See, I

I have learned there's an inner peace I own

Something in my soul that they cannot possess

So I won't be afraid and the darkness will fade

[Chorus]

'Cause there's

There's a light in me

That shines brightly

Yes, they can try

But they can't take that away from me

[Bridge]

No

They can't take this

Precious love I'll always have inside me

Certainly (Certainly the Lord)

The Lord will guide me (He will guide me where I need to go)

Where I need to go

[Verse 3]

Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh, oh, woah, oh-oh, oh, they can say

Say anything they want, want to say

Try to break me down, but I won't face the ground

I will rise steadily sailing out of their reach

Oh, Lord, they do try

Hard to make me feel that I don't matter at all

But I refuse to falter in what I believe

Or lose faith in my dreams

[Chorus]

'Cause there's (There's) a light in me (A light)

That shines brightly, yes

They can try

But they can't take that away from me

[Post-Chorus]

Not from me

Never gonna take it

They ain't never gonna take it away

Mm-hmm