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I Refuse by Simple Plan

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Simple Plan

I Refuse

Release date: 19th February 2016

From Taking One for the Team
Track 7
3:19
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About This Track

'I Refuse' by Simple Plan is a pop track from the album 'Taking One for the Team', released in 2016. The lyrics respond to rejection with anger and defiance, pushing back at the idea of being dismissed as “wrong” and insisting on standing up for yourself, even as you are told to disappear and conform to stereotypes.

"I Refuse" is a track by Simple Plan, from the album Taking One for the Team, released 19th February 2016. The track is 3:19 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Simple Plan.

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Simple Plan

Simple Plan

Lyrics

I Refuse

(Whoa, whoa, whoa-oh-whoa)
(Whoa, whoa, whoa-oh-whoa)
Stop being such a freak
Nobody wants you here
That's what they said to me
There's something wrong with you
Why don't you disappear
That's what they said to me
Why should we all be stereotypes
Why don't we all
Just stand up and fight
In my blood, in my veins
In my heart
I know what's right for me
(So I refuse)
To apologize for who I am
(And I refuse)
To ever let somebody say I can't
I refuse, I refuse, I refuse
I refuse, I refuse, I refuse
(So I refuse)
To let the words you say get to me
(And I refuse)
To keep on suffering quietly
I refuse, I refuse, I refuse
I refuse, I refuse, I refuse
(So I refuse)
(Whoa, whoa, whoa-oh-whoa)
So I refuse
(Whoa, whoa, whoa-oh-whoa)
You'll never make it far
You're just a hopeless case
That's what they said to me
How can I make it clear
You're just a big mistake
That's what they said to me
You don't control me
This is my life
When will you wake up
And open your eyes
In my blood, in my veins
In my heart
I know what's right for me
(So I refuse)
To apologize for who I am
(And I refuse)
To ever let somebody say I can't
I refuse, I refuse, I refuse
I refuse, I refuse, I refuse
(So I refuse)
To let the words you say get to me
(And I refuse)
To keep on suffering quietly
I refuse, I refuse, I refuse
I refuse, I refuse, I refuse
No matter what you think
You won't decide my fate
I can do anything
No matter what you say
'Cause in my blood, in my veins
In my heart
I know what's right for me
(So I refuse)
To apologize for who I am
(And I refuse)
To ever let somebody say I can't
I refuse, I refuse, I refuse
I refuse, I refuse, I refuse
(So I refuse)
To let the words you say get to me
(And I refuse)
To keep on suffering quietly
I refuse, I refuse, I refuse
I refuse, I refuse, I refuse
So I refuse
(Whoa, whoa, whoa-oh-whoa)
So I refuse
(Whoa, whoa)

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Track details

From Taking One for the Team

3:192016
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Taking One for the Team
Taking One for the Team
Simple Plan
19th February 2016
Track number
7
Release year
2016
  1. 1Opinion Overload
    3:19
  2. 2Boom!
    3:10
  3. 3Kiss Me Like Nobody's Watching
    3:23
  4. 4Farewell
    3:21

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Chuck Comeau, Pierre Bouvier
    Producer
    Howard Benson
    Drums
    Chuck Comeau
    Guitar
    Jeff Stinco, Sébastien Lefebvre
    Keyboards
    Jonny Litten, Lenard Skolnik
    Vocals
    Pierre Bouvier
    Additional Background Vocals
    Chady Awad, Chuck Comeau, David Desrosiers, Jeff Stinco, Jonny Litten, Lenard Skolnik, Melanie Joy Fontana, Myah Marie, Pierre Bouvier, Sébastien Lefebvre, Sid Tipton
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Scott Skrzynski
    Assistant Recording Engineer
    Chris Bousquet, Wendell Teague
    Background Vocals
    David Desrosiers, Sébastien Lefebvre
    Bass Guitar
    David Desrosiers
    Digital Audio Editor
    Paul DeCarli
    Mastering Engineer
    Chris Gehringer
    Mixing Engineer
    Neal Avron
    Organ
    Howard Benson
    Programmer
    Jonny Litten, Lenard Skolnik
    Recording Engineer
    Hatsukazu Inagaki, Mike Plotnikoff
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