Spoken:

I need time (time)

(love)

Joy (joy)

I need space

I need me



(Action!)



Say hello to the girl that I am

You're gonna have to see
Through my perspective

I need to make mistakes just to learn who I am

And I don't wanna be so damn protected


There must be another way

Cause I believe in taking chances

But who am I to say

What a girl is to do

God, I need some answers



What am I to do with my life

(You will find out don't worry)

How am I supposed to know what's right?

(Just got to do it your way)

I can't help the way I feel

But my life has been so overprotected



I tell 'em what I like

What I won't

What I don't

But every time I do
I stand corrected

Things that I've known

I can't believe what I hear about the world, I realize

I'm Overprotected



There must be another way

Cause I believe in taking chances

But who am I to say

What a girl is to do

God I need some answers



What am I to do with my life

(You will find out don't worry)

How am I supposed to know what's right?

(Just got to do it your way)

I can't help the way I feel

But my life has been so overprotected



I need time (love)

I need space

(This is it, this is it)



I don't need nobody tellin' me just what I wanna

What I want,
What, what I'm gonna (I need)

Do about my destiny

I say no, no

Nobody tell me just what I wanna (do, do)
I'm so fed up with people telling me to be

Someone else but me



(Action!)



What am I to do with my life

(You will find out don't worry)

How am I supposed to know what's right?

(Just got to do it your way)

I can't help the way I feel

But my life has been so overprotected



I don't need nobody tellin' me just what I wanna

What I want,
What, what I'm gonna

Do about my destiny

I say no, no

Nobody tell me just what I wanna (do, do)
I'm so fed up with people telling me to be

Someone else but me



What am I to do with my life

(You will find out don't worry)

How am I supposed to know what's right?

(Just got to do it your way)

I can't help the way I feel

But my life has been so over...protected.