[spoken:] I need time (time) Love (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 it out don't worry) How am I supposed to know what's right? (you 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 want What I don't But every time I do I stand corrected Things that I've been told 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 it out don't worry) How am I supposed to know what's right? (you 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's Tellin me just what I wanna What I what what what I'm gonna Do about my destiny I say no, no Nobody's telling me just what what 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 it out don't worry) How am I supposed to know what's right? (you 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's Tellin me just what I wanna What I what what what I'm gonna Do about my destiny I say no, no Nobody's telling 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 it out don't worry) How am I supposed to know what's right? (you just got to do it your way) I can't help the way I feel But my life has been so overprotected