Spoken: 
You can say what you want about me 
Wanna do what you want to me 
But you can not stop me 

Verse 1: 
I've been knocked down 
It's a crazy town 
Even got a punch in the face in LA 
Ain't nothing in the world that you keep 
me from doing what I wanna do 
'Cause I'm too proud, I'm too strong 
Life by the code that you gotta move on 
Feeling sorry for yourself
ain't got nobody nowhere
so I... 

CHORUS: 
(Held my head high) 
Knew I (Knew I survive) 
Well I made it (I made it) 
I don't hate it (Don't hate it) 
That's just you and the way it goes 
Yeah 
I done made it through 
Stand on my own two 
I paid my dues, yeah 
Tried to hold me down 
You can't stop me now 
I paid my dues 

Spoken: 
So like I told you
You cannot stop me 
I paid my dues 

Verse 2: 
Now I'm still trusted every day 
people try to mess with Anastacia 
gotta nothing in common 
cause I handle mine 
and I thought I better let you know 
I'm no punk I can't get down 
I don't give a damn about who's around 
that was just fine 'til now 
So I... 

CHORUS: 
(Held my head high) 
Knew I (Knew I survive) 
Well I made it (I made it) 
Oahh (Don't hate it) 
That's just the way it goes 
Yeah 
I done made it through 
Stand on my own two 
I paid my dues 
Yeah yeah 
Tried to hold me down 
you can't stop me now 
I paid my dues, yeah 
yeah yeah yeah 

VERSE 3: 
Took so long to get me here (here) 
But I won't live in fear (fear) 
You try to steal my shine (shine) 
But first they wanna build you up (up) 
Then they tear you down (down) 
It's a struggle, you try to bubble 
so I... 

CHORUS 
(Held my head high) 
Knew I (Knew I survive) 
Oahh (I made it) 
(Don't hate it) 
Said that's - just - the - wayyyyy 

(I done made it through) 
(Stand on my own two) 
I said I paid my, I paid my dues 
Yeahhhhh 
(Tried to hold me down) 
But you can't stop me now (you can't stop me now) 
(I paid my dues) I paid my, paid my dues 
(I done made it through) oahhh 
(Stand on my own two) oh 
(I paid my dues) I paid my, I paid my dues 
yeahh (Tried to hold me down) 
But you can't stop me now (you can't stop me now) 
(I paid my dues) I paid my dues