I don't wanna be I ain't gotta be I ain't gonna be And I don't even care I don't wanna be I ain't gotta be I ain't gonna be And I don't even care
[Verse 1: Jean Grae] I mean, uh huh, yeah I guess I could be what you wanted from me If I was runnin' from me If I wasn't honest But see, when I was little I made up a promise Or wait, rather a premise And that just prefaced everything I've never been embedded in a mass cause, wait Let me think back, nah I think I said it right I never considered this like a bed of feisty The man I'm just better writer than a diva I mean, I am a better writer than I'd be a diva Not aesthetically either and I don't think of it evil, air quotes The people and their folks need a hero And a villain But I'm both and neither Dare most to reveal all the feelings In the ether With the glass jar Her with the thin skin Her with the mask on My kid decision was living this With the mask off My middle finger cast off I'ma leave the mask off So fuck y'all
[Chorus: Macy Gray & Jean Grae] I don't wanna be (and I don't wanna be) I ain't gotta be (I never gotta be) I ain't gonna be (Uh uh) And I don't even care (I don't even care) I don't wanna be (I never wanna be) I ain't gotta be (I never gotta be) I ain't gonna be (Uh uh) And I don't even care (La, la, la-la, la)
[Verse 2: Jean Grae] Yeah It's not the censorship Ten percent some mental shit Ninety percent, the emphasis It's just I don't care I won't wear most of the clothes You hoes wear And I won't go to most of the shows I don't fare Being solo with scotch And yelling YOLO with a spare glass Toasting to myself and the ghost of my past And glaring at Cookie cutters over sharing I'm over caring You could find me over here And it's apparent That
[Chorus: Macy Gray & Jean Grae]
[Bridge: Macy Gray] Hey When you're lookin' my way You'll be lookin' in space Cause I am I'm so outta here I'm so outta here Love I only do it my way And when they see me, they beg Cause I am I'm so outta here I'm so outta here
[Outro: Macy Gray & Jean Grae] Hey (I don't wanna be) When you're lookin' my way (I ain't gotta be) You'll be lookin' in space (I ain't gonna be) Cause I am (And I don't even care) I'm so outta here I'm so outta here Love Cause I'm so outta here I'm so outta here You'll be lookin' in space And I'm gonna do it my way Cause I'm so outta here I'm so outta here We so outta here I don't really care I don't really care