Get busy Everybody's talking all this stuff about me [(now now)] Why don't they just let me live? [(ooh)] I don't need permission, make my own decisions [(oh)] That's my prerogative They say I'm crazy I really don't care That's my prerogative They say I'm nasty But I don't give a damn Gettin' girls is how I live Some messy questions Why am I so real? But they don't undersand me Or really don't know the deal About a brother Trying hard to make it right Not long ago Before I win this fight, sing! Everybody's talking all this stuff about me Why don't they just let me live? [(tell me why)] I don't need permission, make my own decisions [(oh)] That's my prerogative [(It's my prerogative)] It's my prerogative It's the way that I wanna live [(It's my prerogative)] I can do just what I feel [(It's my prerogative)] No one can tell me what to do [(It's my prerogative)] 'Cause what I'm doing, I'm doing for you Don't get me wrong I'm really not souped Egotrips is not my thing All these strange relationships Really gets me down I see nothing wrong In spreading myself around, sing Everybody's talking all this stuff about me Why don't they just let me live? (tell me why) I don't need (I don't need) permission, make my own decisions (my own decisions) That's my prerogative (It's my prerogative) It's my prerogative I can do what I wanna do [(It's my prerogative)] I can live my life [(It's my prerogative)] And I'm doing it just for you [(It's my prerogative)] Tell me, tell me Why can't I live my life [(live my life)] Without all of the things that people say? Yo, Teddy kick it like this Oh, no, no I can do what I wanna do Me and you Together, together, together, together, together Everybody's talking (everybody's talking) all this stuff about me Why don't they just let me live? (Why don't they just let me live?) I don't need permission, make my own decisions That's my prerogative Everybody's talking all this stuff about me (everybody's talking) Why don't they just let me live? I don't need permission, make my own decisions That's my prerogative What is this a blizzard That I can't have money in pocket and people not talk about me? This world is a trip, I don't know what's goin' on these days Got this person over here talkin' 'bout me Hey, listen this is my prerogative, I can do what I want to I made this money, you didn't Right, Ted? We outta here It's my, it's my, it's my, it's my My, my, my, my, my, my, my It's my prerogative It's my prerogative, can't you see baby doll