I don't care about things 'cause they don't care about me My skin's a lot thicker than you'd think it'd be And I don't need nothing to tie me down I don't need no one to care should I leave town I saw the way they looked and I heard them laugh They couldn't wait to talk until I turned my back Well I won't be that bitter taste in their mouths So I ain't never going back to your family's house Waking up for the first time Is when you don't stop running at the finish line Some things in life they stay the same And they are usually the things we'd wish would change So I won't search for strength in someone else Cause I can pat my own back by myself Waking up for the first time Is when you don't stop running at the finish line Waking up for the first time Is when you don't stop running at the finish line I won't worry about the roof that ain't over my head Hell I'd rather sleep out under these stars instead And all the money in the world couldn't buy me back Ah, the Lord knows I'm too proud for that Waking up for the first time Is when you don't stop running at the finish line Waking up for the first time Is when you don't stop running at the finish line