I'm not the fool you thought I would be
Put on my boots
Pulled up my roots
Bit through my leash
And set myself free
Those ain't my rules
I'm not confused
Whatever they say about me
All their sticks and stones
Whatever they say about me
Is never what the mirror shows
I'm not the tool they want you to see
They're over there
Pretending to care
They make a mess
And you clean it for free
They shake their fists and
Kids slit their wrists
Whatever they say about me
All that shit they throw
Whatever they say about me
Is never what the future holds
Why
They tryin to give me grief
I'm just doing what they told me
And tellin you my story
If I'm
Swaying your belief
Meet me out the side door
We'll take back the dreams they sold you for
You say, I say
They say, we say
Everybody else say
You say, I say
They say, we say
Everything is hearsay
Watch out for who you
Choose to believe
Sometimes a truce
Is just a noose
So, whatever they say about me
Still gunna give 'em hell
Whatever they say about me
Its only cuz they hate themselves
Why
You gettin in my face
Sent a letter to my daddy
And it made him kinda happy
So I'm
Here to put you in your place
It's true that I sold my soul
To peace and love and rock and roll
So
You say I say
They say we say
Everybody else say
You say I say
They say we say
Everything is hearsay
You say I say
They say we say
Everybody else say
You say I say
They say we say
Everything is hearsay
Whatever they say about me
Everything is hearsay
Whatever they say about me
Everything is hearsay
Whatever they say about me
Everything is hearsay
Whatever they say about me
Everything is
Everything is hearsay!