I decide

Lindsay Lohan

Don't think that you can tell me what to think
I'm the one who knows what's good for me
And I'm stating my independence
Gonna take the road I'm gonna take
And I'm gonna make my own mistakes
It's my life

I decide
I decide how I live
I decide who I love
The choice is mine
And no one gets to make my mind up
I decide
I decide where I go
What I need, who I know
I'm the one who's running my life
I decide
I decide

Don't think you're ever going to hold me down
Couldn't do it then, can't do it now
I'm kicking down all the fences
Gonna do it all and do too much
And if I mess the whole thing up, it's my ride

I decide
I decide how I live
I decide who I love
The choice is mine
And no one gets to make my mind up
I decide
I decide where I go
Where I sleep, who I know
I'm the one who's running my life
I decide
I decide

I'm taking my own chances
I'm finding my own answers
I'm only answering to me
And that's the way it's gonna be

I decide, oh yeah yeah yeah
I decide, I decide

I decide how I live
I decide who I love
The choice is mine
And no one gets to make my mind up
I decide
I decide where I go
Where I sleep, who I know
I'm the one who's running my life
I decide
I decide

I decide how I live
I decide who I love
The choice is mine
And no one gets to make my mind up
I decide


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I Decide Lyrics as written by Diane Eve Warren

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    OH MYGOODNESS me the first? haiyoo. well this song is straight to the point. no need to explain there.

    adilahon August 29, 2006   Link
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    agree with u adilah. except im second. wow im cool.

    drummerchik4lifeon November 05, 2006   Link
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    THIS IS MY EFFIN ANTHEM. whenever im down, or pissed that someones trying to tell me what to do, i come back to this song. got me through my emotional early teen years :)

    melonforecstasyon September 24, 2010   Link
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    Lol great job on "deciding"

    TheCamperon February 19, 2011   Link

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