No one is telling me the speed I should be traveling
So watch me take the lead
No one is telling me the speed I should be traveling
So watch me take the lead, yeah

There is an engine in my body
With every beat it lets me breathe
There is a machine within my body
If I could keep up with that machine that's in my body
I could do anything, be anything, see anything
I can feel the beat within my body
If I keep up with it could I catch myself?

[Chorus: Repeat 2X]
Have you ever been fake for the sake of saving face?
You can work, you can play
From the cradle to the grave
Doesn't matter what they say

Quick, quick, quick, come fix me up
I need to make my move (make my move)
This damn machine doesn't work the way that it used to
But that's what I get for taking it for granted
(I never even meant it, never even meant it)
That's what I get for taking it for granted
(No, I never even meant it, never even meant it)
If I keep up with it can I catch myself?

[Chorus]

No one is telling me the speed I should be traveling
So watch me take the lead (watch me take the lead)
No one is telling me the speed I should be traveling
So watch me take the lead (watch me take the lead)
No one is telling me the speed I should be traveling (no one, no one)
So watch me, watch me take the lead

[Chorus]
Doesn't matter what they say


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Do What You Do Lyrics as written by Jeffrey Martin Czum Shaant Timothy Hacikyan

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    from cradle to the grave: birth to death so it's like about, doing what you want because you can

    devinxdisasteron June 20, 2008   Link

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