You put me on a shelfnYou think you've got me peggednLike everybody elsenAlways messing with my headnStop trying to make me changenStop trying to make me faken'Cause I really don't appreciate it!nnDo you mindnIf I'm just me?nSo what if I do everythingnA little bit imperfectly?nWhat do you care?nWould you be therenWhen you get it straightnThat you can't make menAnything you want me to be?n'Cause that's not men(I'm an individual)nnThis world can get you downnIt's always stumpingnTo pattern your whole lifenThey got you jumpingnI used to say 'How high?nBut now I say goodbyen'Cause I think I've had enoughnnDo you mindnIf I'm just me?nSo what if I do everythingnA little bit imperfectly?nWhat do you care?nWould you be therenWhen you get it straightnThat you can't make menAnything you want me to be?n'Cause that's not men(I'm an individual)nThat's not men(I won't be your paper doll)nnYou've got me mistakennFor somebody elsenI'm not your creationnA weaker imitation of myselfnYeah!nnYeah, yeah, yeah, yeahnnDo you mindnIf I'm just me?nSo what if I do everythingnA little bit imperfectly?nWhat do you care?nWould you be therenWhen you get it straightnThat you can't make menAnything you want me to be?n'Cause that's not men(I'm an individual)nI say that's not men(I won't be your paper doll)nnOh, do you mind, yeah, yeahnThat's notnThat's notnThat's notnThat's not me