I know why

The caged bird sings

I know, what it means

Wanting to be free

Wanting to be healed

Wanting to be whole

Wanting to be me

I remember

What my mother said

Who will love someone like you

On the Tv news, always looking loose, always semi-nude

What man could make a home of you

Chorus

If I made her right

I couldn’t make it

Living in a nightmare

So I gave it up

I love myself

There’s nobody who’s bringing me down

I love myself

There’s just me and myself and I

Revolution

I became my own friend

You can’t tell me nothing

I am through with sufferin’

Always feelin blue

Always so confused

Always feeling used

Nothing ever good

Never in the mood

No!

I bless these hands

My mighty hands

That pulled me

And lifted me out

Of self doubt

And self hate

And made it safe

Really safe

To be myself

Chorus

If I made her right

I couldn’t make it

Living in a nightmare

So I gave it up

I love myself

There’s nobody who’s bringing me down

I love myself

There’s just me and myself and I

I love myself

You can tell me nothing

Tell me nothing