I’ve done the best I can to become responsible

I know your mom hates my new tattoo

I try to keep you pleased but it seems impossible

You find the wrong in everything I do

T-A-L-K-I-N-G is how we spend all our time it seems

We might need some professional help

Now you should not expect anything but the best

But I must try to be myself

I don’t wanna be like everybody I see

I just wanna do right by somebody like you

If that’s what it’s gonna be like

Then I gotta be free

Wish I could rewind, I’d try to see from that view

I’ve seen all your friends fall down like dominos

If it weren’t for me I think you’d be one too

You go raise your hell while I pay all the bills

If I know one thing it’s all that’s through

R-E-S-P-E-C-T you better pay that and more to me ‘cause

I been puttin’ work in for way too long

Don’t know what sense it makes or how much more I can take but

I can’t keep watching you fall down

I don’t wanna be like everybody I see

I just wanna do right by somebody like you

If that’s what it’s gonna be like

Then I gotta be free

Wish I could rewind, I’d try to see from that view

You been up to your game

I ain’t up to no game

I don’t wanna be like everybody I see

I just wanna do right by somebody like you

If that’s what it’s gonna be like

Then I gotta be free

Wish I could rewind, I’d try to see from that view

Do right, do right, do right