[ti:Don't Need Your Approval]
[ar:Hailey Rowe]
[00:00.14]Don't Need Your Approval - Hailey Rowe
[00:09.96]People tell me that I'm crazy
[00:12.14]That I should give up
[00:14.49]Stay inside the lines
[00:16.01]Because life is tough
[00:18.15]People say to have a good life
[00:20.46]You gotta find love
[00:22.55]Raise a good family
[00:24.30]And praise God above
[00:26.30]For a while I was convinced
[00:30.29]I conformed to their wishes
[00:34.10]But my life was not my own
[00:38.16]I just wish I would have known
[00:42.83]That I don't need approval on
[00:44.87]How to live my life
[00:46.66]And I want to be happy
[00:48.76]Not controlled by time
[00:50.95]So go ahead define me
[00:52.90]By my race or years
[00:55.10]But I won't be affected
[00:56.95]I will save my tears
[00:59.00]Because I-y-y-I don't need your approval
[01:06.90]I know you are well-meaning
[01:09.10]Speak what you know
[01:11.19]Comfort isn't living
[01:13.18]Gotta free your soul
[01:15.01]What happened to all the leaders
[01:17.34]The ones who stand out
[01:19.62]Speak their minds
[01:21.11]Go against the crowd
[01:23.30]When did we become so fearful
[01:27.34]To be individuals yeah yeah)
[01:31.34]Well I am not convinced
[01:35.02]That normal is better than
[01:37.04]Better than different
[01:40.11]That I don't need approval on
[01:41.86]How to live my life
[01:43.51]And I want to be happy
[01:45.71]Not controlled by time
[01:48.41]So go ahead define me
[01:50.00]By my race or years
[01:51.72]But I won't be affected
[01:53.91]I will save my tears
[01:55.96]Because I-y-y-I don't need your approval
[02:03.99]No no
[02:08.83]Don't wanna hold back
[02:10.30]What I wanna say when I feel it
[02:16.02]I don't wanna make decisions based on
[02:19.31]What society wants me to be
[02:23.77]When I look back on my life
[02:26.16]I just wanna see that I
[02:28.91]Loved and lived a life
[02:31.33]That was right for me
[02:33.24]That I don't need approval on
[02:34.85]How to live my life
[02:37.17]And I want to be happy
[02:38.74]Not controlled by time
[02:40.80]So go ahead define me
[02:42.77]By my race or years
[02:44.53]So I won't be affected
[02:47.02]I won't be affected
[02:49.21]I don't need approval on
[02:50.89]How to live my life
[02:52.69]And I want to be happy
[02:54.92]Not controlled by time
[02:56.96]So go ahead define me
[02:58.82]By my race or years
[03:00.77]But I won't be affected
[03:03.13]I will save my tears
[03:05.25]And I can see affected
[03:07.09]So waste the years
[03:09.29]Because I-y-y-I don't need your approval