Released: September 21, 2004
Songwriter: Gene Griffin Bobby Brown
Producer: Bloodshy & Avant
[Intro]
People can take everything away from you
But they can never take away your truth
But the question is
Can you handle mine?
[Verse 1]
They say I'm crazy
I really don't care
That's my prerogative
They say I'm nasty
But I don't give a damn
Getting boys is how I live
Some ask me questions
Why am I so real?
But they don't understand me
I really don't know the deal about my sister
Trying hard to make it right
Not long ago
Before I won this fight
[Chorus]
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live? (Tell me why)
I don't need permission, make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
That's my prerogative
(It's my prerogative)
It's the way that I wanna live
(It's my prerogative)
You can’t tell me what to do
[Verse 2]
Don't get me wrong
I'm really not souped
Ego trips is not my thing
All these strange relationships really gets me down
I see nothing wrong in spreading myself around
[Chorus]
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live? (Tell me why)
I don't need permission, make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
That's my prerogative
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live? (Tell me why)
I don't need permission, make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
That's my prerogative
It's the way that I wanna live
(It's my prerogative)
You can’t tell me what to do
[Bridge]
Why can't I live my life
Without all of the things
That people say?
[Chorus]
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live? (Tell me why)
I don't need permission, make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
They say I'm crazy
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live? (Tell me why)
(They say I'm nasty)
I don't need permission, make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
(It's my prerogative)
People can take everything away from you
But they can never take away your truth
But the question is
Can you handle mine?
[Verse 1]
They say I'm crazy
I really don't care
That's my prerogative
They say I'm nasty
But I don't give a damn
Getting boys is how I live
Some ask me questions
Why am I so real?
But they don't understand me
I really don't know the deal about my sister
Trying hard to make it right
Not long ago
Before I won this fight
[Chorus]
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live? (Tell me why)
I don't need permission, make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
That's my prerogative
(It's my prerogative)
It's the way that I wanna live
(It's my prerogative)
You can’t tell me what to do
[Verse 2]
Don't get me wrong
I'm really not souped
Ego trips is not my thing
All these strange relationships really gets me down
I see nothing wrong in spreading myself around
[Chorus]
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live? (Tell me why)
I don't need permission, make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
That's my prerogative
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live? (Tell me why)
I don't need permission, make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
That's my prerogative
It's the way that I wanna live
(It's my prerogative)
You can’t tell me what to do
[Bridge]
Why can't I live my life
Without all of the things
That people say?
[Chorus]
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live? (Tell me why)
I don't need permission, make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
They say I'm crazy
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live? (Tell me why)
(They say I'm nasty)
I don't need permission, make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
(It's my prerogative)
Britney - The Singles Collection (Deluxe Version)
- 3 (Groove Police Club Mix)
- Don’t Let Me Be the Last to Know (Hex Hector Radio Mix)
- Outrageous (Junkie XL’s Dancehall Mix)
- Do Somethin’ (Thick Vocal Mix)
- Everytime (Above & Beyond’s Club Mix)
- (You Drive Me) Crazy [The Stop Remix!]
- Walk On By
- My Prerogative
- I’m So Curious
- I Run Away
- Heart
- Do Somethin’
- Everybody
- Circus (Tom Neville’s Ringleader Remix)
- My Prerogative (Armand Van Helden Remix)
- If U Seek Amy (Crookers Remix)
- Piece of Me (Bloodshy & Avant’s Böz O lö Remix)
- I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman (Metro Remix) [Radio Edit]
- From the Bottom of My Broken Heart (Radio Edit)
- Born to Make You Happy (Remix)
- Born to Make You Happy (Radio Edit)
- Sometimes (Radio Edit)
- Me Against The Music (Passengerz vs The Club Mix)
- Toxic (Bloodshy & Avant’s Intoxicated Remix)
- Overprotected (The Darkchild Remix)
- Gimme More (Paul Oakenfold Mix)
- Womanizer (Kaskade Remix)
- Radar (Bloodshy & Avant Remix)
- If U Seek Amy
- Circus
- I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman
- Overprotected
- Don’t Let Me Be the Last to Know
- Stronger
- Lucky
- Toxic
- Gimme More
- 3
- ...Baby One More Time
- Piece of Me
- Boys (The Co-Ed Remix)
- Oops!... I Did It Again
- I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll
- Intimidated
- Me Against the Music
- Womanizer
- Break the Ice
- Radar
- Everytime
- Mona Lisa
- Boys
- Someday (I Will Understand)
- Outrageous
- Deep in My Heart
- Autumn Goodbye
- I’ll Never Stop Loving You
- Thinkin’ About You
- I’m a Slave 4 U
- Work Bitch
- Toxic
- ...Baby One More Time
- Oops!... I Did It Again
- If U Seek Amy
- Make Me...
- Everytime
- Womanizer
- Lucky
- 3
- Gimme More
- Criminal
- Piece of Me
- Slumber Party
- Circus
- Pretty Girls
- I’m a Slave 4 U
- Coupure Électrique
- Man On the Moon
- Private Show
- Perfume
- My Prerogative
- Till the World Ends (The Femme Fatale Remix)
- Liar