Released: June 17, 2008
Songwriter: Katy Perry
Producer: Greg Wells
[Verse 1]
Voted most likely to end up on the back of a milk box drink
Looks like I'm letting 'em down
'Cause $7.75 isn't worth an hour of my hard working time
When you can't afford half the shit they advertise
Oh, I'm worth more than a X
More than a toe-tagged generation full of regrets
Oh, I won't settle, no oh
Oh, I can't settle
[Pre Chorus]
I wanna break the mold, wanna break the stereotype
Fist in the air, I'm not going down without a fight
[Chorus]
It's my life
And I'm not sitting on the sidelines watching
It pass me by
I'm leaving you my legacy
I gotta make my mark, I gotta run it hard
I want you to remember me
I'm leaving my fingerprints
I'm leaving my fingerprints
I'm leaving my fingerprints on you
[Verse 2]
Representing you and me
Don't you wanna go down in history?
Rather than end up begging on the streets
Trading under table favors for a place to sleep
'Cause I'm worth more than this
So stop writing prescriptions for more Ritalin
I can focus my attention
[Pre Chorus]
I wanna break the mold, wanna break the stereotype
Fist in the air, I'm not going down without a fight
[Chorus]
It's my life
And I'm not sitting on the sidelines watching
It pass me by
I'm leaving you my legacy
I gotta make my mark, I gotta run it hard
I want you to remember me
I'm leaving my fingerprints
I'm leaving my fingerprints
[Bridge]
Don't give up
Don't give in
Build your house on the rock
Oh, not in the sand, in the sand, in the sand, in the sand
[Chorus]
It's my life
And I'm not sitting on the sidelines watching
It pass me by
I'm leaving you my legacy
I gotta make my mark, I gotta run it hard
I want you to remember me
It's my life
And I'm not sitting on the sidelines watching
It pass me by
I'm leaving you my legacy
I gotta make my mark, I gotta run it hard
I want you to remember me
[Outro]
'Cause I'm leaving my fingerprints
I'm leaving my fingerprints
I-I'm leaving my fingerprints in the end
Voted most likely to end up on the back of a milk box drink
Looks like I'm letting 'em down
'Cause $7.75 isn't worth an hour of my hard working time
When you can't afford half the shit they advertise
Oh, I'm worth more than a X
More than a toe-tagged generation full of regrets
Oh, I won't settle, no oh
Oh, I can't settle
[Pre Chorus]
I wanna break the mold, wanna break the stereotype
Fist in the air, I'm not going down without a fight
[Chorus]
It's my life
And I'm not sitting on the sidelines watching
It pass me by
I'm leaving you my legacy
I gotta make my mark, I gotta run it hard
I want you to remember me
I'm leaving my fingerprints
I'm leaving my fingerprints
I'm leaving my fingerprints on you
[Verse 2]
Representing you and me
Don't you wanna go down in history?
Rather than end up begging on the streets
Trading under table favors for a place to sleep
'Cause I'm worth more than this
So stop writing prescriptions for more Ritalin
I can focus my attention
[Pre Chorus]
I wanna break the mold, wanna break the stereotype
Fist in the air, I'm not going down without a fight
[Chorus]
It's my life
And I'm not sitting on the sidelines watching
It pass me by
I'm leaving you my legacy
I gotta make my mark, I gotta run it hard
I want you to remember me
I'm leaving my fingerprints
I'm leaving my fingerprints
[Bridge]
Don't give up
Don't give in
Build your house on the rock
Oh, not in the sand, in the sand, in the sand, in the sand
[Chorus]
It's my life
And I'm not sitting on the sidelines watching
It pass me by
I'm leaving you my legacy
I gotta make my mark, I gotta run it hard
I want you to remember me
It's my life
And I'm not sitting on the sidelines watching
It pass me by
I'm leaving you my legacy
I gotta make my mark, I gotta run it hard
I want you to remember me
[Outro]
'Cause I'm leaving my fingerprints
I'm leaving my fingerprints
I-I'm leaving my fingerprints in the end
Fingerprints [Shelved]
- One of the Boys
- Wish You The Worst
- Psycho Love
- Spend The Night
- In Between
- Nothing Like the First Time
- Agree To Disagree
- I Can
- Last Cry
- Lump
- Now That It’s Over
- R.I.P.
- Sleeping in on Saturday
- The Driveway
- Long Shot
- Waking Up in Vegas
- Thinking of You
- If You Can Afford Me
- Lost
- Self Inflicted
- I’m Still Breathing
- Fingerprints
- I Think I’m Ready
- A Cup of Coffee
- Box
- Hook Up
- Rock God
- Look But Don’t Touch
- Fingerprints [Shelved] (2007)
- One of the Boys (2008)
- Empowered - EP (2020)
- Swish Swish
- Chained to the Rhythm
- Dark Horse
- Bon Appétit
- Roar
- Never Really Over
- Firework
- The One That Got Away
- Rise
- E.T. (Remix)
- I Kissed a Girl
- California Gurls
- Smile
- Teenage Dream
- Daisies
- Hot N Cold
- Witness
- Never Worn White
- Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
- Birthday
- E.T.
- Harleys In Hawaii
- Unconditionally
- Wide Awake