Did I have to have my heart broken before I began to live my life I had to feel all that hurt before I finally felt alive All the pretentious people trying to knock us down they are simply jealous we must rise above All the pretentious fools who try to bring us down it's a life that they don't understand And I have learned all the hard lessons I need inorder to survive so now I intend to get out there and enjoy, enjoy my life All the pretentious people trying to knock us down they are simply jealous we must rise above All the pretentious fools who try to bring us down it's a life that they don't understand I'd rather be hated for who I am then loved for what I am not It's the simple things in this life we take forgranted day by day All the pretentious people trying to knock us down they are simply jealous we must rise above All the pretentious fools who try to bring us down it's a life that they don't understand it's a life that they don't understand