Don't think that you can tell me what to think I'm the one who knows what's good for me And I'm stating my independence Gonna take the road I'm gonna take And I'm gonna make my own mistakes It's my life I decide I decide how I live I decide who I love The choice is mine And no one gets to make my mind up I decide I decide where I go What I need, who I know I'm the one who's running my life I decide I decide Don't think you're ever going to hold me down Couldn't do it then, can't do it now I'm kicking down all the fences Gonna do it all and do too much And if I mess the whole thing up, it's my ride I decide I decide how I live I decide who I love The choice is mine And no one gets to make my mind up I decide I decide where I go Where I sleep, who I know I'm the one who's running my life I decide I decide I'm taking my own chances I'm finding my own answers I'm only answering to me And that's the way it's gonna be I decide, oh yeah yeah yeah I decide, I decide I decide how I live I decide who I love The choice is mine And no one gets to make my mind up I decide I decide where I go Where I sleep, who I know I'm the one who's running my life I decide I decide I decide how I live I decide who I love The choice is mine And no one gets to make my mind up I decide