I had a love
  And I had pain
  Best believe
  They come hand in hand
  Cause I'm a soldier
  For the love brigade
  I'm prepared to do battle
  With anything
  
  I have control of my life you see
  Let's keep it real not to make believe
  I won't get caught with my foot in my mouth
  And I won't let love take me out
  I have the power to do as I please
  I take the blows and I do it with ease
  I dish it out very hard, there's no doubt
  And I won't let love take me out
  
  I had to be
  A fool indeed
  To let someone
  Break me down to my knees
  I was wrekcless
  With my heart you see
  There's no rule for that in my world
  And yet that's plan
  
  Say bye-bye to the teary brown eyes
  And the big sad face with an upside down smile
  It's so beneath me, it's so beneath
  Say bye-bye to the meaningless days
  And the loneliest nights
  Just wasting my mind
  It's so beneath me, it can't control me
  
  I have control of my life you see
  Let's keep it real not to make believe
  I won't get caught with my foot in my mouth
  And I won't let love take me out
  I have the power to do as I please
  I take the blows and I do it with ease
  I dish it out very hard, there's no doubt
  And I won't let love take me out
  
  I have control of my life you see
  Let's keep it real not to make believe
  I won't get caught with my foot in my mouth
  And I won't let love take me out
  I have the power to do as I please
  I take the blows and I do it with ease
  I dish it out very hard, there's no doubt
  And I won't let love take me out
  
  Won't take me out, won't take me out
  Won't take me out, won't take me out
  Won't take me out, won't take me out
  Me out, me out, me out
  
  Time to rise
  Time to shine
  Never again
  Cause I decline
  To be a victim
  Of a broken heart
  Cause I found the goddess in me
  And now I leave my mark
  
  I have control of my life you see
  Let's keep it real not to make believe
  I won't get caught with my foot in my mouth
  And I won't let love take me out
  I have the power to do as I please
  I take the blows and I do it with ease
  I dish it out very hard, there's no doubt
  And I won't let love take me out
  (Repeat x3)
  
  I have the power to do as I please
  (I won't let it take me out)
  I dish it out very hard, there's no doubt
  And I won't let love take me out