PAIED MY DUES
From Album: Freak of Nature
Written By: G. Lawson - D. Sharpe - L. Kafi - Anastacia 

Intro: C#m  B A  B C#m 

Spoken: 
C#m                              B
You can say what you want about me 
                       A
Wanna do what you want to me 
     B          C#m               
But you can not stop me 

C#m        
I've been knocked down it's a crazy town 
B 
Even got a punch in the face in LA 
       A                             B 
Ain't nothing in the world that you keep 
               C#m
me from doing what I wanna do 
C#m                        
'Cause I'm too proud, I'm too strong 
B
Life by the code that you gotta move on 
     A                        B         C#m 
Feel excited for yourself and got nobody no way  so I... 
 C#m
(Held my head high) 
       Eb     
Knew I (Knew I survive) 
       E          
Well I made it (I made it) 
         F#
I don't hate it (Don't hate it) 
C#m
That's just the way it goes Yeah 

C#m 
I done made it through 
B
Stand on my own two 
   A   B   C#m
I paid my dues, yeah 
C#m  
Tried to hold me down 
B
You can't stop me now 
   A   B  C#m 
I paid my dues 

Spoken: 
C#m
So straight back on 
B
You cannot stop me 
   A   B  C#m
I paid my dues 

C#m
Now I'm still trusted every day 
 B
people try to mess with Anastacia 
       A           
gotta nothing in common 
               B          
cause I handle mine 
       C#m 
and I thought I better let you know 
C#m
I'm no punk I can't get down 
   B
I don't give a damn about abuse around 
  A            B     C#m     
that was just fine 'til now  So I... 

C#m
(Held my head high) 
       Eb     
Knew I (Knew I survive) 
       E          
Well I made it (I made it) 
     F#
Oaaah (Don't hate it) 
C#m
That's just the way it goes Yeah 
C#m 
I done made it through 
B
Stand on my own two 
   A   B   C#m
I paid my dues, yeah yeah
C#m  
Tried to hold me down 
B
You can't stop me now 
   A   B  C#m
I paid my dues, yeah yeah yeah yeah 
 C#m                   B
Took so long to get me here (here) 
                     A               
But I won't live in fear (fear) 
     B           C#m  
You try to steal my shine (shine) 
C#m                            B   
But first they wanna build you up (up) 
                   A
Then they tear you down (down) 
         B                   C#m 
It's a struggle, you try to bubble so I... 

C#m
(Held my head high) 
       Eb     
Knew I (Knew I survive) 
       E          
Oaah (I made it) 
 F#
(Don't hate it) 
     C#m                        Dm
Said that's - just - the - wayyyyy 
-Dm
(I done made it through) 
  C
(Stand on my own two) 
         Bb         C      Dm  
I said I paid my, I paid my dues Yeahhhhh 
Dm
(Tried to hold me down) 
   C
But you can't stop me now (you can't stop me now) 
   Bb   C Dm     
(I paid my dues) I paid my, paid my dues 
 Dm
(I done made it through) oahhh 
  C
(Stand on my own two) oh 
   Bb    C Dm 
(I paid my dues) I paid my, I paid my dues 
       Dm
yeahh (Tried to hold me down) 
     C                           
But you can't stop me now (you can't stop me now) 
   Bb  C  Dm 
I paid my dues