(speaking)Waited a long time for thisFeels right nowuh uh ha haAllow me to introduce myselfI want you to come a little closerI would like you to get to know me a littleMeet the real me (singing)Oh-oh-woahSorry You can't define meSorry I break the moldSorry that I speak my mindSorry I don't do what I'm toldSorry if I don't fake itSorry I come so realI will never hide what I really feelNo way ohhhh (speaking)HuhSo here it is No hype No glassNo pretenseJust Me....Stripped, stripped, stripped, stripped

Yo te contaré, una historiaDe como un puertorriqueño me robó el corazónNunca más he vuelto a amar de esa maneraQuizás, jamás lo haréEs la historia de mi primer amorEra buenmozoCon grandes y profundos ojos marronesUn bailaránJuntos, nos perdimos en el ritmo del amorAsí es como comenzó TranslationI'm gonna tell you a storyAbout how a puerto rican stole my heartI've never loved anyone this way again Maybe I never will It's the story of my first loveHe was handsome, with deep brown eyesA dancerTogether, we lost ourselves in the rythm of loveThis is how it began

Oh you make me wanna flyWanna cry and smile all at one time, ohh Once so, so afraidAfraid of loves embrace, oh

Don't look at meMm, mm,Yeah, eah, oh, ooh, Everyday is so wonderful, and suddenly, it's hard to breatheNow and then I get insecure, from all the painFeel so ashamed I am beautiful no matter what they sayWords can't bring me downI am beautiful in every single wayYes words can't bring me down, Oh noSo don't you bring me down today To all your friends you're deliriousSo consumed in all your doomTrying hard to fill the emptiness, the piece is gone,Left the puzzle undone, ain't that the way it is? You are beautiful no matter what they sayWords can't bring you down, no, noCause you are beautiful in every single wayYes words can't bring you down. Oh, noSo don't you bring me down today No matter what we do, (No matter what we do)No matter what we say, (No matter what we say)We're the song that's out of tune, (yeah) full of beautiful mistakes (oh yeah)And everywhere we go, (And everywhere we go) The sun will always shine(The sun will always, always, shine)But tomorrow we might awake on the other side 'Cause we are beautiful no matter what they sayYes words won't bring us down, noWe are beautiful in every single wayYes words can't bring us down, oh, noSo don't you bring me down today Mm, yeah, don't you bring me down todayYeah, yeah, ooh,Don't you bring me down, ooh, today

Woh-ooSorry if I ain't perfectSorry I don't give a (what)Sorry I ain't a divaSorry just know what I wantSorry I'm not a virginSorry I'm not a slut (oh)I won't let you break meThink what you wantOh-eh-oh To all my dreamers out there - I'm with youAll my underdogs, ha - I feel youLift your head high and stay strongKeep pushin' on

ooooommmmmhmm...oooooyeahhhhooooo I woke up this morning with a smile on my face (sha-oooh) and nobody's gonna bring me down today (sha-oooooh) been feeling like nothing's been going my way lately i decided right here, right now,that my outlook's gonna changethat's why i'm gonnasay goodbye to all the tears i've criedevery time somebody hurt my pridefeelin' like they won't let me live life,and take the time to look at what is mine i see every blessing so clearly,and i thank god for what i got from above Chorus:i believe they can take anything from mebut they can't succeed in taking my inner peace from methey can say all they wanna say, about me, but i'mi'm gonna carry on, (carry on)i'mma keep on (keep on) singin' my song (oooh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-ohhh) (la la la la'ect) i never wanna dwell on the pain again, ooo, no, nothere's no use in relivin' how i hurt back then, ooo, no rememberin' too well the hell i felt when i was runnin' out of faith, ooohevery step i'm 'bout to take well it's towards a better daycause i'm about to say farewell to every single lieand all the fears i've held too long insideevery time i felt i couldn't try, all the negativity and strife cause too long, i've been, strugglin' couldn't go on but now i've found i'm feelin' strong and i'm moving on chorusi believe they can take anything from mebut they can't succeed in taking my inner peace from methey can say all they wanna say, about me, but i'mi'm gonna carry on, (carry on)i'mma keep on (keep on) singin' my song (lalala'..ect) every time i tried to be what they wanted from meit never came naturally, so i ended up in misery was unable to see all the good around me wasting so much energy onwhat they thought of me than simplyjust rememberin' to breathe, ooohhhhhhhhhi'm humanly unable to please everyone at the same timeso now i find my peace of mind living one day at a time in the end i answer to one god, comes down to one lovetill i get to heaven abovei have made a decision never to give in till the day i die no matter whati'm gonna carry on, i'mma keep on singin' my song(lalalalalalala'ect) chorus i believe they can take anything from me (I believe they... ey!)but they can't succeed in taking my inner piece from me (oh-oh, oh-oh)they can do what they wanna say what they wanna say(oh-oh, they can say what they wanna)but I'm gonna keep on (whoooo) I believe that they can take from me but they cant take my inner pieceWhooooowYeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Say what they wanna say (wanna say)Im gonna sing my song (ohhhhhhhhhh)Whow whow whow whowYeeeeeaaahh haha :)

Mmm... The world seems so coldWhen I face so much all aloneA little scared to move onAnd knowing how fast I have grown And I wonder just where I fit inOh the vision alive in my headOh yes I will beStrong on my ownI will see through the rainI will find my wayI will keep onTravelling this roadTill I finally reach my dreamTill I'm living, and I'm breathingMy destiny, yeah yeah I can't let go nowEven when darkness surroundsBut if I hold on, yeah yeahI will show the worldAll the things that you never expected to seeFrom little old me, this Pittsburgh girl And I wonder just where my place isClose my eyes and I remind myself thisOh yeah yeah I will beStrong on my ownI will see through the rainI will find my wayI will keep onTraveling this roadTill I finally reach my dreamTill I'm living, and I'm breathingMy destiny, ohhoh oh It comforts meOoh it keeps meAlive each day of my lifeAlways guiding meProviding meWith the hope I desperately need Well I gotta believeThere's something out there meant for meOh I get on my kneesPraying I will receiveThe courage to grow and the faith to know That I will beStrong on my ownI will see through the rainI will find my wayI will keep on uhTraveling this roadTill I finally reach my dreamTill I'm living, and I'm breathingMy destiny ooooh yeah (Thanks to insane carlee)

Waited a long time for this feels right nowAllow me to introduce myselfWant you to come a little closerI'd like you to get to know mea little better....meet the real me Sorry you cant define me...sorry I break the moldSorry that I speak my mindsorry i do what I'm toldsorry if i dont fake it, sorry i come to reali will never hide what I really feel, no way oh So here it is..no hype..no glass..no pretense....Just me.......Stripped