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Basic info<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n

Album:<\/b> Taking One For The Team
\nSong-writers:<\/b> Pierre Bouvier, Chuck Comeau
\nLength:<\/b> 3:19<\/p>\n

Meaning of the song<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n

“Self-empowerment. It’s about knowing who you are and I think in life, you get a lot of opinions and people tell you what you should do or how you should live your life and this one was about saying: ‘I refuse to change who I am for anyone’.”<\/i><\/p>\n

– Pierre Bouvier –<\/center><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“It kind of states a lot of things about this whole record, because this record is about being yourself, being in a band and just feeling strong about it and feeling confident about it, so this song is kind of a part of all of this identity meaning of this record.”<\/i><\/p>\n

– Jeff Stinco –<\/center><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Song lyrics<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n


\nWhoa whoa whoa whoa
\nWhoa whoa whoa whoa<\/center><\/p>\n

Stop being such a freak
\nNobody wants you here!<\/p>\n

(That’s what they said to me)<\/p>\n

There’s something wrong with you
\nWhy don’t you disappear?<\/p>\n

(That’s what they said to me)<\/p>\n

Why should we all be stereotypes?
\nWhy don’t we all just stand up and fight?<\/p>\n

In my blood
\nIn my veins
\nIn my heart
\nI know what’s right for me<\/p>\n

So I refuse
\nTo apologize for who I am
\n(And I refuse)
\nTo ever let somebody say I can’t
\nI refuse, I refuse, I refuse
\nI refuse, I refuse, I refuse
\nSo I refuse<\/p>\n

To let the words you say get to me
\nAnd I refuse
\nTo keep on suffering quietly
\nI refuse, I refuse, I refuse
\nI refuse, I refuse, I refuse
\nSo I refuse<\/p>\n

Whoa whoa whoa whoa
\nSo I refuse
\nWhoa whoa whoa whoa<\/p>\n

You’ll never make it far
\nYou’re just a hopeless case<\/p>\n

(That’s what they said to me)<\/p>\n

How can I make it clear?
\nYou’re just a big mistake<\/p>\n

(That’s what they said to me)<\/p>\n

You don’t control me
\nThis is my life
\nWhen will you wake up
\nAnd open your eyes<\/p>\n

In my blood
\nIn my veins
\nIn my heart
\nI know what’s right for me<\/p>\n

So I refuse
\nTo apologize for who I am
\n(And I refuse)
\nTo ever let somebody say I can’t
\nI refuse, I refuse, I refuse
\nI refuse, I refuse, I refuse<\/p>\n

So I refuse
\nTo let the words you say get to me
\nAnd I refuse
\nTo keep on suffering quietly
\nI refuse, I refuse, I refuse
\nI refuse, I refuse, I refuse<\/p>\n

No matter what you think
\nYou don’t decide my fate
\nI can do anything
\nNo matter what you say<\/p>\n

Cause
\nIn my blood
\nIn my veins
\nIn my heart
\nI know what’s right for me<\/p>\n

So I refuse
\nTo apologize for who I am
\n(And I refuse)
\nTo ever let somebody say I can’t
\nI refuse, I refuse, I refuse
\nI refuse, I refuse, I refuse<\/p>\n

So I refuse
\nTo let the words you say get to me
\n(And I refuse)
\nTo keep on suffering quietly
\nI refuse, I refuse, I refuse
\nI refuse, I refuse, I refuse
\nSo I refuse<\/p>\n

Whoa whoa whoa whoa
\nSo I refuse
\nWhoa whoa<\/p>\n

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