[ti:I'd Rather Be Me (《贱女孩》音乐剧插曲)] [ar:Barrett Wilbert Weed/Original Broadway Cast of Mean Girls] [al:Mean Girls (Original Broadway Cast Recording)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I'd Rather Be Me - Barrett Wilbert Weed/Original Broadway Cast of Mean Girls [00:02.42]Lyrics by:Nell Benjamin [00:03.16]Composed by:Jeff Richmond [00:03.90]Arranged by:Glen Kelly [00:04.65]Produced by:Jeff Richmond/Lorne Michaels/Mary-Mitchell Campbell/Nell Benjamin/Tina Fey [00:07.07]So your best friend screwed you over [00:08.56]Acted nice when she's not nice [00:10.53]Well I have some advice [00:12.16]'Cause it's happened to me Twice [00:14.01]Here's my secret strategy [00:15.22]It always works because [00:17.56]The world doesn't end [00:18.86]It just feels like it does [00:20.49]So raise your right finger [00:24.10]And solemnly swear [00:27.73]"Whatever they say about me [00:31.30]I don't care" [00:34.37]I won't twist in knots to join your game [00:36.17]I will say"you make me mad" [00:37.48]And if you treat me bad [00:38.78]I'll say"you're bad" [00:41.15]And if I eat alone from this moment on [00:42.98]That's just what I'll do [00:44.67]'Cause I'd rather be me I'd rather be me [00:48.17]I'd rather be me than be with you [00:55.18]We're supposed to all be ladies [00:56.61]And be nurturing and care [00:58.76]Is that really fair? [00:59.90]Boys get to fight we have to share [01:01.87]Here's the way that turns out [01:03.31]We always understand [01:05.37]How to slap someone down [01:06.97]With our underhands [01:08.48]So here's my right finger [01:12.14]To how girls should behave [01:15.61]'Cause sometimes what's meant to break you [01:19.03]Makes you brave [01:22.43]So I will not act all innocent [01:23.93]I won't fake apologize [01:25.77]Let's just fight and then make up [01:27.43]Not tell these lies [01:29.36]Let's call our damage even [01:30.80]Clean the slate till it's like new [01:32.76]It's a new life for me [01:34.48]Where I'd rather be me [01:36.18]I'd rather be me than be with you [01:42.92]I'll say"NO" [01:43.54]NO [01:43.92]I'll say"knock it off [01:44.66]With your notes and your rules and your games" [01:46.48]And those sycophants who follow you [01:48.19]I'll remember all their names [01:49.74]And when they drag you down [01:51.30]Like they inevitably do [01:53.38]I will not laugh along with them [01:54.98]And approve their palace coup [01:56.36]Cause that's not me [01:57.03]Janis Janis Janis Janis [02:00.00]I don't need their good opinions [02:01.64]I have plenty of opinions [02:03.69]Everybody has opinions but it doesn't make them true [02:07.00]What's true is being me [02:08.78]And I'd rather be me [02:10.48]I'd rather be me than be with you [02:17.33]So raise them high 'cause playing nice [02:19.70]And shy is insulting my IQ [02:23.10]Yeah yeah yeah [02:25.18]I'd Rather Be Me [02:26.73]I'd Rather Be Me [02:28.45]I'd Rather Be Me than be with you [02:31.93]I'd Rather Be Me [02:33.55]I'd Rather Be Me [02:35.34]I'd Rather Be Me than be with you