I Know Better

They say sing what you know

But I've sung what they want

Some folks do what they're told

But baby this time I won't

When I look through that door

I know the truth from lie

Some things I've done before I can't justify

There are kings in my past

Things no one can be proud of

But I stand in the light I've cast

And turn away from any lack of love

Oh, when I walked through that door

I say here I go

You see me and nothing more

I'm singing what I know

I know better

I know better

Legend is just a name

I know better than to be so proud

I won't dream in all this fame

I'll take more love than I'm allowed

I won't hide or cut it off from where it came

My history has brought me to this place

There's power in the color of my face

And I know better

Oh-oh, I know better

Oh, I'll rise from the floor if I don't win

I'll bust open that door so let me in

And if music chooses me to sing I let her

I'll sing what I know, yes

I know better, oh

I know better, yes

I know better

I know better