Amazing (Live from VH1 Storytellers)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] It's amazing, I'm the reason Everybody fired up this evening I'm exhausted, barely breathing Holding on to what I believe in [Chorus] No matter what, you'll never take that from me My reign is as far as your eyes can see It's amazing, so amazing, so amazing, so amazing It's amazing, so amazing, so amazing, so amazing It's amazing [Verse 2] I'm a monster, I'm a killer I know I'm wrong I'm a problem That'll never ever be solved [Chorus] No matter what, you'll never take that from me My reign is as far as your eyes can see It's amazing, so amazing, so amazing, so amazing It's amazing, so amazing, so amazing, so amazing It's amazing [Verse 3] I'm a monster, I'm a maven I know this world is changing Never gave up, never gave in I'm the only thing I'm afraid of [Chorus] No matter what, you'll never take that from me My reign is as far as your eyes can see It's amazing, so amazing, so amazing, so amazing It's amazing, so amazing, so amazing, so amazing It's amazing So amazing, so amazing, so amazing No matter what, you'll never take that from me My reign is as far… Bring it back down though It's amazing, I'm the reason Everybody fired up this evening I'm exhausted, barely breathing Holding on to what I believe in No matter what, you'll never take that from me Never take that from me No take it back down, take it back, keep going It feels like you're on trial sometimes And in a relationship, you can also be on trial And be convicted with no jury And this song was sort of like that moment where someone tells you ain't, you ain't - you gotta say I am - an emancipation, if you will Cause you can't take that from me My self-esteem So whether it something in your own home, or a situation like mine Where you're under the microscope of the media Never let them take that from you I never let them, let them take that from me You have to be amazing sometimes I and I know I do not always state popular opinion Amazing, Michael Jackson, amazing Michael Phelps, amazing OJ Simpson, amazing Is he not?! What he did when he did what he did, was he not amazing though? I think I saw in a movie - I get my quotes from movies cause I don't read Or from like, go figure, real life or something Like live real live, talk to real people, get information, ask people, questions And it was something about, you either die a superhero or you live to become the villain I'M CHILLIN' I'm chillin' So many times they try to make me out to be the villain I don't understand what I did I apologize for acting like a bitch at award-shows It's an award-show, didn't kill anyone But yet and still I apologize for my ungraciousness I was a spoiled little Chicago-boy, who got all these awards as he came in the door and people clapped and sang his praises And he soaked it all up and believed his own hype To the point where he could not lose And if anyone didn't pick him, they could not choose As he swooves with the who's-who's and broke all the rules And even lost his cool Hey, nothing new Now they don't like you, hey they don't like you Look at what you've done boy, trying to be the number one boy And I'm thirty-one years now and I've leaned from my mistakes Just play pianos... Super-hero music, pain This hardcore, so hardcore That's why I sing: I'm a monster, I'm maven I know this world is changing Never gave up, never gave in I'm the only thing I'm afraid of No matter what, you'll never take that from me My reign is as far as your eyes can see It's amazing