Fighter

Album: Stripped (2002)
Charted: 3 20
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  • Hmm, after all you put me through
    You'd think I'd despise you
    But in the end, I wanna thank you
    'Cause you made me that much stronger

    Well I, I thought I knew you
    Thinkin' that you were true
    Guess I, I couldn't trust
    Called your bluff, time is up, 'cause I've had enough
    You were there by my side, always down for the ride
    But your joy ride just came down in flames
    'Cause your greed sold me out in shame, mmm-hmm

    After all of the stealing and cheating
    You probably think that I hold resentment for you
    But uh-uh, oh no, yeah, you're wrong
    'Cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do
    I wouldn't know just how capable
    I am to pull through
    So I wanna say thank you
    'Cause it

    Makes me that much stronger
    Makes me work a little bit harder
    It makes me that much wiser
    So thanks for making me a fighter
    Made me learn a little bit faster
    Made my skin a little bit thicker
    Makes me that much smarter
    So thanks for making me a fighter
    Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh

    I never saw it coming
    All of your backstabbing
    Just so you could cash in on a good thing before I realized your game
    I heard you're goin' 'round playin' the victim now
    But don't even begin feeling I'm the one to blame
    'Cause you dug your own grave

    After all of the fights and the lies
    Guess you're wanting to haunt me
    But that won't work anymore
    No more, uh-uh, it's over
    'Cause if it wasn't for all of your torture
    I wouldn't know how to be this way now and never back down
    So I wanna say thank you
    'Cause it

    Makes me that much stronger
    Makes me work a little bit harder
    It makes me that much wiser
    So thanks for making me a fighter
    Made me learn a little bit faster
    Made my skin a little bit thicker
    Makes me that much smarter
    So thanks for making me a fighter

    How could this man I thought I knew
    Turn out to be unjust, so cruel?
    Could only see the good in you
    Pretended not to see the truth
    You tried to hide your lies, disguise yourself
    Through living in denial
    But in the end you'll see
    You won't stop me

    I am a fighter and I (I'm a fighter)
    I ain't gon' stop (I ain't gon' stop)
    There is no turning back
    I've had enough

    Makes me that much stronger
    Makes me work a little bit harder (oh, ooh yeah)
    It makes me that much wiser (ooh yeah)
    So thanks for making me a fighter
    Made me learn a little bit faster (yeah, yeah, yeah)
    Made my skin a little bit thicker
    Makes me that much smarter
    So thanks for making me a fighter (fighter)

    Thought I would forget
    Thought I, but I remembered (oh)
    'Cause I remember (oh)
    I remember
    Thought I would forget (oh)
    I remember (oh)
    'Cause I remember (oh)
    I remember

    Makes me that much stronger (oh, oh, oh, oh)
    Makes me work a little bit harder
    It makes me that much wiser
    So thanks for making me a fighter
    Made me learn a little bit faster
    Made my skin a little bit thicker
    Makes me that much smarter
    So thanks for making me a fighter Writer/s: Christina Aguilera, Scott Storch
    Publisher: Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Royalty Network, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 18

  • Sara from Union City, TnOne of my favorite songs ever-thanks dad
  • Heather from Newark, OhOne person this is about is her dad who didn't care about her until she became famous. What a creep.
  • Cassandra from Duluth, Mnthis song is a good song and i think that a lot of people can relate to it.
  • Maddie from New York, NyI've heard a lot of different things this song could be about.
    -an abusive relationship
    -cancer
    -an eating disorder
    -her old friends
    -her father
  • Nady from Adelaide, AustraliaI've had a fear of moths ever since I watched this video...
  • Jennifer from Orion, Mii love ths song i always think of my ex fiance who was mentally verbally and emotionally abusive to me ah he does "go around playing the victim now"
  • Nicole from N/a, Wii thought it might have been about incest rape or something. but good song and it helped me through tough times a few years ago.
  • Sara from Traverse City, MiI love this song, beaucse when ever I hear it, it makes me think of all the tough stuff I've faced in my life and how it's made me how I am today. Good message overall.
  • Claire from Oak Ridge, TnAWESOME video. Really artistic.
  • Simone from Fife, ScotlandThe song is about ex-lovers as far as I heard. Although I guess that there is that much that has happened in her life that it would be hard to say for sure. The only person that needs to know that is Christina and no one else. It is a fantastic song though and I think that it would apply to most as everyone has been treated bad at some point it their lives.
  • Dale from Milton Keynes, Englanddave navarro played guitar on this
  • Chloe from Somewhere, CanadaI can really relate to this song great song ive had so many ppl lie to me n screw me over so yeah..great track GO CHRISTINA!!
  • Grace from London, Canadathis song is about Christina aguileras 2 friends that she trusted but they were all rude to her and stuff so she wrote this song saying that shes a fighter and those stuff are in her past and she won't let it get her down
  • Harriet from Trowbridge, EnglandI really like this song. Christina sings it well. This song rocks arse.
  • A Dbz Fan from Jackson, MiI bet she likes to fight. COOL
  • Daisy from Ikast, DenmarkYeah I've also heard that one. No matter who the song is about, then it's a good track. I can really relate to it...
  • Britney from Calabasas, CaCould be, but Christina has said it was aboot 2 people who stole and used her in the past.
  • Daisy from Ikast, DenmarkSome people actually say its about her father...
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