I'm a Survivor

Album: Greatest Hits Volume III: I'm a Survivor (2001)
Charted: 49
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  • I was born three months too early
    The doctor gave me thirty days
    But I must've had my mama's will
    And God's amazing grace
    I guess I'll keep on livin'
    Even if this love's to die for
    'Cause your bags are packed and I ain't cryin'
    You're walkin' out and I'm not tryna change your mind
    'Cause I was born to be

    The baby girl without a chance
    A victim of the circumstance
    The one who ought to give up
    But she's just too hard headed
    A single mom who works two jobs
    Who loves her kids and never stops
    With gentle hands and a heart of a fighter
    I'm a survivor

    I don't believe in self-pity
    It only brings you down
    May be the queen of broken hearts
    But I don't hide behind the crown
    When the deck is stacked against me
    I just play a different game
    My roots are planted in the past
    And though my life is changing fast
    And who I am is who I wanna be

    The baby girl without a chance
    A victim of the circumstance
    The one who ought to give up
    But she's just too hard headed
    A single mom who works two jobs
    Who loves her kids and never stops
    With gentle hands and a heart of a fighter
    I'm a survivor

    Oh, a single mom who works two jobs
    Who loves her kids and never stops
    With gentle hands and a heart of a fighter
    I'm a survivor
    But I must've had my mama's will
    And God's amazing grace

    I'm a survivor
    I'm a survivor Writer/s: Phillip White, Shelby Kennedy
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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