Simple minded people dont know what theyre talkin bout
They dont understand they just wanna run their mouth
Wont let em bother me I, know just what Im doing
Take that, not gonna make me frown this is payback, Whoa
What do you do when all around you
there're people always hatin
like dirt on the ground they only
look down they say you'll never make it, dont let them make you weak just find a way to shake it,
say that, not gonna make me frown this is payback, Whoa
Theres no way they can take the sun away
You can say what you want imma shine the same
If you dont understand I can make it plain
Youre not bringing me down
I know what it feels like I go through it everyday
Vindictive fake people always smiling at my face
The things that people say, wanna take my light away and
Take that, not gonna make me frown this is payback, Whoa
What do you do when all around you
there're people always hatin
like dirt on the ground they only
look down they say you'll never make it, dont let them make you weak just find a way to shake it,
say that, not gonna make me frown this is payback, Whoa
Theres no way they can take the sun away
You can say what you want imma shine the same
If you dont understand I can make it plain
Youre not bringing me down
Its so hard to take it, take it, take it
When theyre just trying to bring you down
No matter what they say, you say, you say, you say
Youre not bringin me down, whoa
Youre not bringin me down, whoa
Youre not bringin me down, whoa
Youre not bringin me down
Theres no way they can take the sun away
You can say what you want imma shine the same
If you dont understand I can make it plain
Youre not bringing me down (repeat X3)