Avril Lavigne – I Don't Have To Try

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I'm the one, I'm the one who knows the dance
I'm the one, I'm the one who's got the prance
I'm the one, I'm the one who wears the pants
I wear the pants

I'm the one who tells you what to do
You're the one, you're the one if I let you
I'm the one, I'm the one who wears the pants
I wear the pants

Hey, you, follow me or take the lead
Can't you see?
Don't you question me
You just do what I say

[Bridge]
I don't care what you're sayin'
I don't care what you're thinkin'
I don't care about anything
Get ready, motherfucker, 'cause I'm happening
I don't care what you're sayin'
I don't care what you're thinkin'
I don't care about anything
Get ready, motherfucker, 'cause I'm on the scene

[Chorus]
I don't have to try
To make you realize
Anything I wanna do, anything I'm gonna do
Anything I wanna do I do
And I don't have to try

Don't you disagree
'Cause you know it's all about me
Be at my beck and call
I'm a know-it-all
And it's all your fault

[Bridge]

[Chorus: x2]

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Track duration: 03:17

"I Don't Have to Try" as written by Avril Ramona Lavigne, Lukasz Gottwald

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    My Opinion:



    You people have to understand that Avril Lavigne likes change. That’s who she is and that’s what she’s always been like. She went from tomboy, to a darker clothing style, and now to a more bubble gum punk pop.


    Personally, I think that’s great! She’s not trying to please anyone, and she’s not trying to suck up to her record label or anyone else.

    This is coming from someone who used to HATE her with a passion. I used to be like “Avril Lavigne is a waste of music and she’s obviously a poser and she’s too PINK and blablabla.”

    Whateveeeer. None of you can change her by wishing she would.

    I love her new independent anthems like “I Don’t Have To Try” and “I Can Do Better”, and every other song she’s written.

    If you can’t write better stuff or sing better, than I suggest you all shut your mouths immediately.

    And, what may sound bratty about her to some people just sounds like the ability to tell people to buzz off to me.
    Flag GravelyMistakenon June 05, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I can honestly say, I've never, ever laughed at a song that wasn't being intentionally funny or that my friends and I didn't skew the lyrics to... but O.M.G. this song is atrocious. I nearly burst out laughing at 2 in the morning, which would have woken up my roommate, who I can only assume would have been far less amused, lol.
    Flag Tiroskanon December 17, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:this reminds me of peaches, less explicit though. i like it.
    Flag mol3moleon October 30, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:OK so the beginning of the song I personally don't like. But I like the song as a whole. First of all the guitar in the beginning is awesome! It sounds kinda eighties to me. But then again I wasn't alive in the 80s so...haha.
    I like how in some of the choruses, after "I don't have to try" you can hear her go "Don't have to, don't have to"
    And I also love the "Huhh!" at the end of the first one.
    But Avril? No more screamo k?
    Flag teenqueen22on September 18, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:This song makes me want to slap her, but the line "Get ready mother fucker cause I'm happening" is funny.
    Flag Eatcarpeton September 10, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:What a bratty song... annoying.
    Flag Eatcarpeton September 04, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:maddy123...if someone is "wearing the pants" in a relationship it means that they are in control, and the other person is basically their bitch. Avril is saying how she's like the puppeteer and her b/f is the puppet.
    Flag she_speakson August 23, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:you know avril lavinge stole beat and some of peaches in this song, there is legal claim about it. news.aol.com/entertainment/music/story/_a/more-claims-of-avril-thievery-emerge/…
    Flag masqueXofXredXdeathon July 10, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:um...yea i think that most people wear pants u no? the dancing and prancing part...whatever its all urs avril. i normaly like avril lavinge but like siriously! this is just wierd!
    Flag maddy123on June 16, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:this is one of my fave songs on the album! yeh im really sure avril lavigne is bothered about coming across as a "hiphop badass". ok sure. like she doesn't already have an awesome image. she's experimenting like most artists do and she's having fun. i dont get why people go so crazy about how its not all deep n stuff, who gives one?! there are plenty of songs with deep meanings to listen to. this song and the rest of the album is good to sing along to, dance to, whatever. love it.
    Flag felicity89on May 18, 2007   Link

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