Voted most likely to end up on the back OK a milk box drink
Looks like I'm letting them down
'Cause seven, seventy-five isn't worth and hour of my hard work and time
When you cant afford half the shit they advertise
Oh I'm worth more then they ask more then the two-tag generation full of regret
Oh I won't settle no, oh I can't settle

[Chorus]
I wanna break the mold, I wanna break the stereotype
Fist in the air I'm not going down with out a fight
It's my life
And I'm sitting on the sidelines watching

It pass me by
I'm leaving you my legacy
I gotta make my mark
I gotta run it hard
I want you to remember me
I'm leaving my fingerprints
I'm leaving my fingerprints
I'm leaving my fingerprints on you

Representing you and me
Don't you wanna go down in history?
Rather then end up begging on the streets
Trading under table favors for a place to sleep
'Cause I'm worth more then this so stop writing prescriptions for my Ritalin
I can't focus my attention

[Chorus]

It pass me by
I'm leaving you my legacy
I gotta make my mark
I gotta run it hard
I want you to remember me
I'm leaving my fingerprints
I'm leaving my fingerprints
Don't give up
Don't give in
Because your arms on the rock
Oh I'm not innocent, innocent, innocent, innocent

Effortless and I'm sitting on the sidelines watching
It pass me by
I'm leaving you my legacy
I gotta make my mark
I gotta run it hard
I want you to remember me
(I want you to remember me)
Effortless and I'm sitting on the sidelines watching
It pass me by
I'm leaving you my legacy
I gotta make my mark
I gotta run it hard
I want you to remember me
'Cause I'm leaving my fingerprints
I'm leaving my fingerprints
I'm leaving my fingerprints, in the end



Lyrics submitted by SophieSomething

Track duration: 03:45

"Fingerprints" as written by Katy/wells Perry

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., EMI Music Publishing

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    General Comment:Why do I have De ja vu between my visions and past precognitive dreams about this song says the once crazy little girl who thought she could talk with angels and spirits....?
    Flag meagroupieon November 28, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:"Representing you and me, don't you wanna go down in history?" My favorite line. It means do something people can remember.
    Flag ashwriteslyricson June 26, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:"Representing you and me, don't you wanna go down in history?" My favorite line. It means do something people can remember.
    Flag ashwriteslyricson June 26, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:She saying "Voted most likley to end up on a milk box drink" That she would be the first one everyone expected not to amount to anything in life. But she's "letin' em down" because its her life, and she could do anything she wants, even if all odds are against her.
    Flag piper888on May 24, 2011   Link
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    Lyric Correction:"Because your arms on the rock
    Ohh I'm not innocent, innocent, innocent, innocent"

    is incorrect, the correct lyrics are:

    "Build your house on the rock
    Oh not in the sand, in the sand, in the sand, in the sand"
    Flag magicbubblegirlon March 26, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Thumbs up Katy, kick ass!! About carving your name, make people hear your voice when your shout out loud.

    PS: Why do I feel a certain "Message In a Bottle" déjà vu when I hear fingerprints? =D
    Flag FunkyDrummeron May 02, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Oh ny gosh, very good song. Somehow the song sounds VERY alternative/Rock to me.. It's really good! I love how she changes her voice in her songs. Shows like many different sides of her.
    Flag Antisocialon March 24, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:katy perry is really talented and you can tell from songs like this
    i think the first line "Voted most likely to end up on the back of a milk box drink
    Looks like I'm letting 'em down" is that people thought she would just end up "lost", the way that people's missing pictures go on the back of milk cartons (which is the name of another song on the album) but she knows who she is and what she wants in life and they're wrong
    Flag LieutenantLaurenon October 18, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:GAHH I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH!!!

    tis been on repeat for like ever.
    ahahah love it, and katy =D
    Flag KerrodKoncussionon September 26, 2008   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:one of her best songs :) i like this katy way more than the "i kissed a girl" sellout katy.
    i like her songs, the ones that are down to earth.
    like simple
    Flag xbrokensoundsxon September 03, 2008   Link

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