I Know Better

They say sing what you know
 But I've sung what they want
 Some folks do what they're told
 But baby this time I won't
 When I look through that door
 I know the truth from lie
 Some things I've done before I can't justify
 There are kings in my past
 Things no one can be proud of
 But I stand in the light I've cast
 And turn away from any lack of love
 Oh, when I walked through that door
 I say here I go
 You see me and nothing more
 I'm singing what I know
 I know better
 I know better
 Legend is just a name
 I know better than to be so proud
 I won't dream in all this fame
 I'll take more love than I'm allowed
 I won't hide or cut it off from where it came
 My history has brought me to this place
 There's power in the color of my face
 And I know better
 Oh-oh, I know better
 Oh, I'll rise from the floor if I don't win
 I'll bust open that door so let me in
 And if music chooses me to sing I let her
 I'll sing what I know, yes
 I know better, oh
 I know better, yes
 I know better
 I know better