Overprotected Songtext
von Britney Spears

I need time (time), love, joy (joy)
I need space, love
I need me (action!)

Say hello to the girl that I am
You′re gonna have to see through my perspective
I need to make mistakes just to learn who I am
And I don't wanna be so damn protected

There must be another way
′Cause I believe in taking chances
But who am I to say, what a girl is to do?
God, I need some answers

What am I to do with my life? (You will find it out, don't worry)
How am I supposed to know what's right? (You just gotta do it your way)
I can′t help the way I feel
But my life has been so overprotected

I′ll tell 'em what I like, what I want, and what I don′t
But every time I do, I stand corrected
Things that I've been told, I can′t believe what I hear about the world
I realize I'm overprotected


There must be another way
′Cause I believe in taking chances
But who am I to say, what a girl is to do?
God, I need some answers

What am I to do with my life? (You will find it out, don't worry)
How am I supposed to know what's right? (You just gotta do it your way)
I can′t help the way I feel (help the way I feel)
But my life has been so overprotected

I need time, love
I need space
(This is it)

I don′t need nobody telling me just what I wanna
What I, what, what, what I'm gonna (I need) do about my destiny
I say no, no, nobody′s telling me just what I wanna do, do
I'm so fed up with people telling me to be someone else but me (action!)

(Yeah) what am I to do with my life? (You will find it out, don′t worry)
How am I supposed to know what's right? (You just gotta do it your way)
I can′t help the way I feel (feel)
But my life has been so overprotected

I don't need nobody telling me just what I wanna
What I, what, what, what I'm gonna do about my destiny
I say no, no, nobody′s telling me just what I wanna do, do
I′m so fed up with people telling me to be someone else but me


What am I to do with my life? (You will find it out, don't worry)
How am I supposed to know what′s right? (You just gotta do it your way)
I can't help the way I feel (oh, I can′t help the way I feel)
But my life has been so overprotected