born this way

I'm a product of my environment

Withdrawals and police sirens

Screen doors hanging off the trailer

Empty cans of domestic violence

Food stamps and the jeans we die in

Jim Beam's just a fine reminder

My daddy gone, he ain't coming home

So the old man's the only one that I confide in

Cigarette stains 'round the frame on the wall

But I'm proud of my faults

I found the sun in the rain

I felt the joy in the pain

I saw the light through the dark

But it still hurts when I fall

Lord knows that I should change, change my ways

But I can't help it, I was born this way

So go ahead and cast your blame on my sinful ways

I'm just a product of the way I was raised

Yeah, yeah

Limestone road, what the hell is a detail?

We steady at a war with ourselves but prevail

My mama missed the Medicaid, she don't know how to work no email

And my brother got knocked and needs bail

Alarm clock shots, ain't no bird here waking us up

We ain't been to the beach but seen shells

But meanwhile, the water hose works plumin don't, fine

My sis tried to quit but need to hit one more time

Adderall got a hold of the neighbors

It's hard to stop when you're starting to date her

Fentanyl got a reputation

A meth pipe just met persuasion

Cigarette stains 'round the frame on the wall

But I'm proud of my faults

I found the sun in the rain

I felt the joy in the pain

I saw the light through the dark

But it still hurts when I fall

Lord knows that I should change, change my ways

But I can't help it, I was born this way

So go ahead and cast your blame on my sinful ways

I'm just a product of the way I was raised

I'm just a product of the way I was raised

I'm just a product of the way I was raised