Tonite:
Love light up the world so bright
but dim the light became
when the shadows of intolerance passed over the top
making the skies very dark
tonite
i fight for freedom
tonite
i don't justify how or what i am
through reason i speak out
trying to open closed minds
trying to make the blind see
trying to make the deaf hear
why?
do i need to give a reason to justify my life?
why?
do i need to explain myself to you?
how?
am i suppose to change?
when i was born this way
tonite
i fight for my rights
tonite
i take flight
tonite
i live my life
tonite
i stand up for what is right
you can't tell me what's wrong
yes i know i'm not okay
but life made me this way
yes i know my bleed myself half to death
but you try and point out all the wrong things
the things that aren't wrong with me
i don't need to change the way i love
i just need to turn my life around
i need to get better
but not your way
i'll go my own way
i'll do my own thing
i'll love the way i believe is right
you can try
to beat me half to death to change my mind
you can try
to suade me
you can try
to seduce me
but i'll never change my mind
no matter what you try
cuz...
tonite
i fight for my rights
tonite
i take flight
tonite
i live my life
tonite
i stand up for what is right
I wont change to the way you want me
i change for no one
i don't justify how i am or what i am
i just explain all the pain
i just say i love what i love
it doesn't matter where this love came from
love is blind it can't see
so go away
stop trying to change me
you call me worthless
so what i don't care
you call me abomination
look at yourself
you say how i love isn't right
open your eyes love is blind
you say what i do to myself isn't right
i know it's not i try to stop the hurt
that's the only thing i agree with you about
but i wont change my mind on what i want
i wont change my ways
i'll only change to be happy
but i wont go your ways
i'll love the way i want
i'll do what i want
i'll try and control the pain
but...
tonite
i fight for my rights
tonite
i take flight
tonite
i live my life
tonite
i stand up for what is right
no more scarring
no more pain
no more sorrow
tonite is the nite
that the intolerable inflict no more shame
i stand before you
fighting for my life
cuz...
tonite
i fight for my rights
tonite
i take flight
tonite
i live my life
tonite
i stand up for what is right
