I can`t afford a night on the town
Don`t have no money to burn
Life in the shadows is getting me down
Seems everywhere that I turn
I meet a brick wall
I`m gonna knock`em down some day
I`m gonna walk tall
Get off the wrong road
I`m gonna find myself a better way
That`s for sure
Aint gonna be a counterfeit man no more
I`ve seen them castin glances at me
With disapprovin eyes
If they keep looking
Their gonna see
Out of the ashes I`ll rise
There`ll be a new dawn
I`ll but an end to all their mockin
Cause I`ll be reborn
I`ll make a new life
Won`t ever hear those hard times knockin
At my door
Aint gonna be a counterfeit man no more
I`m gonna be the man that god made
Aint gonna settle for less
From now on you`ll get the real thing
I`m being me
I`m gonna be a success
Oh Yes
I`m thinking different
I`m stepping out
Find me a new way to walk
I won`t surrender to feelings or doubts
People will hear when I talk
Aint gonna stay down
Aint gonna let this old world kick me
Although I`m way down
I`m gonna aim high
Maybe lady luck will pick off the floor
Aint gonna be a counterfeit man no more
I`m gonna be the man that god made
Aint gonna settle for less
From now on you`ll get the real thing
I`m being me
I`m gonna be a success
Yeah yeah
I can`t afford a night on the town
Don`t have no money to burn
Life in the shadows is getting me down
Seems everywhere that I turn
I meet a brick wall
I`m gonna knock`em down some day
I`m gonna walk tall
Get off the wrong road
Find myself a better way
That`s for sure
Aint gonna be a counterfeit man no more
Aint gonna be a counterfeit man no more
Aint gonna be a counterfeit man no more