Fri. February 11, 2011
Pop star Lady Gaga on Friday released her gay anthem Born This Way.
The title single from her second studio album to be released in May was released two days earlier than previously announced.
Before the song was released, celebrity blogger Perez Hilton told MTV News that the song was "gay-in-your-face gay."
"It is a very gay song – unapologetically, gay-in-you-face gay – but it's also a universal song that can relate to everyone. To all us outsiders, to all of us freaks, to all of us who feel different. And the music is undeniable. It sounds like a smash. It is a smash. It is one of the best songs of Gaga's career."
In a cover story for the March issue of Vogue, Lady Gaga said, "I wrote [Born This Way] in 10 f*cking minutes. And it is a completely magical song. And after I wrote it, the gates just opened, and the songs kept coming. It was like an immaculate conception."
The song, according to Vogue, is "an unbelievably great dance song, destined to be the anthem of every gay-pride event for the next 100 years." (Listen to the track now at Lady Gaga's official website)
Born This Way Lyrics
Intro
It doesn't matter if you love him, or capital H-I-M
Just put your paws up
'cause you were Born This Way, Baby
Verse
My Mama told me when I was young
We are all born stars
She rolled my hair and put my lipstick on
In the glass of her boudoir
"There's nothing wrong with lovin' who you are"
She said, "Cause he made you perfect, babe."
"So hold your head up girl and you'll go far,
Listen to me when I say"
Chorus
I'm beautiful in my way
Cause God makes no mistakes
I'm on the right track baby
I was born this way
Don't hide yourself in regret
Just love yourself and you're set
I'm on the right track baby
I was born this way
Post-Chorus
Ooo there ain't no other way
Baby I was born this way
Baby I was born this way
Ooo there ain't no other way
Baby I was born this way
Baby I was born this way
Ooo there ain't no other way
Baby I was born this way
I'm on the right track baby
I was born this way
Don't be a drag, just be a queen
Don't be a drag, just be a queen
Don't be!
Verse
Give yourself prudence
And love your friends
Subway kid, rejoice your truth
In the religion of the insecure
I must be myself, respect my youth
A different lover is not a sin
Believe capital H-I-M (hey hey hey)
I love my life I love this record and
Mi amore vole fe yah (love needs faith)
Repeat Chorus and Post-chorus
Bridge
Don't be a drag, be a queen
Whether you're broke or evergreen
You're black, white, beige chola descent
You're Lebanese, You're Orient
Whether life's disabilities
Left you outcast, bullied or teased
Rejoice and love yourself today
Cause baby you we're born this way
No matter gay, straight, or bi
Lesbian, transgendered life
I'm on the right track baby
I was born to survive
No matter black, white or beige
Chola or Orient made
I'm on the right track baby
I was born to be brave
Repeat Chorus
Outro/Refrain
I was born this way hey!
I was born this way hey!
I'm on the right track baby
I was born this way hey!
I was born this way hey!
I was born this way hey!
I'm on the right track baby
I was born this way hey!
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