Paper Dolls

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I was a young girl with grown ambition
Just waitin' on my relief
All along I knew my mission
Something great would come of me
Sketchin' dolls on my paper
Thinkin' 'bout later as I recall
In class, my teacher would ask me
Why you playin' 'round with them paper dolls?

All my independent ladies up in this room
(Strut across the floor like you know somethin')
Friends come by, let's celebrate, let's light it up
(Strut across the floor like you know somethin')
If it ain't about big dreams, please don't come this way
(Strut across the floor like you know somethin')
If you chase your goals like me, wave your hands and say
(Strut across the floor like you know somethin')

Don't play around with them paper dolls (paper dolls)
Don't play around with them paper dolls (paper dolls)
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Don't play around with them paper dolls
Don't play around with them paper dolls (paper dolls)
Don't play around with them paper dolls (paper dolls)
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Don't play around with them paper dolls

Can't stop me, think I'm fearless?
Chasin' dreams keeps me movin' on
You're watchin', think I'm slowin'?
Look again and I'll be gone
And every day I'm climbin'
Turnin' hopes into gold
And though I'm 'bout my future
I can't be bought, I can't be sold
The cloth I'm cut from is different
I'm not the average girl
You'd think I was made of paper
The way I face the world
Sometimes you'll think I'm dreamin'
Off in another world
You'll never catch me slippin'
Don't play around with them paper dolls

All my independent ladies up in this room
(Strut across the floor like you know somethin')
Friends come by, let's celebrate, let's light it up
(Strut across the floor like you know somethin')
If it ain't about big dreams, please don't come this way
(Strut across the floor like you know somethin')
If you chase your goals like me, wave your hands and say
(Strut across the floor like you know somethin')

Don't play around with them paper dolls (paper dolls)
Don't play around with them paper dolls (paper dolls)
Paper dolls, paper dolls (paper dolls, paper dolls, paper dolls)
Don't play around with them paper dolls
Don't play around with them paper dolls (paper dolls)
Don't play around with them paper dolls (paper dolls)
Paper dolls, paper dolls (paper dolls, paper dolls, paper dolls)
Don't play around with them paper dolls

I dream of all the brighter things, it's just the life I keep buildin'
Gotta keep that fire alive to stay on top, top
It's the road I chose, I earned it, nothin' was given
This is who I am and I'll never stop

All my independent ladies up in this room
(Strut across the floor like you know somethin')
Friends come by, let's celebrate, let's light it up
(Strut across the floor like you know somethin')
If it ain't about big dreams, please don't come this way
(Strut across the floor like you know somethin')
If you chase your goals like me, wave your hands and say
(Strut across the floor like you know somethin')

Don't play around with them paper dolls (paper dolls)
Don't play around with them paper dolls (paper dolls)
Paper dolls, paper dolls (paper dolls, paper dolls, paper dolls)
Don't play around with them paper dolls
Don't play around with them paper dolls (paper dolls)
Don't play around with them paper dolls (paper dolls)
Paper dolls, paper dolls (paper dolls, paper dolls, paper dolls)
Don't play around with them paper dolls