They say sing what you know 
But I've sung what they want 
Some folks do what they're told 
But baby this time I won't 
Will look through that door 
I know the truth won't lie 
Some things I've done before I can't justify 

There are kings in my past 
Things no one can be proud of 
But I stand in the light I've casted 
And turn away from any lack of love 
Oh, and I walked through that door 
I say here I go 
You see me and nothing more 
I'm singing what I know 

I know better 
I know better 

Legend is just a name 
I know better than to be so proud 
I won't drink in all this fame 
I'll take more love than I'm allowed 

I won't have to cut it off from where it came 
My history has brought me to this place 
This power and the color of my face 

And I know better, oh 
I know better, oh 

I'll rise from the floor if I don't win 
I'll bust open that door so let me in 
And the music chooses me to sing I let her 
I'll sing what I know, yes 

I know better, oh 
I know better, yes 
I know better 
I know better