It seems like a lifetime
Since I felt like a prisoner of my dreams, yeah
It took such a long time
For me to realize just how to be
And to listen to me

Don´t go thinking I´m not thankful,
´Cause me, I´ve got my hands full of good things, oh
And I hope I can give back
A little bit of what you´ve given me

So thank you for standing right by me [I will always love you]
So thank you for being behind me [You are just so amazing]
And watching me grow and letting others know
That you still believe in what I´ll be

Ha.

So people have said things in times
About me that weren´t always true

Ooh yeah
But you´ve always been there
To give that extra love to pull me through
To do what I gotta do

Cause there´ll always be those ups and downs
But you´ve always seemed to stick around and see
See me through to believe, yeah

And I hope I can give back
A little bit of what you´ve given me
You give me all that I need, yeah

So thank you for standing right by me [I thank you for everything]
So thank you for being behind me [Thank you, Christina]
And watching me grow and letting others know

That you still believe in what I´ll be [Sing it, girl]

It took awhile ´til I could do what I wanted
And now I´m so happy that it started where we started
I´m thanking God that I could be in the position
To do my own thing now and make my own decisions

And so I´m thanking you for being true
And standing by me through and through