Up the ladder to paradise,
something isn't sittin' right
Since it's got so me uneasy,
let me try to spell out what I mean

I'm a shepherd not a sheep,
I'm not here to hear you preach,
I've got something with more speed,
Oh-oh-oh

But every song they sing
goes hallelujah, hallelujah
And every psalm and hymn
goes hallelujah, hallelujah

And if it's true God's got a plan,
got a will for every one of us,
Then wouldn't He know to let go
of the leash, and let me be me？

Cuz I'll go harder, I'll go higher,
I don't stop, I don't get tired,
I don't miss, I don't misfire,
I don't quit when shit gets dire

I don't have to do too much
to prove myself, I'm good enough,
And if I do, I love the rush
as much as I love showing up

Say what you wanna wanna say,
I don't mind the chatter
when it doesn't even matter anyway

Cuz nothing can take me
away from my aim
So, say what you wanna wanna,
Say what you wanna wanna,

I've got that Self Control,
the kind you wanna know,
the kind that makes you feel
like you could do it on your own

No, I can't hear you now
while I'm well on my way
to the top of my game
Yeah I've got that Self Control

I've got that Self Control

You do you, and I'll do me
The point here is
to live authentically

I wouldn't know you apart
from Adam or Eve
That means nothing you say's
gonna get to me

And they're preachin' to the choir again
Amen, (Amen), Amen,
And I'm not listening to anything they said,
(Amen) Amen,

Now the angels we've heard on high
are breaking out in chaos up on cloud 9

I told them they can't handle me,
I'm more than what they thought I'd be
Can't top my type of energy,
Oh no,

But every song they sing
goes hallelujah, hallelujah
And every psalm and hymn
goes hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Say what you wanna wanna say,
I don't mind the chatter
when it doesn't even matter anyway

Cuz nothing can take me
away from my aim
So, say what you wanna wanna,
Say what you wanna wanna

I've got that Self Control,
the kind you wanna know,
the kind that makes you feel
like you could do it on your own

No, I can't hear you now
while I'm well on my way
to the top of my game,
I've got that, I've got that

I've got that Self Control,
the kind you wanna know,
the kind that makes you feel
like you could do it on your own

No, I can't hear you now
while I'm well on my way
to the top of my game
Got that Self Control

I'll go harder, I'll go higher,
I don't stop, I don't get tired
I don't miss, I don't misfire
I don't quit when shit gets dire

I don't have to do too much
to prove myself, I'm good enough
And if I do, I love the rush
as much as I love showing up

I've got that Self Control,
the kind you wanna know,
the kind that makes you feel
like you could do it on your own

No, I can't hear you now
while I'm well on my way
to the top of my game
Got that Self Control