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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Reba McEntire
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Shelby Kennedy
Songwriter
Philip White
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Reba McEntire
Producer
Tony Brown
Producer
Justin Niebank
Mixing Engineer
Steve Marcantonio
Recording Engineer
Chad Brown
Assistant Recording Engineer
Leslie Richter
Assistant Recording Engineer
Lyrics
I was born three months too early
The doctor gave me 30 days
But I must have had my momma's will
And God's amazing grace
I guess I'll keep on living
Even if this love's to die for
'Cause your bags are packed and I ain't crying
And you're walking out
And I'm not trying to change your mind
'Cause I was born to be
The baby girl without a chance
A victim of the circumstance
The one who ought to give up
But she's just too hard-headed
A single mom who works two jobs
Who loves her kids and never stops
With gentle hands and a heart of a fighter
I'm a survivor
I don't believe in self-pity
It only brings you down
May be the queen of broken hearts
But I don't hide behind the crown
When the deck is stacked against me
I just play a different game
My roots are planted in the past
And though my life is changing fast
Who I am is who I want to be
The baby girl without a chance
A victim of the circumstance
The one who ought to give up
But she's just too hard-headed
A single mom who works two jobs
Who loves her kids and never stops
With gentle hands and a heart of a fighter
I'm a survivor
Oh, a single mom who works two jobs
Who loves her kids and never stop
With gentle hands and a heart of a fighter
I'm a survivor
But I must have had my mamma's will and God's amazing grace
I'm a survivor
I'm a survivor ooh-ooh-ooh
Writer(s): Phillip Ray White, Shelby Keith Kennedy
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