I wonder if it's cold, sitting up there on your high horse

Giving out opinions that nobody asked for

Thank God we've got you around to keep us all straight

You play it off as good advice, you play it off as help

But you just can't be happy for anybody else

You think you're qualified to tell me if I've got what it takes

But I can grow in the shade

And the backhanded compliments that you're throwing my way

And all your lack of confidence just motivates me, baby

Oh, I'm not phased by your wind and your rain

I'm not gonna change 'cause I've got what it takes

To grow in the shade

I'm a big girl, I can make my own sunshine

Don't need to explain, just tryna have a good time

And you can join the party, but if you don't want to

Then I can grow in the shade

And the backhanded compliments that you're throwing my way

And all your lack of confidence just motivates me, baby

Oh, I'm not phased by your wind and your rain

I'm not gonna change 'cause I've got what it takes

To grow in the shade

Then I can grow in the shade

And the backhanded compliments that you're throwing my way

And all your lack of confidence just motivates me, baby

Oh, I'm not phased by the backhanded compliments that you're throwing my way

And all your lack of confidence just motivates me, baby

Go ahead, I'm not phased by your wind and your rain

I'm not gonna change 'cause I've got what it takes

To grow in the shade