Mama told me not to waste my life She said spread your wings my little butterfly Don't let what they say keep you up at night And if they give you hell Then they can walk on by My feet, feet can't touch the ground And I can't hear a sound But you just keep on running up your mouth, yeah Walk, walk on over there 'Cos I'm too fly To care, oh yeah Your words don't mean a thing I'm not listening Keep talking, all I know is Mama told me not to waste my life She said spread your wings my little butterfly Don't let what they say keep you up at night And they can't detain you 'Cos wings are made to fly No, we don't let nobody bring us down No matter what you say it won't hurt me Don't matter if I fall from the sky These wings are made to fly Hey, hey I'm firing up on that runway I know we're gonna get there someday But we don't need no ready steady go, no Talk, talk turns into air And I don't even care, oh yeah Your words don't mean a thing I'm not listening Keep talking, all I know is Mama told me not to waste my life She said spread your wings my little butterfly Don't let what they say keep you up at night And they can't detain you 'Cos wings are made to fly No, we don't let nobody bring us down No matter what you say it won't hurt me Don't matter if I fall from the sky These wings are made to fly I don't need no one saying Hey, hey, hey, hey I don't hear no one saying Hey, hey, hey, hey You better keep on walking I don't wanna hear your talking, boy You better keep on walking I don't wanna hear your talking, boy Your words don't mean a thing I'm not listening They're just like water off my Wings! Mama told me not to waste my life (Oh whoa) She said spread your wings my little butterfly (My little butterfly) Don't let what they say keep you up at night And they can't detain you 'Cos wings are made to fly And we don't let nobody bring us down (We don't let nobody, nobody) No matter what you say it won't hurt me (Yeah, no) Don't matter if I fall from the sky (Oh, whoa) These wings are made to fly And we don't let nobody bring us down No matter what you say it won't hurt me Don't matter if I fall from the sky These wings are made to fly